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Best of New Directors/New Films: Bill Cunningham New York

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 25th, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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NYC through an irreplaceable lens: that of <i>Bill Cunningham New York.</i>

Bill Cunningham New York
(Richard Press. 2010. USA. 84 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: Samson and Delilah

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 25th, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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Life in the bush for two petrol-dependent teens in <i>Samson and Delilah</i>.

Samson and Delilah
(Warwick Thornton. 2009. Australia. 101 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Evening Dress

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 24th, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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Coming-of-age confusion in "The Evening Dress."

The Evening Dress (La Robe du soir)
(Myriam Aziza. 2009. France. 98 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Red Chapel

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 22nd, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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Farce of the highest order in "The Red Chapel." Photo by RenC Johannsen.

The Red Chapel
(Mads Brügger. 2009. Denmark. 87 min.)

Repression. Imprisonment. Extermination. North Korea’s shameful secret is its network of hidden rural prisons, where over a quarter million dissidents have been locked up to rot and die.

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Father of My Children

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 19th, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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Director Mia Hansen-Love refracts the light of a fallen filmmaker in "The Father of My Children."

The Father Of My Children (Le père de mes enfants)
(Mia Hansen-Love. 2009. France/Germany. 110 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: Beautiful Darling

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 18th, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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Candy Darling snags more than 15 minutes of fame in "Beautiful Darling."

Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar
(James Rasin. 2010. USA. 86 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Man Next Door

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 17th, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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<i>The Man Next Door</i> plays on fears of proximity.

The Man Next Door (El hombre de al lado)
(Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat. 2009. Argentina. 103 min.)

Advance Look at New Directors/New Films

Kurt Brokaw reviews his favorites from the longstanding collaborative festival between The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, screening March 24th-April 4th.

March 17th, 2010 | Kurt Brokaw
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Candy Darling snags more than 15 minutes of fame in "Beautiful Darling."

True that The Independent is not in the habit of reviewing films, but we've got fresh talent on board with Kurt Brokaw, New School professor and 92Y teacher. He's watching all 38 films in the New Directors/New Films lineup and zoning in on the best of the fest exclusively for our readers.

For the past 38 years in Manhattan, The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art have collaborated on an annual presentation of New Directors/New Films. This year's 27 features and 11 shorts, representing 20 countries, will screen at both locales between March 24th and April 4th.

Doc Highlights from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

In part two of two, The Independent comments on intriguing docs from Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma.

January 7th, 2010 | Patrick Pearce
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From Léa Rinaldi's <i>Behind Jim Jarmusch</i>.

The Independent's Patrick Pearce offers take two of highlights from Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, this time with a focus on docs. Last month he served up narrative features.

You may want to check out part one, which offers a festival overview with a focus on its narrative features.

Under-the-radar Features from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

The Independent highlights some of the most interesting narrative films at Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. The forthcoming part two will cover docs.

December 16th, 2009 | Patrick Pearce
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From Xiaolu Guo's "She, a Chinese."

The Independent's Patrick Pearce offers up an eclectic global sampling of indie features from Montréal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, a veteran fest that offers a bounty of stimulating films. In the forthcoming part two, he'll highlight docs.

If you’ve never been to Montréal, Québec you’re missing out. With cheap rent, creative industries, and multiculturalism seeping out all of its pores, this port city is crawling with artsy & cinematic characters from the très hip to the downright derelict, a cross between Brooklyn, New Orleans, Marseilles and maybe Istanbul.

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