The 48th Annual New York Film Festival runs through October 10th. Mike Leigh's Another Year and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff are two of the festival's selections. Find out what I thought of them... More»

You might think there's nothing more painful than a Q&A session where no one asks any questions. But especially in New York, and particularly in New York press conference situations, a deafening silence is preferable to occasions where audience members regrettably speak up. More»

The 48th Annual New York Film Festival runs through October 10th. Benjamin Heisenberg's The Robber and Jorge Michel Grau's We Are What We Are are two of the festival's selections. Find out what I thought of them below... More»

David Fincher's "Facebook movie"The Social Network is as addictive and depressing as the site it profiles. Like Facebook, its initial thrill slowly wears off. Unlike Facebook, you still won't want to look away.
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New York inspires reinvention. But sometimes a man falls for New York and leaves as big a mark on the city as the city left on him. John Lennon was one of those men. And Michael Epstein's LennonNYC, playing at the NYFF, is a documentary about the artist and city's sadly truncated love affair. More»

John Hughes' high school detention classic The Breakfast Club turned 25 this year. Although the beloved director wasn't around for the party, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's New Wave celebrated it with a screening and Brat Pack reunion at the Paris Theater and Good Units last night. More»

Unlike many famous relatives, the Brothers Affleck seem to get along famously. They've co-starred in three movies and avoided public acrimony. And both directed just released films--Ben's The Town and Casey's I'm Still Here. Now, in hopes of igniting a family feud, let's decide who comes out on top. More»

We recently charted the history of the post-glitz Bowery. This week at Film Forum you can check out Lionel Rogosin's On the Bowery and see the fabled, once dirty boulevard 50 years before its gentrification went into warp speed. The drunks on display here won't be staggering out of a party at the Varvatos store. More»

Producers of the upcoming Facebook movie, The Social Network, weren't sure whether or not to include a controversial scene of Justin Timberlake's character, Sean Parker, casually delivering a monologue while "a pair of teenage girls offer party-goers lines of cocaine from bared breasts." More»

After the worst summer ever at the movies, the New York Film Festival can't come soon enough. And yesterday's announcement of this year's full lineup makes us optimistic about fall's offerings as we suffer through the dog days. More»

Unless you haven't turned on a TV or walked by a billboard in the past three months, you know that Eat, Pray, Love comes out Friday. But despite the movie's ad blitz, blockbuster source material (Elizabeth Gilbert's Oprah-approved book) and megawatt star power (Julia Roberts), its success is not guaranteed. More»