New York Film Festival

New York Film Fest is Big Oscar Nom Winner; Sundance, Cannes, Toronto All Shine

The New York Film Festival - showing a more selective line-up than any other major one except Telluride - was the big winner when the Oscar nominations were announce this morning. The two films with the most nominations - "Lincoln" (12) and "The Life of Pi" (11) both world premiered at their event.....

'Life of Pi' Review: Ang Lee's Gorgeous Adaptation is Stunning 3-D Triumph

Is it possible for a wild animal to love a human being? And vice versa? At a time in the world when religion can be so devisive, Martel's story of a Hindu/Christian/Muslim who is the sole human survivor of an ocean shipwreck reminds that film can both heal and inspire. But it is also a stunning tech...

Why Scott Foundas Ditched Lincoln Center Programming to Go Back Where He Belongs UPDATED

Three years ago, when Scott Foundas left the Village Voice Media's LA Weekly to join the Film Society of Lincoln Center as associate programmer, I was disheartened. Why? Because he is one of the most gifted critics of his generation. I took Foundas leaving his clear avocation as a sign of the contin...

Olivier Assayas on the Difference Between Film Writing and Film Criticism

The journalist turned director shared some thoughts on the world of movie culture with the Critics Academy.

Missives From the Substitute World

A member of our Critics Academy gets to "the core of the cinema" found in a trio of NYFF titles.

Silence, Golden, in Black and White: 'Tabu,' Gomes, and Cage

On the magic and music of nothingness in a remarkable New York FIlm Festival selection.

(After the) Disaster Films: 'Life of Pi' and 'Flight'

The New York Film Festival opened with a shipwreck and closed with a plane crash. Here, a member of the Critics Academy considers the films in tandem.

Nothing Surfaces: Cristian Mungiu's 'Beyond the Hills'

A Critics Academy investigation of a "perilous but rewarding film."

A Critics Academy Conversation: New York Film Festival Wrap-Up