New York Film Festival · 2015
27 films · 20 reviews
Mixes observations on capitalism, society and storytelling.
(Country: Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2015; Director: Miguel Gomes; Writer: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo, Telmo Churro; Stars: Crista Alfaiate, Dinarte Branco, Carloto Cotta, Adriano Luz, Rogério Samora, Maria Rueff, Cristina Carvalhal)
The production and costume design by Huang Wen-ying combine historical accuracy with a revelation of detailed splendour.
(Country: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong; Year: 2015; Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien ; Writer: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chu T'ien-wen, Hsieh Hai-meng; Stars: Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Sheu Fang-yi, Hsieh Hsin-ying, Zhou Yun, Juan Ching-tian, Tsumabuki Satoshi)
What seems dry and dusty on the page is far from it on the screen
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen; Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Domenick Lombardozzi, Austin Stowell, Noah Schnapp)
With old-school romance pumping through its veins, fans of the genre will find this a pleasing indulgence.
(Country: Ireland, UK, Canada; Year: 2015; Director: John Crowley; Writer: Nick Hornby, based on the novel by Colm Tóibín; Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Glascott, Jane Brennan, Brid Brennan, Eileen O'Higgins, Michael Zegen, Maeve McGrath, Emily Bett Rickards )
A beautifully crafted piece.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Todd Haynes; Writer: Phyllis Nagy, based on the book by Patricia Highsmith; Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Cory Michael Smith)
"At the heart of the kingdom there is nothing," it says, but all the fascinating splendour that exists around that gap!
(Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, US, Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Writer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Stars: Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi, Tawatchai Buawat, Sujittraporn Wongsrikeaw, Bhattaratorn Senkraigul, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Pongsadhorn Lertsukon, Sasipim Piwansenee, Apinya Unphanlam, Richard Abramson, Kammanit Sansuklerd, Boonyarak Bodlakorn, Wacharee Nagvichien)
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Thomas Bidegain; Writer: Noé Debré; Stars: John C. Reilly, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, François Damiens, Ellora Torchia)
(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Laura Israel; Writer: Laura Israel; Stars: Robert Frank)
Frank's energy, together with Israel's rapid fire editing, keep the film appealing, though they may leave some viewers feeling worn out.
(Country: Canada, France, US; Year: 2015; Director: Laura Israel; Writer: Laura Israel, Melinda Shopsin; Stars: Robert Frank, June Leaf)
Almereyda jumps straight into the experiment which, over half a century later, is as fascinating and timely and important as ever.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Almereyda; Writer: Michael Almereyda; Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Tom Farrell, Winona Ryder, Kellan Lutz, Lori Singer, Anton Yelchin, John Leguizamo, Josh Hamilton, Ned Eisenberg, Dennis Haysbert, Anthony Edwards, Edoardo Ballerini, Donnie Keshawarz, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Emily Tremaine, Harold Takooshian)
What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson; Writer: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Robert Kotyk, John Ashbery, Kim Morgan; Stars: Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Louis Negin, Udo Kier, Gregory Hlady, Mathieu Amalric, Noel Burton, Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Ahmarani, Caroline Dhavernas, Jacques Nolot, Slimane Dazi, Maria de Medeiros, Charlotte Rampling, Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon)
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Philippe Garrel; Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière, Caroline Deruas-Garrel; Stars: Clotilde Courau, Vimala Pons, Stanislas Merhar, Mounir Margoum)
There's a wonderful flexibility to Fukatsu's performance as a woman who bears endless slights as she struggles to retain her decorum.
(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, based on the book by Kazumi Yumoto; Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Eri Fukatsu)
Lanthimos satirises our obsession with relationships and modern day electronic dating rituals although the results are not nearly as funny and knowing as the director clearly thinks.
(Country: Greece, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France; Year: 2015; Director: Yorgos Lanthimos; Writer: fthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos; Stars: Colin Farrell, Léa Seydoux, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, John C Reilly, Olivia Coleman)
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Rebecca Miller; Writer: Rebecca Miller; Stars: Bill Hader, Greta Gerwig, Travis Fimmel, Julianne Moore, Ethan Hawke, Maya Rudolph)
Stephane Brizé is a master of films that appear to say very little but actually speak volumes.
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Stéphane Brizé; Writer: Stéphane Brizé, Olivier Gorce; Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller)
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Michel Gondry; Writer: Michel Gondry; Stars: Ange Dargent, Théophile Baquet, Diane Besnier, Audrey Tautou)
Cheadle attempts to give us the feel of the man rather than the real essence.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Don Cheadle; Writer: Steven Baigelman, Don Cheadle; Stars: Ewan McGregor, Keith Stanfield, Don Cheadle, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emayatzy Corinealdi)
A bold study of what it means to be Chinese in the modern age.
(Country: China, Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Jia Zhangke; Writer: Jia Zhangke; Stars: Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Dong Jing, Dong Zijian)
Desplechin, like no other, startles with his enigmatic perceptions on the gender divide.
(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Arnaud Desplechin; Writer: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr; Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Quentin Dolmaire, Léonard Matton)
Nobody sneaks up on you, light-footed, perplexing, hilarious, quite the way Nanni Moretti does with his scenes.
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2015; Director: Nanni Moretti; Writer: Gaia Manzini, Chiara Valerio; Stars: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti, Beatrice Mancini)
(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2015; Director: Chantal Akerman)
The film persuades viewers to zero in on the details by using its second scenario to invite constant subconscious questioning of what has changed.
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2015; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Writer: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Jae-yeong Jeong, Min-hee Kim, Yeo-jeong Yoon, Ju-bong Gi, Hwa-Jeong Choi)
Fassbender does his best to not make the man easily likable at first.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Danny Boyle; Writer: Aaron Sorkin, based on the book by Walter Isaacson; Stars: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Katherine Waterston, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg)
(Country: Romania; Year: 2015; Director: Corneliu Porumboiu; Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu; Stars: Radu Banzaru, Toma Cuzin, Florin Kevorkian, Dan Chiriac, Iulia Ciochina)
Everything is wired for excitement.
(Year: 2015; Director: Robert Zemeckis; Writer: Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Browne; Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz)
Moore is hopeful for the US, too, as he strolls along the remnants of the Berlin Wall, built to last and tumbled nevertheless.
(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Moore; Writer: Michael Moore)
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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