Some Returns Are Only Physical
In her debut feature Return (starring Linda Cardellini and Michael Shannon), Liza Johnson explores the scarred psyche of a woman coming home from Iraq.
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A Return to Form-alism: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lynne Ramsay’s first film in nine years includes a haunting turn by Tilda Swinton and a chilling Ezra Miller.
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The Darkness: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan reveals his bleak take on life and cinema, now playing at Film Forum.
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Sleeping Beauty: Mystery, Atmosphere, Dream
First-time director Julia Leigh goes heavy on tonal filmmaking with her take on the ethereal, eternal fairy tale.
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Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe: The Legend and the Lady
How does Simon Curtis’ lovely film My Week With Marilyn humanize the most famous actress of the 20th century?
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A Dangerous Method: From Film to Play and Back Again
Playwright/screenwriter Christopher Hampton talks about Jung and Freud's circuitous journey to the silver screen.
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The Lie: What Tangled Webs We Weave
A slacker’s momentary slip-up creates a heap of problems in actor Joshua Leonard’s directorial debut, opening Friday.
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Infinite Empathy: Werner Herzog on the Death Penalty
In his latest film, Into the Abyss, the documentary master takes an unabashed stand against the death penalty in the United States.
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NYFF 2011: A Most Stellar Edition
As New York Film Festival head Richard Pena announces next year will be his last, we highlight some of the films that made this year's edition so buzzworthy.
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Texas Killing Fields: A Hunt For Evil
Director Ami Mann invites us into the desolate gulf fields to experience a terror that is all too real.
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Banderas Sheds New Layers for Almodovar
Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodovar, and Elena Anaya talk about their intriguing new film, The Skin I Live In.
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Take Shelter: Crafting the Perfect Storm
Director Jeff Nichols talks about anxiety, family, and the upcoming storm to end all storms.
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Gus Van Sant: Restless
From big budget to arthouse and back again: the half-Hollywood, half-experimental auteur discusses his process.
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Weekend: Are the Shortest Romances the Most Poignant?
Director Andrew Haigh talks about his bittersweet gay romance.
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Drive: Knife Fights, Car Chases, and... Art Cinema?
Nicolas Winding Refn goes in-depth about his philosophy on filmmaking and the difference between stylish and stylized.
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Gainsbourg: The Proto-Hipster
Graphic novelist-turned-filmmaker Joann Sfar discusses switching mediums for his debut feature.
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Found in Translation: Littlerock
The "Best Movie Not Playing at a Theater Near You" opens Friday: Littlerock is the latest low-budget, high-aesthetic movie to display how small-budget cinema can still be formally ambitious.
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Flamethrowers & Tricked-Out Cameras: Bellflower's DIY Apocalypse
In his debut feature, actor/director Evan Glodell takes the viewer on a visceral tour of his own personal heartbreak.
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The Future: Cats Talk and Time Stops
Miranda July's latest maintains some of her trademark quirk, but unlike in her previous film, that quirk is employed for darker, edgier purposes.
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The Myth of the American Sleepover
The Myth of the American Sleepover is a lyrical, dreamy paean to the sensation of growing up.
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Salvation Boulevard: Starring Everyone!
George Ratliff's latest is a star-studded comedy (Brosnan, Kinnear, Tomei, Connelly, Harris) about the absurd world of mega-Church communities.
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Monkey Business: Project Nim
James Marsh's Project Nim is a clever work of misdirection, a documentary done as sleight-of-hand.
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Terri: Marooned in Teendom
While Azazel Jacobs' Terri seems like it may be another teen coming-of-age story, it turns out it's a refreshingly new take on an old genre.
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We Defy You Not to Love Buck
It's no wonder this doc about a gentle cowboy won an audience award at Sundance. We defy you not to be swept away by both the charms of the man and the subtle grace of the film.
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Film Socialisme & Jean-Luc Godard’s Career
Godard may have been marginalized by the larger cinematic community, but that hasn't stopped him from continually pushing the artform forward.
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