In a manner befitting the impressive combat acrobatics on display over the course of the weekend, even the Q&A session at the opening night screening...
In 2016, Park Chan-Wook’s psycho-sexual thriller “The Handmaiden” —one of the best films of the year— included among its visual oddities a POV shot...
At first glance, Jet Leyco’s “Matangtubig” (“Town in a Lake”) appears to be the result of filtering David Lynch’s sensibilities through the culture...
With its bifurcated title, “Folk Hero & Funny Guy” —the new film from “It’s a Disaster” director Jeff Grace— makes a clear mission statement of...
About an hour into “Bobbi Jene” —director Elvira Lind’s winner of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Documentary award, the audience is presented...
An American politician uses fear of a foreign entity in an attempt to wield authoritarian power. His enemies are branded as sympathizers at best and...
Director Sam Voutas’ “King of Peking” shines a light on an unsung hero of the film industry: the projectionist. Big Wong (Jun Zhao) and Little Wong...
Pendular. 2017. Brazil/ Argentina/ France. Directed by Julia Murat. Courtesy of Still Moving. A dilapidated industrial space in Rio de Janeiro houses...
Nele Wohlatz’s “The Future Perfect”–winner of the Best First Feature prize at the 2016 Locarno International Film Festival–portrays a fascinating...
May 20th • Doors at 6:30, event begins at 7:00, no entry after 7:30 DCTV, 87 Lafayette, NYC DCTV and Filmwax Radio cordially invite you to a special...
Something was in the air this year at South by Southwest. A number of people I hung out with complained that the films weren’t as good as last year...
Filmwax Radio blogger Herbert Gambill’s 3rd dispatch from the New York Film Festival press & industry screenings. The Festival runs from Friday...
Filmwax Radio blogger Herbert Gambill’s 2nd dispatch from the New York Film Festival press & industry screenings. The New York Film Festival runs...
“When you get older the sex gets better,” actress Rosie Perez observed yesterday in a discussion held at Manhattan’s NeueHouse work collective space...
This is largely an arbitrary list that is no particular order. I am not ranking them because, well, I’m just lazy like that. I just walked out of...