New York Film Festival | Little White Lies

New York Film Festival

Older woman with dark hair and younger woman with red hair and glasses, both looking directly at the camera.
Festivals

Janet Planet – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Annie Bak­er’s debut fea­ture about a moth­er and daugh­ter is mag­i­cal and assured dra­ma that announces the Pulitzer Prize win­ner as a film­mak­ing tal­ent as well as a lit­er­ary one.
Black and white image showing a man lying down, with a woman leaning over him. They appear to be outdoors in a wooded setting.
Festivals

Green Border – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Vet­er­an film­mak­er Agniesz­ka Hol­land offers a stir­ring, stark depic­tion of the refugee sit­u­a­tion in Europe, as Syr­i­ans flee­ing war face har­row­ing inter­ro­ga­tion at the Pol­ish-Belaru­sian border.
A man with long hair and sunglasses singing into a microphone on stage, accompanied by a guitarist.
Festivals

Personality Crisis: One Night Only — first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

New York Dolls front­man David Johansen takes the stage in Mar­tin Scors­ese’s lat­est music doc.
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Festivals

A Cooler Climate – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

James Ivory rem­i­nisces about a youth­ful year spent in Afghanistan with this cozy archival documentary.
Two people seated at a table, with one person playing an acoustic guitar while the other listens intently.
Festivals

Walk Up – first-look review

by Weiting Liu

A film­mak­er and his estranged daugh­ter vis­it an old friend in Hong Sang-soo’s lat­est riff on the con­nec­tion between art and romance.
Large group of men standing together indoors, wearing casual clothing like jeans, jumpers, and jackets in various colours.
Festivals

Mutzenbacher – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Ruth Beck­er­mann enlists a hun­dred men to read pas­sages from the con­tro­ver­sial 19th cen­tu­ry nov­el Jose­fine Mutzen­bach­er: The Life Sto­ry of a Vien­nese Whore.
Image shows a woman with long dark hair lying on a colourful bedspread, holding a white object close to her face.
Festivals

Coma — first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Bertrand Bonel­lo’s bounc­ing off the walls in this free-asso­cia­tive grab-bag of ear­ly lock­down anxieties.
A man with a moustache embracing a young child in a busy street, photographed in black and white.
Festivals

C’mon C’mon – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Joaquin Phoenix and new­com­er Woody Nor­man play uncle and nephew in Mike Mills’ ten­der dra­ma about a fam­i­ly in flux.
A 4x4 vehicle parked in a woodland setting, with several people clearing fallen branches from the road.
Festivals

Întregalde – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Three aid work­ers are led on a detour through dark­est Tran­syl­va­nia in Radu Muntean’s alle­gor­i­cal inter­gen­er­a­tional drama.
Two silhouetted figures embracing, in close intimate contact, black and white image.
Festivals

The Tragedy of Macbeth – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Some­thing Coen this way comes… Den­zel Wash­ing­ton and Frances McDor­mand star in this inno­v­a­tive take on the Bard.
Two people, a woman in a fur coat and a man in a suit, sit in a car alongside a black cat with piercing eyes.
Festivals

French Exit – first-look review

by Charles Bramesco

Michelle Pfi­ef­fer prowls the upper social ech­e­lons of Paris and Man­hat­tan in this tri­fling take on Patrick DeWitt’s novel.
A serious-looking man in a dark suit and tie stands with a green scarf around his neck.
Festivals

Red, White and Blue – first-look review

by David Jenkins

John Boye­ga aston­ish­es in Steve McQueen’s explo­ration of sys­temic racism in London’s Met police force.