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Posted inFilm

Nan Goldin’s Triumphs and Tragedies

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 12, 2022October 13, 2022

We joined devotees of the photographer and activist at a screening of the new documentary All the Beauty and Bloodshed, followed by a talk with Goldin.

Posted inFilm

New Emmett Till Film Moves and Rouses NYC Students

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 4, 2022October 4, 2022

The student screening of Till emphasized an important aim of the film: to educate young people about the fierce love and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley, which played no small part in igniting the Civil Rights Movement.

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Nan Goldin Documentary Wins Top Prize at Venice

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu September 12, 2022September 13, 2022

Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed follows Goldin’s fight against the Sacklers’ attempts to artwash their reputations as chief architects of the opioid epidemic in the United States.

Posted inComics

The Time Godard Called Filmgoers Bourgeois Fascists

by Nathan Gelgud October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

Where are the directors taking the stage to acknowledge workers’ demands today?

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A Washed-up Porn Star Wreaks Trumpian Mayhem in His Hometown

by Grace Han September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

Sean Baker’s film about a washed-up porn star seducing a teenage girl is sexually frank in a way few US films are now.

Posted inFilm

Don’t Miss These Experimental Works at the New York Film Festival

by Ela Bittencourt September 21, 2021September 21, 2021

With films touching on protest in France, China’s one-child policy, and Indigenous life in Canada, the 2021 Currents program stays both culturally and politically forward-thinking.

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The 58th New York Film Festival, Now on the Big Screen

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel June 29, 2021June 29, 2021

With quarantine restrictions now lifted, the festival’s virtual slate from last year is now getting play in theaters.

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How Film Festivals Have Managed the Shift to Virtual

Avatar photo by Hannah Strong March 9, 2021March 9, 2021

“I think this is going to become much more normal.” Workers at TIFF, NYFF, and Sundance reflect on a year of reduced in-person events and streaming premieres.

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Steve McQueen Brings the Vibrancy of British Caribbean Communities to the Big Screen

by Jourdain Searles October 8, 2020November 5, 2020

With Mangrove, Lover’s Rock, and Red, White and Blue, McQueen’s Small Axe anthology emphasizes resilience and collective strength.

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Did You Know Helen Keller Was a Socialist?

by Bedatri D. Choudhury September 23, 2020November 5, 2020

The documentary Her Socialist Smile reconstructs Keller from an icon of vague, feel-good platitudes to the fiercely political woman she truly was.

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New York Stories That Play With Connection and Form

by Monica Castillo September 22, 2020November 5, 2020

Among the shorts playing the 2020 New York Film Festival, those in the New York Stories block embody the spirit of a city erroneously declared dead, offering studies in movement and character.

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What Not to Miss at the 2020 New York Film Festival

by Ela Bittencourt September 21, 2020November 5, 2020

Get your popcorn ready. This year’s program includes highlights like Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films, ruminative queer romances, and incisive documentaries about US politics and Helen Keller’s activism.

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