Legendary filmmaker William Greaves’ 1972 footage of an extraordinary group of artists and thinkers features in a new documentary presented by his son, David Greaves, and granddaughter Liani Greaves, director and producer, alongside Anne de Mare, producer and editor, in a night that reminded us the importance of passionate and respectful disagreement.
Set in Duke Ellington’s townhouse on a summer evening in 1972, Once Upon a Time in Harlem follows four hours of conversation, laughter, and critique between some of the Harlem Renaissance’s most prominent artists, writers, and icons.
Joachim Trier stakes his claim as a master of modern social cinema.
At the red carpet event of the film No Other Choice, at the New York Film Festival 2025, I got the opportunity to talk to Park Chan-wook and main star Lee Byung-hun about the genre-bending masterpiece they had created.
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is a darkly comic and visually stunning thriller about a laid-off paper factory worker whose desperate fight to preserve his identity spirals into absurd violence and moral collapse. By far my favorite film at NYFF 2025, it cements the South Korean film industry as a new behemoth not only in commercial success, but critical as well.
“Father Mother Sister Brother” brought a plethora of interesting and complicated family dynamics to the New York Film Festival!
“We shot some stuff that we stole going up the West Side Highway. I don’t know if there’s any cops here,” Will Arnett told the audience following a press and industry screening of Is This Thing On? at the New York Film Festival, “But one point we’re driving up the West Side Highway and Bradley’s on the dash shooting me…and I’m like ‘cop, cop, cop!'”
Stepping onto the red carpet at the 2025 New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, I had the opportunity to interview the cast and several members of the creative team behind this year’s Sentimental Value, a film by Joachim Trier.
Netflix’s moving film Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, premiered at the New York Film Festival.
“How many people are in therapy?” Rebecca Zlotowski asked the audience, following the premiere of “A Private Life,” prompting hand raises and knowing laughter.