Here’s a look at some of the best films screening at the 2019 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in NYC, including Premiére Année (The Freshman), Keep an Eye Out!, and Raising Colours. Every year, the Film Society of Lincoln Centre curates some of the best of French Cinema in the last year for the Rendez-Vous with […]
Sundance 2019: Advocate, Bedlam, and more
Our capsule reviews spotlight three documentaries and two Scandinavian features we enjoyed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, including Advocate, Bedlam, Sonja: The White Swan, and Midnight Traveler. Watch out for them as they travel the festival circuit and arrive on home viewing platforms.
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Miles Davis: Birth of Cool
Sundance continues its mission to feature stories about important African American historical figures with worthy docs Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Miles Davis: Birth of Cool. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am In the last few years, Sundance has screened multiple biography documentaries about important literary and historical figures in 20th America that […]
Sundance 2019 World Dramatic highlights
The Sundance World Dramatic Competition always features international hidden gems, and the 2019 highlights included Queen of Hearts and The Last Tree.
Anders Danielsen Lie: ‘When I’m performing, I don’t really know what’s going on’
Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie discusses playing the ‘Hitler of Norway’ in 22 July, its connection to his medical training, and his career as a whole.
Frederick Wiseman on Monrovia, Indiana: ‘I learned more about how to make a film by editing myself than any other way.’
In our fourth interview with Frederick Wiseman in as many years, he discusses his latest film, Monrovia, Indiana, collaborating with his longtime cinematographer, how he approaches theatre vs documentary film, and the shot he thinks ‘looked cool’.