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19th Annual African Diaspora International Film FestivalThe 19th edition of the African Diaspora International Film Festival screens in New York from November 25 through December 13, 2011. Some of the most interesting selections this year are the documentaries.
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2011 New Directors/New Films Reviews: "Attenberg" And "Hospitalite"Reviews of two of the best selections of the 40th edition of New Directors/New Films: "Attenberg" and "Hospitalite." -
2011 New Directors/New Films Reviews: "Belle Epine", "Curling", "Pariah"The 40th edition of New Directors/New Films screens at the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater from March 23 through April 3. -
"Hardest Men in Town" Review: Takashi Miike's "Dead or Alive"This yakuza thriller by Takashi Miike, above all else, is a letter-perfect illustration of the saying, "Nothing succeeds like excess." -
Review: Gregg Araki's "Kaboom""Kaboom," the latest film by Gregg Araki, is billed as "The Gregg Araki Movie." This strongly indicates that Kaboom can be seen as a sort of career summing-up. -
"Run, Salaryman, Run!": Sabu Retrospective at Japan SocietyFive of Sabu's ten features will be screened at a retrospective entitled "Run, Salaryman, Run!" screening at Japan Society from January 26 through February 5. -
18th Annual African Diaspora International Film FestivalThe 18th edition of the African Diaspora International Film Festival screens in New York from November 26 through December 14, 2010. -
Review: Jeff Mizushima's "Etienne!"With the immensely charming "Etienne!", Mizushima has crafted a genuinely heartfelt and endearingly earnest film. -
Review: Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" (50th Anniversary Restoration)The 50th anniversary restoration of Jean-Luc Godard's landmark 1960 film Breathless, now playing at Film Forum through June 10, is an event for cineastes not to be missed. -
New Directors/New Films 2010 Review: Lixin Fan's "Last Train Home"The plight of Chinese migrant workers is the subject of of Lixin Fan's superb, heartbreaking documentary "Last Train Home." -
17th African Diaspora Film FestivalThe 17th edition of the African Diaspora Film Festival screens in New York from November 27 through December 15, 2009, featuring 103 films from 46 countries. -
Review: Frederick Wiseman's "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet"Frederick Wiseman's latest film "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet" is a typically rigorous institutional examination of the famed ballet company. -
New Directors/New Films 2009The 2009 edition of New Directors/New Films screens from March 25 through April 5, and this year is shaping up to be the strongest slate in years.
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Film Comment Selects 2009The Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual survey of world cinema screens at the Walter Reade Theater through March 5. -
Review: Yang Joo-nam's "Sweet Dream"This 1936 film is now the earliest surviving Korean film, and screened recently at the Museum of Modern Art as part of its series "Korean Films Made During the Japanese Occupation." -
Faded Glory: Oscar Micheaux and Black Pre-War CinemaThis valuable retrospective highlights an often neglected area of American film history: the work of independent black filmmakers from the first half of the 20th century.
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2008 African Diaspora Film FestivalThe 16th annual African Diaspora Film Festival (Nov. 28 through Dec. 14, 2008), features 88 films from 14 countries. -
The 16th Annual African Diaspora Film FestivalThe 16th annual African Diaspora Film Festival (Nov. 28 through Dec. 14, 2008), screening in New York at various venues, features 88 films from 14 countries. -
The 2008 New York Korean Film FestivalThe 2008 New York Korean Film Festival highlights notable recent Korean films, and is a mixed bag, much like Korean cinema in general these days.
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2008 Japan Cuts Festival Review: Naomi Kawase's "The Mourning Forest"Naomi Kawase's latest film "The Mourning Forest" is such an ineffable, all-encompassing experience that mere words seem inadequate to describe it.
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2008 New York Asian Film Festival Review: Johnnie to and Wai Ka-fai's "Mad Detective"Leave it to Johnnie To and his great collaborator Wai Ka-fai to breathe new life into that most shopworn and exhausted of genres: the police detective story.
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2008 New York Asian Film Festival Review: Yoshihiro Nishimura's "Tokyo Gore Police"Yoshihiro Nishimura's "Tokyo Gore Police" is a delirious and (mostly) entertaining blast of J-horror excess.
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2008 New York Asian Film Festival Review: Kim Jin-won's "The Butcher"A Michael Haneke film on acid, Kim Jin-won's "The Butcher " is a relentless 75-minute assault on the senses.
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New Directors/New Films 2008The 2008 New Directors/New Films festival, screening from March 26 through April 6, has for 37 years now been an important showcase for emerging filmmakers, and this year's edition is the strongest in years.
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Review: Risa Morimoto's "Wings of Defeat"Risa Morimoto's documentary "Wings of Defeat" sheds valuable light on one of the most notorious yet least understood aspects of World War II, the Japanese pilots known as kamikaze, and persuasively counters popular notions about these soldiers.
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Review: Buichi Saito's "Plains Wanderer"The fifth installment of a popular nine-part series, "Plains Wanderer " is a sterling example of the "Eastern Western" genre, a popular staple of Nikkatsu action films.
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Dawn of Japanese AnimationThe film series "Dawn of Japanese Animation," screening at Japan Society from February 13-16, is a lively, impressive collection of films that is a fascinating glimpse of Japanese pop culture from the 1920's through the 1940's.
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Review: Jia Zhang-ke's "Still Life"Jia Zhang-ke's "Still Life" is one of the strongest works to date by one of China's, and indeed the world's, finest filmmakers.
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Review: Toshio Masuda's "Like a Shooting Star"The title of this film aptly describes its main character, Goro (Tetsuya Watari), a cooler-than-thou gangster, who burns brightly and is gone just as fast.
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15th Annual African Dispora Film FestivalThe 15th edition of the African Diaspora Film Festival, screening in New York from November 23 through December 9, is a typically eclectic, globe-trotting collection of documentaries and fiction features.
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DVD Review: Charles Burnett's "Killer of Sheep"Could it be that the best film of 2007 was made in 1977? Charles Burnett's masterpiece "Killer of Sheep" is one of the finest works made in America made in any medium.
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Review: Koreyoshi Kurahara's "The Warped Ones""The Warped Ones" definitely lives up to its title, as it is a jazz-filled portrait of nihilistic youth, playing at petty crime and prostitution with reckless abandon.
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Cinema = Movement: Intersections of Japanese Art & Politics"Cinema = Movement: Intersections of Japanese Art and Politics," a film series screening at Anthology Film Archives, highlights underground filmmakers who created often politically incendiary works that engaged with the turbulent struggles of the 60's.
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2007 New York Korean Film FestivalThe New York Korean Film Festival, screening from August 21 through September 2, 2007 at Cinema Village, IFC Center and BAM Rose Cinemas, once again highlights the remarkable diversity of current Korean cinema.
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Korean Cinema: Independent Visions of the Short FilmThese programs feature talented filmmakers, and proves that in current Korean cinema, some of the most challenging and exciting works are emerging from the independent sector.
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Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film"Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film," screening at the Japan Society in New York City from July 5-15, is a great showcase of the almost dizzying variety of recent Japanese cinema and video work.
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Review: John Carney's "Once"A small film in the greatest sense of the word, "Once" is a musical of a different kind. In sharp contrast to current summer blockbusters, this film is a model of subtlety and modulation.
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Review: Andrea Arnold's "Red Road"Andrea Arnold's film "Red Road" is an intense modern revenge tragedy that is a very strong work that explores issues of modern-day surveillance and the complex interplay of rage and desire.
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Review: Park Jin-pyo's "Voice of a Murderer"The chilling docudrama "Voice of a Murderer" is the latest from Park Jin-pyo, one of Korea's most interesting directors.
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Rendez-vous with French Cinema 2007 Review: Bruno Dumont's "Flanders"Bruno Dumont's latest film, Flanders, screening in Lincoln Center's "Rendez-vous with French Cinema 2007" series, which runs at the Walter Reade Theater from February 28 through March 11, is a highlight of this year's selections.
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"Film Comment Selects" Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Retribution""Retribution", which had its New York premiere in Lincoln Center's "Film Comment Selects" series, is a major disappointment from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, one of Japan's best directors.
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"Film Comment Selects" Review: Lin Tay-jou's "Bardo"A major highlight of this year's "Film Comment Selects" series is Taiwanese experimental and documentary filmmaker Lin Tay-jou's Bardo, a 70-minute triptych about the stages of life death, and rebirth.
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Lolita in Full Bloom: 1980s Irresistible HeroinesThe Japan Society's film series "Lolita in Full Bloom: 1980s Irresistible Heroines," running from November 10-19, focuses on films featuring "idols," young female Japanese pop stars who gained much popularity during this period.
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New York Korean Film Festival 2006The newest edition of the New York Korean Film Festival has as this year's theme, "Wounding and Healing." This year's typically eclectic selection includes romantic comedies, period films, crime films, and distinctive independent films.
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Heroic Grace: The Chinese Martial Arts Film, Part IIThis follow-up to the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 2003 series of classic Hong Kong martial arts films once again offers a dazzling array of acrobatic kung fu and visual splendor, almost all in brand-new prints.
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New York Asian Film Festival 2006The New York Asian Film Festival, which runs from June 16 through July 1 at Anthology Film Archives and The Imaginasian, offers a selection of quality films, surprising, shocking, tender, cruel, and unclassifiable films that deserve a larger audience.
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2006 New Directors/New Films Festival (Part 1)This year's edition of the New Directors/New Films festival is a typically mixed bag, with accomplished and original works alongside far less compelling ones.
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Film Comment Selects 2006The latest edition of "Film Comment Selects" offers a varied selection from many diverse countries, with as many different approaches to style and subject matter.
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Another Spanish Cinema: Films in Catalunya 1906-2006The Film Society of Lincoln Center's current series, "Another Spanish Cinema: Films in Catalunya 1906-2006," sheds light on a little known facet of Spanish cinema: films from the Catalan region of Spain, and its celebrated city of Barcelona.
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Short Films by Werner Herzog - DVD ReviewNow on DVD, we have the opportunity to see three early short documentaries made during Herzog's creatively fertile period in the '70s, in the collection Short Films by Werner Herzog, recently released by New Yorker Video.
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Truth and Dare: New York Korean Film Festival 2005Truth and Dare: New York Korean Film Festival 2005, running from Sept 2-11, 2005, boasts an impressive sampling of contemporary Korean cinema, both popular and critically successful films.
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Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers: A Portrait of SolitudeJim Jarmusch, with Broken Flowers, has created a remarkable film that gains resonance with repeated viewing, and offers us a uniquely comic yet ultimately melancholy portrait of solitude.
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Gus Van Sant's Last DaysLast Days is one of the year's best films, and is highly recommended to viewers willing to experience this true work of art. It rejects the baggage of conventional narrative to offer an example of uncompromised artistic vision.
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Scanners: The 2005 New York Video FestivalThis year's edition reveals the richness and variety of work currently being done in the video medium, featuring a diverse set of filmmakers advancing the medium and expanding its possibilities.
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Louis Malle Retrospective in NYCThe Film Society of Lincoln Center's retrospective, "Risks and Reinvention: The Cinema of Louis Malle," playing in New York from June 24 through July 15, is a rare and valuable opportunity to assess this unique filmmaker's place in the cinema pantheon.