Abdellatif Kechiche's new film may be over-hyped, but to me it's just right.
Sean Hutchinson
Sean Hutchinson
Sean Reviews Spike Jonze’s Her [NYFF 2013]
Do operating systems dream of real love? Spike Jonze's beautifully realized pastel romance deals with loneliness in a near-utopian future and goes for big ideas but keeps it intimate.
Sean Reviews Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave [NYFF 2013]
Steve McQueen's brutally direct take on slavery confronts inherent contradictions, survival in the face of utter despair, and salvation against all hope.
Sean Reviews Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive [NYFF 2013]
Jarmusch's vampire movie sets a minimalist mood, and Swinton and Hiddleston make it look good.
Sean Reviews Claire Denis’ Bastards [NYFF 2013]
Brutal family secrets and unspeakable infidelities mar this brooding and enigmatic entry from Claire Denis.
Sean Reviews Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [NYFF 2013]
Ben Stiller's fifth directorial effort desperately tries to say something, but is surprisingly hollow.
Sean Reviews Claude Lanzmann’s The Last of the Unjust [NYFF 2013]
Lanzmann's newest documentary is a sprawling yet unforgettable portrait of an absolutely magnetic figure.
Sean Reviews Joel & Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis [NYFF 2013]
The Coen Brothers' new film is an ode to the ordinary, or what happens when you're too mediocre to matter.
Sean Reviews Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Like Father, Like Son [NYFF 2013]
The new film from director Hirokazu Kore-eda is a patiently pensive exploration about the meaning of lineage and legacy.
Sean Reviews Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips [NYFF 2013]
The film will have its world premiere at and kick off the 51st New York Film Festival.
NYFF Names Andrea Arnold as Inaugural Filmmaker in Residence
Arnold will get the opportunity to develop and refine new work.
Japan Society To Hold Two-Part Tribute to Donald Richie
The series kicks off with "Richie's Fantastic Five."
For Criterion Consideration: Steven Spielberg’s 1941
Spielberg's earliest and greatest flop isn't a flop at all.
NYFF Announces Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective and 20th Anniversary Screening of Linklater’s Dazed and Confused
The two vastly different filmmakers offer some amazing additions to this year's NYFF.
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave to Have US Premiere at NYFF
McQueen's third feature is his second film to premiere at the festival.