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New Directors/New Films

18 March – 29 March 2015

Festival opening gala The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Festival opening gala The Diary Of A Teenage Girl

Celebrating its 44th year, the New Directors/New Films takes place March 18-29 and is presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art.

The festival will open with The Diary Of A Teenage Girl and close with Entertainment.

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Latest reviews

  • Goodnight Mommy
    Review preview for Goodnight Mommy

    Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s film is one entirely about small details.

    Luke Shaw · 3.5 out of 5
    Twin boys suspect that their mum, who has just undergone reconstructive facial surgery, is an imposter and set out to discover the truth.
  • Dog Lady
    Review preview for Dog Lady

    Centering on a beautifully observed performance by co-director Verónica Llinás, this is a film that treats its outsider heroine with dignity and reminds the viewer what it really takes to survive in this way.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The story of a nameless woman living in the wilds with a pack of dogs.
  • Christmas, Again
    Review preview for Christmas, Again

    Poekel keeps things natural, letting Noel's sadness slowly permeate the atmosphere along with the scent of pine needles rather than ringing it out at high volume.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A heartbroken Christmas tree salesman returns to New York, hoping to put the past year behind him.
  • Listen To Me Marlon
    Review preview for Listen To Me Marlon

    Riley really does listen to Marlon and, by extension, encourages us to.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary uses first-person tapes to explore the life and career of Brando.
  • Theeb
    Review preview for Theeb

    This is a well structured and affecting piece of film-making.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A Bedouin boy experiences a desert adventure when he joins a British officer searching for a well on the eve of the 1916 Arab Revolt.
  • Entertainment
    Review preview for Entertainment

    It is by turns sad and disturbing - with occasional bouts of highly dubious dark humour.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    En route to meeting with his estranged daughter, a broken, ageing comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave Desert.
  • The Tribe
    Review preview for The Tribe

    Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A deaf teenager runs into gang trouble at a boarding school.
  • The Creation Of Meaning
    Review preview for The Creation Of Meaning

    Sense of memory, sense of history, sense of time, envelop us like a high altitude fog.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    An ageing shepherd's livelihood is threatened by the rise of corruption.
  • Haemoo
    Review preview for Haemoo

    The characters feel shallow in comparison to the impressive action sequences.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The attempt of a fishing ship’s crew to smuggle illegal migrants ends in catastrophe.
  • The Fool
    Review preview for The Fool

    Seizes the attention from the brutal opening – and refuses to let go for an instant.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A smalltown plumber takes on corrupt bureaucracy.

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