New York Film Festival

Liberté

By Lorry Kikta | October 2019

So, we’ve all had that moment where you’re watching a movie with your parents. Soon, an embarrassing sex scene comes on, and…

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So, we've all had that moment where you're watching a movie with your parents. Soon, an embarrassing sex scene comes on, and you squirm and hold your...

Non-Fiction image — Non-Fiction
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Legendary French director Olivier Assayas is back with one of his most lighthearted offerings yet. Non-Fiction (also known as Double Lives or Doubles...

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Monrovia, Indiana is the world-renown documentarian, Frederick Wiseman’s latest opus. I call it an opus because it is a gigantic undertaking. It’s a...

The Favourite image — The Favourite
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Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz), and her servant Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) engage in a sexually charged fight to the death for...

Diamantino image — Diamantino
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The directing team of Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, who formerly worked together on A History of Mutual Respect, put together quite a screamer with...

The Other Side of the Wind image — The Other Side of the Wind
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The Other Side of The Wind was Orson Welles’ last film, and for many years it was left unfinished. There were many attempts to revive the film, by...

Your Face image — Your Face
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Tsai Ming-liang’s latest film Ni de lian or Your Face is not necessarily a film as much as it is a long-form piece of video art, or better yet an...

Burning image — Burning
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Is the truth what you think it is? Or is it what others tell you? Is any of this shit actually real? In Lee Chang-dong’s dark, cinematic poem, Burning,...

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There have been a few Chinese films that have screened for the press so far at the 56th Annual New York Film Festival. Something I’ve noticed about them...

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There is a hell of a lot of masturbation in Claire Denis’ latest film, High Life, and that’s as good a metaphor as any for the film. High Life is...

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