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Two Highlights From the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 16, 2026October 15, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Alice Bailey Johnson, All of a Sudden, Andor, art and empathy, arthouse cinema, Birgit Minichmayr, British cinema, Cannes Film Festival, capitalism, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, dementia, Drive My Car, elder care, Emeric Pressburger, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, female friendship, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, French cinema, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Hard Truths, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, Japanese cinema, JoBeth Williams, Kate OFlynn, Marion Bailey, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Mike Leigh, Miles Teller, mortality, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, nursing homes, NYFF 2026, Paul Jesson, Pedro Pascal, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, social realism, social workers, surrealism, Tao Okamoto, Tender Loving Care, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Virginie Efira, Widow's Bay

The probable last film from a British legend and the latest work from a Japanese master brightened this year’s edition of this festival of festivals.

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Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026October 19, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Andor, arthouse cinema, Behemoth!, Birgit Minichmayr, Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, classical music, Emeric Pressburger, Eva Victor, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, JoBeth Williams, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Miles Teller, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, NYFF 2026, Olivia Wilde, Paper Tiger, Pedro Pascal, Sandra Wollner, Scarlett Johansson, surrealism, TIFF, Tony Gilroy, Toronto International Film Festival, Will Arnett

Pre-festival hype and even stars like Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde don’t always satisfy

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Winners and Losers of Cannes 2026

May 24, 2026May 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Andrey Zvyagintsev, art house cinema, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu, European film, Federico Garcia Lorca, Film Awards, Fjord, Glenn Close, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Los Javis, Miles Teller, Minotaur, Neon, Netflix, Oscar buzz, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Park Chan-Wook, Paweł Pawlikowski, Penelope Cruz, Rami Malek, Renata Reinsve, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, The Black Ball, world cinema

A jury including Park Chan-wook, Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Stellen Skarsgård choose a worthy slate

Cannes Has Some Serious (and Some Comic) Daddy Issues

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A24, Adam Driver, art house cinema, arthouse film, arthouse films, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, award season, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema criticism, cinema culture, Club Kid, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, daddy issues, directorial debuts, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, European film, fatherhood in film, Fatherland, festival acquisitions, festival buzz, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film distribution, film festival coverage, film festivals, Fjord, Friday the 13th, Gentle Monster, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Havana Rose Liu, Hirokazu Kore-eda, independent filmmaking, Indie Film, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Jane Schoenbrun, Javier Bardem, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Lennon The Last Interview, John Travolta, Jordan Firstman, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, LGBTQ cinema, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, midnight movies, movie industry news, Nicolas Winding Refn, Oscar contenders, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Quentin Dupieux, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Lennon, Sebastian Stan, Slasher Movies, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Soderbergh, The Beatles, The Beloved, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel, Woody Harrelson, world cinema

Family ties are being stretched for drama and laughs in festival film after film

Armageddon Time

80s Kids Will Remember

November 1, 2022November 3, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time, Banks Repeta, James Gray, Jeremy Strong

James Gray’s ‘Armageddon Time’: A nostalgic look back at America, a long time ago

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BFG Podcast #078

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Amy Coney Barrett, Charlie Hunnam, Chelsea Clinton, Derry Girls, Dolly DeLeon, Filmed In Brooklyn, James Gray, Margo Donohue, Triangle of Sadness

‘Derry Girls,’ ‘Triangle of Sadness,’ ‘Armageddon Time,’ and ‘Filmed in Brooklyn’

Cannes

With a Capital C

May 23, 2022May 25, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time, Cannes Film Festival, George Miller, Idris Elba, James Gray, Quentin Dupieux, Ruben Östlund, Smoking Causes Coughing, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton, Tom Cruise, Top Gun Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Volodymyr Zelensky, Woody Harrelson

Cinema comes roaring back at Cannes 2022

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Space Mopes

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Amy Adams, Brad Pitt, Christopher Nolan, Damien Chazelle, George Clooney, Gravity, Interstellar, James Gray, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Rockwell, Sandra Bullock, The Right Stuff

Why are All the Astronauts So Sad?

Sad Astra

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ad Astra, Brad Pitt, Donald Sutherland, James Gray, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Tommy Lee Jones

A Dolorous Galactic Head Trip

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Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026October 19, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0

Pre-festival hype and even stars like Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde don’t always satisfy

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With ‘Ultimate Traveler’ Another YouTube Creator Moves Into Streaming

October 13, 2026October 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0

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BFG Podcast #316: Boomer Hollywood Twilight

October 12, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

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‘Colossus’ the Film that Foretold the AI War

October 4, 2026October 7, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0

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