In his final installment from NYFF51, Critics Academy member Gus Reed takes a look at Nathaniel Dorsky's new work, Song and Spring, which screened in Views from the Avant-Garde at the recent festival. Read More »
Missing the New York Film Festival already? We sure are! Get your fix with some behind the scenes video exclusives. From the Her press conference to Nebraska stars on the red carpet, we hope these clips keep NYFF alive for you just a little longer... Read More »
Diana Drumm is a member of the NYFF Critics Academy. She examines the illusion American Dream in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and James Gray's The Immigrant. Read More »
Critics Academy member Greg Cwik gives his take on the raw portrayal of sex in two NYFF51 movies, Blue Is The Warmest Color and Stranger By the Lake. Read More »
Spike Jonze and cast reunited at the Walter Reade Theater Saturday afternoon to discuss Her ahead of the World Premiere of the film, closing out the 51st New York Film Festival. Read More »
The sun is setting on the 51st New York Film Festival. For the first time, Closing Night came a day early, which left us with a day to schedule encore screenings of some of our most popular films. Here's what the critics, and in some cases our programmers, are saying about them. Read More »
Shelley Farmer is a member of the NYFF Critics Academy. She examines two festival films, Paul Greengrass' "Captain Phillips" and Hany Abu-Assad's "Omar," that find personal focus amid a political story and argues that both owe a debt to genre filmmaking. Read More »
