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RAMON ZÜRCHER, SILVAN ZÜRCHER: THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER/DAS MÄDCHEN UND DIE SPINNE (2021)

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HENRIETTE CONFURIIUS, LILIANE AMUAT IN THE GIRL AND THE SPIDER...

NADAV LAPID: AHED'S KNEE (2021)

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AVSHALOM POLLAK IN AHED'S KNEE

Lapid grows more personal and more angry in the second of two taunts directed at his...

JOACHIM TRIER: THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021)

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RENATE REINSVE IN THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

A young woman finding herself completes Trier's...

RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI: WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY 偶然と想像 (2021)

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AYUMU NAKAJIMA, HYUNRI, KOTONE FURUKAWA IN SEGMENT 1, THE UNEXPECTED LOVE TRIANGLE

Suave...

ALEKSANDRE KOBERIDZE: WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? ( 2021) - NYFF

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A film to love - or hate

Summary: In the Georgian riverside city...

TODD HAYNES: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (2021)


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STILL OF LOU REED FROM THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

A beautiful look at the short-lived but seminal rock band...

JULIA DUCOURNAU: TITANE (2021)

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ADÈLE GUIGUE AS YOUNG ALEXIA IN TITANE

An audacious body horror thrill ride with loneliness and need

Critics have...

JOANNA HOGG: THE SOUVENIR: PART ii (2021)

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HONOR SWINTON BYRNE AND TILDA SWINTON IN THE SOUVENIR: PART II

A conclusion of Hogg's brilliant and brave...

REBECCA HALL: PASSING ( 2021)

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RUTH NEGGA IN PASSING

Agony of deception

For her directorial debut Rebecca Hall, whose opera singer mother, Maria...

BRUNO DUMONT: FRANCE (2021)

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LÉA SEYDOUX IN FRANCE

Dumont goes wrong - but it's sui generis eye candy

Bruno Dumont's France was greeted with boos...

JONAS POHER RASMUSSEN: FLEE (2021)

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AMIN IN NEW YORK IN FLEE

An Afghan refugee opens up about a hidden past

Even in a time when there are many films...

RYUNSUKE HAMAGUCHI: DRIVE MY CAR (2021)

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HIDETOSHI NISHIJIMA, TOKO MIURA IN DRIVE MY CAR

Hamaguchi garners more international attention with the...

MIA HANSEN-LØVE: BERGMAN ISLAND

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VICKY KRIEPS IN BERGMAN ISLAND

A misfire for the director, despite the critical admiration

In Hansen-Love's new film...

RADU JUDE: BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN (2021)

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KATIA PASCARIU IN BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN

A provocative and effectively messy Romanian film...

PARALLEL MOTHERS (Pedro Almodóvar 2021)

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PENELOPE CRUZ IN PARALLEL MOTHERS

Almodóvar scores high with slightly mix of feminism and earnest Spanish...

JANE CAMPION: THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021)

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BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, JESSE PLEMENS IN THE POWER OF THE DOG

Machismo challenged

This is an assured and...

New York Film Festival 2021 (Sept. 24-Oct. 10). Opening, Centerpiece, closing night films.

GENERAL FILM FORUM THREAD

Links to Reviews:
The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen 2021) Opening Night...