The life of Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix's older sister and an important composer in her own right, springs into color in a recent documentary.
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Movie Reviews: New York Film Festival Documentaries ‘Scénarios’ + ‘Exposé du Film Annonce du Film ‘Scénario,” and ‘Dahomey’
French documentaries recount Jean-Luc Godard's influence on film history and pose questions about returning looted artworks to Dahomey, present-day Benin.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Movie Review: Amazing Surprises in ‘The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee’
Christopher Lee had an amazing life beyond his life on the screen. This film takes you there .
Read More »New York Film Festival 2024 Reviews: Land Struggles in ‘Harvest,’ ‘No Other Land’
Two films, one fictional, one a documentary, concern struggles with land possession and ownership that divergently reveal how money, greed and power become the salient motivation for evicting people who have worked the land for a century or more.
Read More »Anthem Film Review: 3 Persian Films and Halyna Hutchins
The Anthem Libertarian Film Festival opened this year with three films from Iran, in its continuing effort to give Iranian filmmakers an international voice.
Read More »Film and Music Reviews: A Documentary about Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett, plus Melissa Carper, Gene Clark, and AJ Lee & Blue Summit
Reviews of a documentary about Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, plus music from Melissa Carper, Gene Clark, and AJ Lee.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Hacking Hate’
'Hacking Hate' reveals how hate proliferates online, and highlights how white supremacist groups use it to undermine democracy
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Antidote’
'Antidote' documents the story of journalists who risk their lives investigating and reporting on Putin's murderous, oppressive regime.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Brats’
In 'Brats' Andrew McCarthy meets with fellow actors to discuss how a New York magazine cover story, 'The Brat Pack,' impacted their careers.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Missing from Fire Trail Road’
Director Sabrina Van Tassel and tribal members investigate the disappearance of Indigenous woman Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, last seen on Fire Trail Road in Washington State, near Seattle.
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