The film industry is in a state of massive change right now. The way we watch movies has never been in a more dubious state during my lifetime, certainly, and maybe yours. This was the year movie theaters reopened in…
‘Pig’ movie review: Nicolas Cage, but with the comfort of a home-cooked meal
Pig, directed by Michael Sarnoski in his debut feature and co-written by Vanessa Block, lies at a poignant intersection of food, memory, and grief. Not something you’d expect from a movie with this particular name, but then again, you never…
The Despairing Beauty of Stasis : A sampler of the first Iranian Film Festival New York
If there was one through line in the IFC’s first (and hopefully not last) annual Iranian Film Festival New York, it would be the idea of artistic stasis—of artists either incapable or not allowed to create. Many of the films…