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[NYFF Review] Inherent Vice

There are many images throughout Inherent Vice that even the most perceptive eyes couldn't describe with total confidence. I speak as much for the specific (col...

10 Films to See In October

If September was merely the warm-up for our fall film season, October is a full-on assault of incredible titles, ranging from the widest of releases to a few that will, unfortunately, arrive in only a handful of theaters....

[NYFF Review] Time Out of Mind

Finding a link between the shared title of Oren Moverman's third feature film, Time Out of Mind, and Bob Dylan's 1997 album took a little effort. Moverman co-wr...

[NYFF Review] Life of Riley

I suppose we ought to first get one thing straight: Alain Resnais is one of the greatest directors who ever lived, and Life of Riley is his final film, premieri...

[NYFF Review] Eden

It begins with a dark night in the woods and the occasional sight of a half-complete face or full-figure silhouette, such impressions stemming only from pale mo...

[NYFF Review] Whiplash

Late in Whiplash, Terence Fletcher, studio band leader and instructor at Shaffer Conservatory of Music, argues that "the most harmful words in the English langu...

[NYFF Review] The Blue Room

Mathieu Amalric is having a pretty good year. Venus In Fur, of which he is the star, made its way stateside to positive reviews; he had a fine supporting role i...