October 2011

New York Film Festival 2011 - Critic's Choice


Young Marta faces the Catholic Church in the compelling Italian drama, "Corpo celeste" by Alice Rohrwacher.

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th. His critic’s choices—from among 27 feature films plus numerous ‘special event’ features, masterworks, “views from the avant garde” and shorts—begin here.

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th.

NYFF Critic's Choice - "The Artist"


"The Artist" has a French pedigree, but was made in Hollywood.

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th. Below is one of his critic’s choices—from among 27 feature films plus numerous ‘special event’ features, masterworks, “views from the avant garde” and shorts.

NYFF Critic's Choice - "Footnote"


Father and son clash over sacred texts in Joseph Cedar's "Footnote."

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th. Below is one of his critic’s choices—from among 27 feature films plus numerous ‘special event’ features, masterworks, “views from the avant garde” and shorts.

NYFF Critic's Choice - "A Dangerous Method"


David Cronenberg parts ways with his directorial past by tackling the historic roots of analysis in "A Dangerous Method."

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th. Below is one of his critic’s choices—from among 27 feature films plus numerous ‘special event’ features, masterworks, “views from the avant garde” and shorts.

Casting His Bell

Personal documentary maker Nedžad Begović intermixes images and sound from his cell phone in "Mobitel (A Cell Phone Movie)."


Nedžad Begović culled "Mobitel (A Cell Phone Movie)" from images and sound captured on his cell phone.

The premise sounds like either a miracle or a gimmick: thousands of hours of visual and audio footage off a cell phone turned into a meaningful personal documentary. Yet Bosnian filmmaker Nedžad Begović's Mobitel (A Cell Phone Movie) manages to make cell phones ring like they're centuries old.

Bosnian filmmaker Nedžad Begović has a knack for taking his own life as a point of departure for films that end up being about much more. And he’s not shy about his intent or the company he wants to keep.

NYFF Critic's Choice - "A Separation"


"This Iranian artist," writes Brokaw of Asghar Farhadi, "is fully in charge of his script."

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th. Below is one of his critic’s choices—from among 27 feature films plus numerous ‘special event’ features, masterworks, “views from the avant garde” and shorts.

NYFF Critic's Choice - "Corpo celeste"


Young Marta faces the Catholic Church in the compelling Italian drama, "Corpo celeste" by Alice Rohrwacher.

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th. Below is one of his critic’s choices—from among 27 feature films plus numerous ‘special event’ features, masterworks, “views from the avant garde” and shorts.

NYFF Critic's Choice - "The Turin Horse"


"The Turin Horse" was photographed by Fred Kelemen.

The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, is viewing the entire main slate of the 49th New York Film Festival, showing at Lincoln Center September 30-October 16th. Below is one of his critic’s choices—from among 27 feature films plus numerous ‘special event’ features, masterworks, “views from the avant garde” and shorts.

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