Have the Dardenne brothers scaled back a bit too much this time?
Festivals
Sean Hutchinson
Sean Reviews Albert Maysles’ Iris [NYFF 2014]
Albert Maysles turns his camera towards the "Rare bird of fashion."
Sean Reviews Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language [NYFF 2014]
Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks, but Godard is still saying the same things he has been for 25 years--now in 3D!
Sean Reviews Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young [NYFF 2014]
Baumbach's embarrassing and tone-deaf follow up to Frances Ha is painfully unfunny and thematically empty.
Sean Reviews David Fincher’s Gone Girl [NYFF 2014]
Another mesmerizing thriller from David Fincher, Gone Girl is outstanding in ways you least expect.
Catherine Reviews Charlie McDowell’s The One I Love [Fantasia 2014 Review]
The Charlie Kaufman-lite The One I Love is a flimsy but highly amusing relationship fantasy.
Catherine Stebbins
Catherine Reviews Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm [CT LGBT Film Festival 2014]
Xavier Dolan shows what he can do with a genre film (turns out it's a lot) with his fourth outing Tom at the Farm.
12th Annual Brazilian Film Festival Of New York Running Until June 7
And here are a few of the highlights.
Joshua Brunsting
Sean Reviews Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur [Tribeca Film Festival Review]
Polanski's adaptation is a sexually-tinged delight.
SXSW 2014 Preview Podcast
Ryan is joined by Jonathan Poritsky to discuss the upcoming SXSW 2014 festival, including the films and panels that they're excited about.
Ryan Gallagher
PIFF 2014 Extends Run; Expanded Schedule Released
Due to some previously cancelled screenings, this year's PIFF festivities are not coming to a close quite yet.
Joshua Reviews Nanouk Leopold’s It’s All So Quiet [PIFF 2014 Review]
This darling from the 2013 Berlin Film Festival makes its way to Portland, and is more than worthy of every bit of praise it musters up.