This article originally appeared on mysterycatalog.com. 40 years ago, Lynne Sachs took a video class at Manhattan’s DCTV (Downtown Community...
Ariel Kavoussi’s expertly directed and very funny short film, “The Poet and the Professor,” puts her in the class of talented indie filmmakers like...
Brooklyn’s Northside Music Festival begins this week, featuring a lineup of over 300 musical acts including Liz Phair, who is touring in support of...
Tony Zierra’s documentary “Filmworker” tells the story of Stanley Kubrick’s long time and most trusted assistant Leon Vitali, who, for...
“Godard Mon Amour” is a funny, charming film about the brief marriage of nouvelle vague film director Jean-Luc Godard and the late actress Anne...
I remember the first time I encountered an issue of National Lampoon, sometime in the early 1970s in North Carolina, where I grew up. I noticed it in...
A review of Alex Gibney's documentary "Going Clear" about people who have left Scientology.
Arriving soon after the Oscars, in the first two weeks of Spring, the 44th edition of the “New Directors/New Films” series remains an excellent way...
Filmwax Radio blogger Herbert Gambill’s 4th dispatch from the New York Film Festival press & industry screenings. The Festival runs from Friday...
Filmwax Radio blogger Herbert Gambill’s 3rd dispatch from the New York Film Festival press & industry screenings. The Festival runs from Friday...
At age 56 (he’ll turn 57 this Monday), Australian musician, screenwriter and novelist Nick Cave has been alive more than “20,000 Days on...
Filmwax Radio blogger Herbert Gambill’s 2nd dispatch from the New York Film Festival press & industry screenings. The New York Film...
Kent Jones’ 2nd time at the helm of the New York Film Festival is an impressive one, with two major American world premieres opening this fall...
Online film community and streaming service Fandor.com announced two new products today: FIX, and Fandor | Festival Alliance. FIX “will enable...
“The Double” is set, much like Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” or Godard’s “Alphaville”, in a fantasy world that is part future and part past. There are...