The Place

Nov 24, 2020 — One of the most widely praised documentaries of the past year tells a local story with immediate and global relevance.

Oct 9, 2019 — This year’s program has taken NYFF attendees to Soviet Russia, Lebanon, Chile, back home to the Big Apple, and behind bars.

Sep 27, 2019 — Some of the top titles premiering in Berlin, Locarno, and Venice this year are featured in the New York Film Festival’s Main Slate.

May 27, 2019 — The awards have been presented, the red carpet rolled up, and now we can gather a little perspective on this year’s competition.

Aug 21, 2018 — A mythic piece of early Finnish cinema gets reimagined in the short film The Moonshiners, now streaming on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck.

May 17, 2018 — High praise for the Korean director’s first film in eight years.

May 14, 2018 — A mystery, a road movie, and a tribute to the late Abbas Kiarostami.

Jan 19, 2018 — Before we turn to the features and series that haven’t been made yet, we’ve got two items worth making note of here. First, as Wellesnet editor Ray Kelly reports, “The Other Side of the Wind had its first screening on...

Jan 2, 2018 — John Hughes created the blueprint for the American teen movie with this pop-culture phenomenon, finding the humanity in an assortment of high school archetypes.

May 5, 2014 — The celebrated divot points manfully toward the crest of the next hill, and the next, and the next, and to the horizon after that. Always forward! Into the sunset! Kirk Douglas is on the move: a wagon train of grimace,...