Kat Fadrillan, Contributing Writer
• October 20, 2015
Though more familiar with comedy, Sarah Silverman's superb dramatic portrayal of a pill-addicted housewife outshines a hackneyed plot in "I Smile Back."
Celebrate LGBTQ in film at the NewFest Film Festival in NY. The most anticipated film of the festival is "Carol," starring Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett as two lovers in 1950s New York.
NYU alum Jack Quaid makes his directorial debut at the New York City Independent Film Festival with "After Lilly." WSN spoke with Quaid about his time as a comedian Hammerkatz, his upcoming role on HBO's "VInyl" and N.Y. vs. L.A.
Min-Wei Lee, Contributing Writer
• October 19, 2015
Directed by Steven Spielberg, "Bridge of Spies" offers a consummately grim look into the intricacies of the Cold War, starring Tom Hanks as the righteous insurance lawyer who unwillingly finds himself lost in the intricacies of espionage.
Experience the horror of the Holocaust as never before in the brutally dark "Son of Saul," following Saul's attempts to find a rabbi in Auschwitz for his dead son.
"True Detective" director Cary Fukunaga turns to Netflix in "Beasts of No Nation," a harrowing tale about a child's recruitment into a mercenary, with Idris Elba as the ruthless Commandant.
