New York Film Festival 2011The Night “Passion” Didn’t Play: On the Digital Difficulties of NYFF 2012As the New York Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, it faces some growing pains as it literally no longer plays films and turns t...byStephen SaitoSep 30, 2012
New York Film Festival 2011NYFF ’12 Review: DePalma, McAdams Keep “Passion” AliveThe 2010 Ludivine Sagnier-Kristin Scott Thomas workplace thriller gets sexed up in the "Dressed to Kill" auteur's remake that gets over some...byStephen SaitoSep 29, 2012
New York Film Festival 2011Watch It Now: Hour-Long Talks with Payne, Wenders, Ceylan, Ferrara, Berlinger & Sinofsky from NYFF ‘11Whether you made it to New York or not, these in-depth conversations with the directors of some of the fall's finest films are not to be mis...byStephen SaitoNov 8, 2011
FestivalsNYFF ’11 Review: Digging Out the Gain From Loss in Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants”Capturing a time of transition for its director and its lead character, the latest film from "Sideways" filmmaker Alexander Payne is a relax...byStephen SaitoOct 17, 2011
FestivalsNYFF ’11 Review: Almodovar Has Plenty to Hide Within the Skillful “Skin I Live In”A reunion with Antonio Banderas has brought out the wild side from Pedro Almodovar in this entertaining thriller about surgeon whose inventi...byStephen SaitoOct 14, 2011
FestivalsNYFF ’11 Review: “This is Not a Film,” if Jafar Panahi Insists, But It Is RevolutionaryConfined to his house facing a six-year prison term and a 20-year ban from making films in his native Iran, the "Offside" director *doesn't*...byStephen SaitoOct 12, 2011
FestivalsNYFF ’11 Review: The Triumphant Release of “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”If securing the release of three innocent men weren't enough, the final chapter in Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's documentary series abo...byStephen SaitoOct 10, 2011
FestivalsNYFF ’11 Review: No “Shame” in This Engrossing Fassbender-McQueen Study of Sex AddictionThough its expected NC-17 rating has drawn much of the attention to the latest from "Hunger" director Steve McQueen, it's the emotional nake...byStephen SaitoOct 8, 2011
FestivalsNYFF ’11 Review: The Dardennes’ “The Kid With a Bike” Moves, Yet Not Quickly Enough for its Young LeadIndulging in (slightly) more cinematic flourishes than in their previous work, the Dardenne brothers' latest is a hard-earned fairy tale abo...byStephen SaitoOct 6, 2011
FestivalsNYFF ’11 Review: Getting Lost in Julia Loktev’s “The Loneliest Planet”The "Day Night Day Night" director's second narrative feature reaches great heights in taking the peaks and valleys of a romance to a litera...byStephen SaitoOct 4, 2011