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Mystery Possible Oscar Contender To Screen At NYFF Monday

October 5, 2011 Rich Drees

The mystery film is being described as a “work in progress.” [click for more]

NYFF Review: RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS

October 13, 2007 Rich Drees

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have been an undeniable force in American rock music for the past three decades. As a rock band, they kept true to their three chord inspirations when other bands were [click for more]

NYFF Review: Mr. WARMTH: THE DON RICKLES PROJECT

October 12, 2007 Rich Drees

When we first see legendary entertainer Don Rickles he is sitting backstage in his dressing room at the Stardust Hotel, waiting to hit the boards. Looking a bit frail, his hand shakes ever so slightly [click for more]

NYFF Review: BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD

October 11, 2007 Rich Drees

It seemed like a simple plan at the beginning. Two brothers, both in various states of financial distress, plan to rob a small mom and pop jewelry store in West Chester, New York. Their plan [click for more]

NYFF Review: REDACTED

October 9, 2007 Rich Drees

Brian De Palma’s new film Redacted is many things. Raw. Courageous. Disturbing. Brutal. Inflamatory. Bold. Uncompromising. Important. A plea for the soul of our country. Quite possibly the best film of De Palma’s career. Redacted [click for more]

NYFF Review: PARANOID PARK

October 7, 2007 Rich Drees

In many ways, Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park is a continuation of the themes and issues he has previously examined in 2003’s Elephant. Again we have teen characters with divorced or separated parents. Again we [click for more]

NYFF Review: SECRET SUNSHINE

September 30, 2007 Rich Drees

Secret Sunshine is an emotional tour de force, taking its audience to the heart of a mother’s worst fear and then following her ensuing descent into a vortex of depression, denial and ultimately, madness. Recently [click for more]

NYFF Review: BLADE RUNNER- THE FINAL CUT

September 28, 2007 Rich Drees

Although it confused critics and audiences in its initial 1982 release, Ridley Scott’s science-fiction noir Blade Runner remains, a quarter of a century later, not only one of the most important films in the director’s [click for more]

NYFF Review: THE ORPHANAGE

September 28, 2007 Rich Drees

While the Japanese have certainly overworked the spooky-ghost child meme for all it is worth over the last several years, there is still power in the tragic notion of a life full of potential being [click for more]

NYFF Review: 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS

September 28, 2007 Rich Drees

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s film 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days is a stark and dark look at life in 1980s communist-controlled Romania, a look more chilling than any horror film, as it is [click for more]