On April 13th, the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival opens and I can hardly wait! There are a lot of exciting events to look forward to, including world premieres and restored classics. I’ll wait on my reviews until after it’s over, but expect a few in-depth articles about some of the more interesting debuts. TIGER […]
Perhaps the most memorable thing about this odd, frustrating film is that, after it got a rave review in the Times last year, nobody was able to see it. That’s because it was not released in any identified theatre – the Times critic saw it at a “multiplex” somewhere – and there were no […]
A special screening of Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens was presented on the last night of the Queens World Film Festival. I’d never seen it before, but I knew of its reputation as one of the earliest films directed by a woman to get international attention. In spite of its being shot in 16 millimeter, […]
The festival opened as scheduled on Tuesday, March 19th, at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. There were snacks and light drinks, and the hundreds of festival-goers were having a grand time meeting friends and taking pictures. (To CORRECT the record: although I mentioned earlier that that the opening was delayed, this […]
The 6th Annual Queens World Film Festival (QWFF) screens 32 films on Saturday including a Closing Night Salute to Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens & the IndieCollect Film Preservation Campaign- The Nominated Films in Competition Winners will be Awarded March 17th, 2016, New York, NY – The 6th Annual Queens World Film Festival (QWFF) opened to sro […]
It’s something special when a nearly full theatre of movie lovers is seeing a film they know little about, when they don’t have reason to expect much, but then get a delightful surprise. I wanted to attend some films for the annual French Institute Festival, but my schedule was such that Disorder was the […]
You might have seen Bruce Smolanoff many times, onscreen that is. He’s been a busy and respected actor for quite a while, appearing in Mortal Thoughts and Kiss Me, Guido, among others, and often too on that long-standing meal ticket for New York thespians, Law and Order. But he’s been directing too, and his second […]
Another likely sleeper is As Good As You, which has already won best LGBT feature at the Hollywood International Film Festival. The background story behind the film is fascinating. Director Heather De Michele was a co-founder of Lesbian Pulporama, which performed live comedy shows in New York until about 2007, when she moved to Los […]
I don’t often see superhero movies, but the advance word on this one was that it “sends up” the genre and makes fun of the concept of superheroes in general. It was supposed to be raunchy and foul-mouthed, and its violence was supposedly too gross for the young teens who account for the super-profits that justify […]
The sixth annual Queens World Film Festival, which is scheduled for March 15-20, 2016, is no small enterprise. With 140 films from 29 countries, cinephiles are in for a feast…even though most film lovers, including yours truly, will limit themselves to “select” items from the menu. But organizers Don and Katha Cato are more than […]
