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![Once the guns start blazing in Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, they don’t really stop. Prolific British director Ben Wheatley’s massively entertaining recovery from the messy J.G. Ballard adaptation High-Rise is […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/freefire.jpg "Eric Kohn on Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire")
Eric Kohn on Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire
Posted on April 18, 2017 | No CommentsOnce the guns start blazing in Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, they don’t really stop. Prolific British director Ben Wheatley’s massively entertaining recovery from the messy J.G. Ballard adaptation High-Rise is […] -
![One of the quiet triumphs of James Gray's The Lost City of Z is how it posits artillery officer, archaeologist, and explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam)—who disappeared along with his […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/lostcityofz-scaled.jpg "Ed Gonzalez on James Gray’s The Lost City of Z")
Ed Gonzalez on James Gray’s The Lost City of Z
Posted on April 12, 2017 | No CommentsOne of the quiet triumphs of James Gray's The Lost City of Z is how it posits artillery officer, archaeologist, and explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam)—who disappeared along with his […] -
![Lee Grant, actress, director and trailblazer for nearly 70 years, remembers her breakthrough. It was 1949, and she was offered a Broadway role as the pretty ingenue lead in a […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/leegrant.jpg "Farran Smith Nehme Chats with Oscar Winner Lee Grant")
Farran Smith Nehme Chats with Oscar Winner Lee Grant
Posted on April 7, 2017 | No CommentsLee Grant, actress, director and trailblazer for nearly 70 years, remembers her breakthrough. It was 1949, and she was offered a Broadway role as the pretty ingenue lead in a […] -
![Each new film that Terrence Malick, the once notoriously unhurried director, has made in the rash of projects since The Tree of Life (2011) evinces a further regression, an increasingly […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/songtosong-scaled.jpg "Melissa Anderson on Terrence Malick’s Song to Song")
Melissa Anderson on Terrence Malick’s Song to Song
Posted on March 17, 2017 | No CommentsEach new film that Terrence Malick, the once notoriously unhurried director, has made in the rash of projects since The Tree of Life (2011) evinces a further regression, an increasingly […] -
![In theory, Fifty Shades Darker is great no matter how bad it is. To call it a lousy movie is missing the point: It’s a functional movie, a girls-night-out commando […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fiftyshadesdarker.jpg "Stephanie Zacharek on Fifty Shades Darker")
Stephanie Zacharek on Fifty Shades Darker
Posted on February 10, 2017 | No CommentsIn theory, Fifty Shades Darker is great no matter how bad it is. To call it a lousy movie is missing the point: It’s a functional movie, a girls-night-out commando […] -
![Martin Scorsese has evidently waited his entire life to direct a saga of martyrdom and Judas-like betrayal on the scale of Silence, his stark, portentous adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/silence2016-e1484332959271.jpg "David Edelstein on Martin Scorsese’s Silence")
David Edelstein on Martin Scorsese’s Silence
Posted on January 13, 2017 | No CommentsMartin Scorsese has evidently waited his entire life to direct a saga of martyrdom and Judas-like betrayal on the scale of Silence, his stark, portentous adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel […] -
![Filmmaker Pablo Larraín’s international reputation rests on a decade-long run of films prodding at the bugaboos haunting the collective historical imagination of his native Chile. Despite a proclivity for some […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jackie-scaled.jpg "Nick Pinkerton on Pablo Larraín’s Jackie")
Nick Pinkerton on Pablo Larraín’s Jackie
Posted on December 2, 2016 | No CommentsFilmmaker Pablo Larraín’s international reputation rests on a decade-long run of films prodding at the bugaboos haunting the collective historical imagination of his native Chile. Despite a proclivity for some […] -
![Through absolutely no fault of his own, Warren Beatty was born to be one of the handsomest men on Earth. Everybody has to play the hand he’s dealt, even if […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/rulesdontapply.jpg "Kyle Smith on Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply")
Kyle Smith on Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply
Posted on November 23, 2016 | No CommentsThrough absolutely no fault of his own, Warren Beatty was born to be one of the handsomest men on Earth. Everybody has to play the hand he’s dealt, even if […] -
![She is of royal blood. She has an overprotective father. She has an animal sidekick—two, actually—and a personal dream she needs to fulfill, no matter how many people tell her […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/moana.jpg "Stephen Whitty on Ron Clements and John Musker’s Moana")
Stephen Whitty on Ron Clements and John Musker’s Moana
Posted on November 23, 2016 | No CommentsShe is of royal blood. She has an overprotective father. She has an animal sidekick—two, actually—and a personal dream she needs to fulfill, no matter how many people tell her […] -
![Manchester by the Sea, about a self-punishing, depressive loner (Casey Affleck) who slowly comes back to life after enduring a series of brutal losses, is the funniest movie about grief […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/manchesterbythesea.jpg "Matt Zoller Seitz on Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea")
Matt Zoller Seitz on Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea
Posted on November 18, 2016 | No CommentsManchester by the Sea, about a self-punishing, depressive loner (Casey Affleck) who slowly comes back to life after enduring a series of brutal losses, is the funniest movie about grief […]