Brokeback Mountain (2005)
I wrote about this extraordinary movie for In Review Online to commemorate its 20th anniversary.
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The Social Reckoning (2026, Sorkin)
Aaron Sorkin began his directing career at the tender age of 56, decidedly later than most. As one of Hollywood’s most widely celebrated screenwriters, he might’ve felt the compulsion to bask in a little more glory, and what better way to garner attention than calling the shots on
New York Film Festival 64 Round-Up
I tend to overeat; my eyes are bigger than my stomach. I cave to the same overindulgence when it comes to movies, too: if presented the opportunity, I will rot in a chair for an entire day, soaking in what's on the screen. A film festival is a
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FJORD (2026, Mungiu) [NYFF Review]
I've been hearing about Christian Mungiu since I plugged myself into the arthouse world in the early 2010s, but I never gave myself the time to catch up with his work. A Romanian director, he primarily sets his films there; Fjord, however, follows a Romanian-Norwegian family persecuted
Rapture of the Uncanny: An Interview with Heather Landsman on ee
Increasingly, directors are looking back and staying there. I can't blame them; it's hard to look at the present moment with clear eyes. A select few, however, are reaching into the past and bringing it back to now, complicating our understanding of that past and informing