CAROLE DI TOSTI

(L to R): Ariyan Kassam, Harrison Tipping, Adam Petherbridge, Elizabeth Teeter, Jon Beavers in The Hairy Ape (Carol Rosegg)

Eugene O’Neill labeled his 8-scene play The Hairy Ape “a comedy of Ancient and Modern life.” Surely, the playwright sardonically jested because the themes relayed through the journey of the anti-hero Yank (superbly portrayed by John ...

(L to R): Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov in Artificial (courtesy of NYFF 2026 and Neon)

In Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, we see one part drama, two parts humor, three parts awe, four parts horror blended in a compelling narrative that mesmerizes. Indeed, the director’s believable, stylized realism makes the two hour film speed by. With an exceptional score...

Ava DuVernay, Dr. Carla Hayden in 14th (courtesy of Netflix)

Following DuVernay’s documentary 13th (NYFF54 Opening Night) which implicated the 13th amendment’s failures in the mass incarceration of Black Americans, DuVernay’s 14th expands our knowledge of the constitution’s importance in our lives. This is especially so for those not aware of all...

Paul Giamatti and members of the ensemble of A Statement (courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics and NYFF 2026)

With a superb ensemble who keep the potentially dry content popping, A Statement director, Tom McCarthy, crafts a drama with comedic elements. This important film by McCarthy, who also crafted the superb Spotlight in 2015, examines the hist...

Yana Radva in The Dreamed Adventure (courtesy of NYFF 2026)

In its U.S. premiere in the Main Slate section of the 64th NYFF, Valeska Grisebach’s Cannes Jury Prize-winning film turns from an initial easy set up to a thriller with chilling moments of suspense. Full of twists and turns, Griebach defies narrative stereotypes and allows the authenticity of the local to...