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59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
2021
Through her focus on what might seem like a narrow issue, Lamorre mines a rich vein of history.
There's an all too familiar kind of horror here which makes the first half of the film an uneasy watch.
Frequent close-ups build on the chemistry between the actors to capture that feeling when one individual suddenly seems bigger and brighter and louder than everything else in the world.
It's an obvious metaphor for aspects of life in the 21st Century, complemented by the textured look of Wexler's photography and the archive images which support the central narrative.
A remarkably accomplished piece of storytelling.
Although it's shot on a low budget and lacks the polish of most of today's successful queer films, How To Fix Radios has an important contribution to make.
The rather conventional structure of Yana Ugrekhelidze's film, which follows the couple over several years, serves to highlight the ordinariness of its subjects and the Kafkaesque nature of the invisible prison woven around them.
Made on a very low budget, the film looks rough, but the performances are solid enough and the leads have real chemistry.
Molocco’s performance is excellent and will make viewers feel for Molly even if they have no experience with this type of situation.
Caudeli has a talent that goes beyond the mere provision of puzzles.
This complex story is driven by its characters and blessed with a trio of impressive but unshowy performances.
Brummer is the perfect choice to play Nick.
Merricoffer's performance will keep you rivetted.
Quirky and a little uneven but appealingly sweet.
It's a beautifully written script and the performances are top notch.
The joy that Liu finds in the learning process is infectious and will itself give many viewers a new respective on the subject.
A storyline that sometimes feels rushed or contrived is balanced here by a solid performance from Hartley and a tender one from Barlow.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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