The first Indian film in the New York Film Festival's main slate in over 20 years, The Disciple is a deeply powerful announcement of a new voice on the world cinema stage.
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Heidi Ewing’s I Carry You With Me [NYFF 2020]
Longtime documentarian Heidi Ewing jumps into the world of narrative fiction filmmaking with a beautiful tale of star-crossed love.
Joshua Reviews Hong Sangsoo’s The Woman Who Ran [NYFF 2020]
Hong Sangsoo returns with a beautiful and gentle rumination on modern relationships.
Joshua Reviews Jia Zhangke’s Swimming Out Till The Sea Turns Blue [NYFF 2020]
The latest documentary from director Jia Zhangke is a moving, if uneven, look at modern Chinese history and the evolutionary moments therein.
Joshua Reviews Tsai Ming-liang’s Days [NYFF 2020]
After a rumored retirement to the world of commissioned art pieces, filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang returns with a wordless, emotionally devastating look into loneliness and the importance of even the briefest of human...
Joshua Reviews Philippe Garrel’s The Salt Of Tears [NYFF 2020]
Beloved French film director Philippe Garrel returns with a gorgeous, if infuriatingly flat, romance drama.
Joshua Reviews Pedro Almodovar’s The Human Voice [NYFF 2020]
Legendary director Almodovar returns not with a feature but a stylish short that's much more than its seemingly dismissable runtime.
Joshua Reviews Steve McQueen’s Mangrove [NYFF 2020]
Continuing Steve McQueen's Small Axe series is this two hour-plus courtroom drama, an incredible, almost revolutionary spin on the classic genre.
Joshua Reviews Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall [NYFF 2020]
Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman heads down to Boston for a look at local government and in turn makes one of 2020's most important American documentaries.
Joshua Reviews Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland [NYFF 2020]
Chloe Zhao returns to the director's chair for an incisive and tender look at life during the fall of the American capitalist machine.
Joshua Reviews Matias Pineiro’s Isabella [NYFF 2020]
Pineiro's latest is another entrancing riff on the works of William Shakespeare, this time with a touch of emotionally shattering color theory thrown in for good measure.
Joshua Reviews Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI [NYFF 2020]
This new Sam Pollard-directed documentary shines a light on the relationship between the FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr., and particularly the former's attempt to bring down the latter.
Joshua Reviews Song Fang’s The Calming [NYFF 2020]
The Calming is the latest film from director Song Fang and is a quiet, patient look into the way we interact with and experience the places we call home.
Joshua Reviews Sean Durkin’s The Nest [Theatrical Review]
Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin returns for his sophomore feature, a gorgeous, if thin, family drama starring Jude Law and Carrie Coon.
Joshua Reviews Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock [NYFF 2020]
Director Steve McQueen opens NYFF 2020 with the first selection from his forthcoming five film series, Small Axe, the incredible and impressionistic Lovers Rock.
Dispatch From The Avant-Garde: Joshua Previews The Currents Section At NYFF 2020
The 2020 edition of the Currents selection at the New York Film Festival, despite a global pandemic, remains one of the most essential curated lineups in the fall film season, and these are just a few of the highlights.
