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Perpendicular Lives Intersect in ‘Possible Love’

October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments arthouse cinema, capitalism, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinematic storytelling, class inequality, documentary ethics, documentary filmmaking, economic exploitation, factory workers, Family Drama, film review, grief, international cinema, Jeon Do-yeon, Korean cinema, Korean drama, Lee Chang-dong, love stories, marriage, movie reviews, Netflix, Possible Love, privilege, Psychological Drama, relationships, social realism, South Korean films, Sul Kyung-gu, unemployment, voyeurism, wealth inequality, working class, Zo In-sung

Lee Chang-dong brings two unlikely couples together in this NYFF success that is heading straight to theater screens and Netflix

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.

‘An American Tragedy’ at 100

December 17, 2025 Michael Washburn 0 Comments A Place in the Sun, American dream, American literature, An American Tragedy, classic novels, literary anniversaries, social realism, Theodore Dreiser, true crime inspiration

A novel of Dostoyevskian scope examines a social dynamic baked into the present no less than the world of 1925

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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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