Jacqueline Handy on the Many Finds at This Year’s Margaret Mead Film Festival
The festival director talks about how the event honoring the anthropologist continues to bring the world to New York moviegoers.
Roxy Hunt on Leading a Neighborhood Watch at the Lower East Side Film Festival
The festival's co-founder talks about creating communal experiences around the big screen and off of it during the inviting five-day event.
First Look 2026 Review: Ashley Connor and Joe Stankus’ “It Goes That Quick” Catches Lightning in a Bottle
A filmmaking couple's family takes center stage in this entertaining and sage rumination on the passage of time and memory.
Douglas Tirola on a Conductor’s Quest to Make the World More Symphonic in “Bernstein’s Wall”
The director discusses reviving the spirit of Leonard Bernstein with this glorious all-archival look at the maestro whose music expressed a variety of passions.
Cole Webley on the Road to “Omaha”
The director discusses striking the right notes for this deeply affecting drama starring John Magaro as a father in search of direction.
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