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    “The Gas Station Attendant” at DCTV Firehouse Cinema Beginning June 12

    The joyous and mournful documentary "The Gas Station Attendant" tells the story of an American woman's Indian-born father who escaped poverty as a young man to Texas in hopes of a better life but meeting with mixed results. It opens Friday, June 12 at Manhattan's DCTV Firehouse Cinema. Go here for showtimes. H. N. Shantha Murthy grew up in extreme poverty in India, often sleeping...

    “Been Here Stay Here” at Quad Cinema May 15

    "Been Here Stay Here" is a poetic, immersive eco-doc that reminds me of the best work of Frederick Wiseman. It opens at NYC's Quad Cinema on Friday, May 15. Go here for showtimes and appearances by the director, participants and other guests. Tangier is a small island in the Chesapeake Bay between Virginia and Maryland. Most of its 436 residents make their living by harvesting...
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    MOMI First Look Festival 2023

    (above: "Mami Wata") The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual First Look Festival returns March 15 to March 19 in Astoria, showcasing over two dozen...

    Horror/Comedy “Jethica” Premieres Feb. 14 on Fandor

    I don’t know if Fandor is premiering “Jethica” (which won a top award at last year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival) on February 14 because...

    New Jean Rollin Doc Premieres on Arrow Streaming

    I confess I have never seen any of Jean Rollin’s films, but a new documentary about him has whetted my appetite for his work....

    “Huesera: The Bone Woman” opens in theaters today

    Making the threatened protagonist in a horror film a pregnant woman is a surefire way to double the anxiety and fear a spectator experiences....

    “Attachment” premieres on Shudder

    The 2022 horror film “Attachment” (premiering February 9 on the Shudder streaming service) takes its name from “dybbuk,” a term from Jewish mythology describing...

    My 2023 Oscar Picks

    A lot of film lovers don’t watch the Oscar broadcast because they think it’s uncool. They don’t watch SNL because it hasn’t been good...

    Every Movie I Saw In 2022

    Here is a list of every film/documentary/TV mini-series I watched in 2022 in the order I watched them. Titles in boldface are narrative features,...

    DOC NYC 2022 Dispatch 2

    So many new docs and so little time! Here is my second round of reviews of new documentaries screened at the DOC NYC film...

    DOC NYC 2022: First Dispatch

    The largest documentary film festival in the U.S., the DOC NYC Festival will screen over 200 films in various NYC locations from November 9...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: Wrap Up

    The Washington Post reported this week that 2022 was a huge year for horror films, perhaps because of post-pandemic desires for cinematic shocks or...

    “Aurora’s Sunrise,” Animated Feature Portrays Survivor of Armenian Genocide

    After 14-year-old Aurora Mardiganian escaped from the Armenian genocide in 1917 and moved to the U.S., a newspaper serialised her amazing story and two...

    The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers From Japan Cuts And Beyond

    New York, NY (October 20, 2022) – A survey of the growing prominence and visibility ofwomen in film, the latest ACA Cinema Project series...