Festival journalNYFF64
Notes from the 64th New York Film Festival
Eleven films, from the warmth of Hamaguchi and Leigh to the unruly worlds of Guadagnino, Herzog, and Sachs.
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4 reviews · Newest first
Film review · Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Digger
Alejandro G. Iñárritu turns climate catastrophe into a hall of mirrors, asking what satire can do when reality has already learned to parody itself.
Film review · Lance Oppenheim
Primetime
Lance Oppenheim’s formally assured Chris Hansen drama is fascinating, humane, and not quite sure what it wants its fascination to mean.
Film review · Zach Cregger
Resident Evil
Zach Cregger’s brisk reboot understands that the games are less about lore than momentum: move, panic, improvise, and pray the next door opens.
Film review · Na Hong-jin
Hope
Na Hong-jin’s sci-fi spectacle has a visual-effects problem. It also has the kind of unruly energy that makes perfection feel beside the point.
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