Film
Review: Carnage and cannon fire in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Nominated for nine Academy Awards, Edward Berger’s adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front” laments the lives lost to the folly of war. “All Quiet on the Western Front” is available for streaming on Netflix and is showing in select theaters.
Review: ‘Argentina, 1985’ and the legacy of a landmark anti-fascist trial
Nominated for best international feature film, Santiago Mitre’s “Argentina, 1985” depicts a monumental event in Argentine and international legal history. The film is showing in select theaters and streaming on Amazon Prime.
Review: ‘Dancing the Twist in Bamako’ is a tale of star-crossed lovers in a postcolonial world
Set in a nation freshly liberated from French colonial rule, director Robert Guédiguian tells the story of two lovers fighting to be together against all odds. The film opened on Feb. 24 at the Film Forum.
Review: ‘Navalny’ is a profound portrait of the Russian activist
Nominated for an Oscar and now streaming on HBO Max, “Navalny” portrays a man who became the face of a movement.
Review: ‘All That Breathes’ shows calm within chaos
In an age when we crave stories of warmth and connection, the Oscar-nominated documentary “All That Breathes” is a timely portrayal of a microscopic bright spot in the midst of social and environmental upheaval.
Review: Don’t waste your time with ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’
Gratuitous gore and pretentious attempts at subversion fail to impress in this abomination of a film. “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” is now playing in select theaters, but certainly don’t go out of your way to see it.
Review: New doc on Sarah Lawrence cult tells the harrowing truth of survivors
The docuseries follows a group of nine students at Sarah Lawrence College who fell victim to manipulation. It serves as a harrowing realization that cults are not things of the past, but closer than we know.
Review: ‘Return to Seoul’ explores the tragic reconciliation of adopted identities
Initially released at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Davy Chou’s film is a moving drama that captures the thrills and confusion of navigating adulthood through the eyes of a Korean adoptee.
Review: ‘The Sorrow and the Pity’: Once illegal, now in theaters
The film returned to theaters on Feb. 24, 50 years after director Marcel Ophuls exposed how the French Vichy government secretly collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
Hello, ‘You’: A fresh new season filled with love and murder
Season four shows a different side of Joe Goldberg as he acquaints himself with the British upper class.
Off the Radar: Jungles, love and phantoms in ‘Tropical Malady’
Off the Radar is a weekly column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “Tropical Malady” available to stream on Kanopy and NYU Stream.
