A sublime drama with exquisite cinematographic panache using a Manhattan landscape to tell the story about an undocumented woman of incredible sangfroid and stoicism.
Author: Greggory W Morris
THE DEPARTURE Film Review
THE DEPARTURE aka ODEJSCIE is Director Lana Wilson’s sublime visual journal about a motorcycle-riding Rinzai Zen priest who is internationally known as a virtual, one-man, suicide prevention hotline in Japan.
SUPER DARK TIMES Film Review
The opening sequence for this viscerally stunning, allegorical tour de force about the millennials of a white, suburban Upstate New York town will make audiences shudder. A presage of the shuddering to follow.
BEFORE WE VANISH, NYFF 55 Film Review
Can a whimsical, end-of-the-world sci-fi feature about aliens from another planet attract big audiences, if, one, it isn’t directed/produced by Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Peter Berg, J.J. Abrams, Paul Verhoeven, Luc Besson, George Lucas, M. Night Shyamalan; two, lacks mind boggling special effects; three, is short on gloom, doom and carnage; and, four, might actually be about the power of love?
WESTERN Film Review, 55th New York Film Festival
Valeska Grisebach’s WESTERN tells a story about an all-male group of German workers building a hydroelectric power plant in remote rural Bulgaria near the Greek border, and the conflict that arises between a new hire and his redneck site supervisor, as well as conflicts between the German workers and the local Bulgarian townees whose town is located not far from the border with Greece. Lots of metaphors here!
The Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces Revivals Lineup for the 55th New York Film Festival, September 28 to October 15
New restorations of Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice, Jean Vigo’s L’Atalante, Kenji Mizoguchi’s Sansho the Bailiff and A Story from Chikamatsu, Humberto Solás’s Lucía, and more, plus works by NYFF55 Main Slate filmmakers Agnès Varda and Philippe Garrel
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Civil Rights Organizations and Census Experts Highlight Damaging Consequences of Congress’ Failure to Fund the 2020 Census Appropriately
Leading civil rights organizations and census experts hosted an audio press briefing August 24 to discuss ongoing policy decisions that could put a successful 2020 Census at risk, including insufficient funding for rigorous, on-time census planning and preparations, and the need for a highly qualified and widely respected professional to serve as the next Senate-confirmed director of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Va-Va-Voom !!! Guess Who’s Covering NYFF55 New York Film Festival for the WORD?
Hello Gregg Morris, Congratulations! You have been accredited to cover the upcoming 55th New York Film Festival. Press & Industry screenings will begin the week of September 18th, and the P&I screening information and schedule will be sent out in early…
Complete Lineup for the Spotlight on Documentary Section of The 55th New York Film Festival
This year’s series of dispatches from the front lines of nonfiction cinema features intimate portraits of artists, depictions of social upheaval, and much more.