In This Issue:
FEATURES:
IT‘S BACK: ADAPTATIONS OF STEPHEN KING’S HORROR EPIC by Mike Thorn
FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE:
AFI FEST 2023, coverage by Andrew Dignan: American Fiction (Cord Jefferson) // Green Border (Agnieszka Holland) // The Bikeriders (Jeff Nichols) // Io Capitano (Matteo Garrone)
DOC NYC 2023: They Shot the Piano Player (Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal) by Nick Kouhi // Grasshopper Republic (Daniel McCabe) by Daniel Gorman // Zinzindurrunkarratz (Oskar Alegria) by Morris Yang // Songs of Earth (Margreth Olin) by Travis DeShong // The Walk (Tamara Kotevska) by Dhruv Goyal // Time Bomb Y2K (Marley McDonald & Brian Becker) by Daniel Gorman // Uncropped (D.W. Young) by Travis DeShong // Ashima (Kenji Tsukamoto) by Emily DuGranrut // The Spectre of Boko Haram (Cyrielle Raingou) by Dhruv Goyal
LIGHT MATTER FILM FESTIVAL 2023: Like Describing a Koan: Selections from the Light Matter Film Festival by Michael Sicinski // Selections from Program 4 by Jesse Catherine Webber // Selections from Program 6 by Daniel Gorman
FILM FEST KNOX 2023, selected coverage by Alex Fields
TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 2023, coverage by Joshua Polanski: How to Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker) // Consent (Vanessa Filho) // The Peasants (DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman) // Dark Paradise (Triin Ruumet)
KICKING THE CANON
Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu) by Fred Barrett // High and Low (Akira Kurosawa) by Fred Barrett
FILM REVIEWS:
Release Date: October 30 – November 5
Fingernails (Christos Nikos) by Andrew Dignan // What Happens Later (Meg Ryan) by Steven Warner // Under the Light (Zhang Yimou) by Noel Oakshot
Release Date: November 6 – November 12
The Marvels (Nia DaCosta) by Travis DeShong // Youth (Spring) (Wang Bing) by Noel Oakshot // The Killer (David Fincher) by Lawrence Garcia // The Curse (Nathan Fielder & Benny Safdie) by Esmé Holden // Perfect Days (Wim Wenders) by Ryan Swen // Orlando, My Political Biography (Paul B. Preciado) by Jesse Catherine Webber // Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (Rob Reiner) by Esmé Holden // Last Suspect (Zhang Mo) by Noel Oakshot // Beacon 23 (Zak Penn) by Shar Tan // It’s a Wonderful Knife (Tyler MacIntyre) by Steven Warner // The Gravity (Cédric Ido) by Daniel Gorman // A Light Never Goes Out (Anastasia Tsang) by Sean Gilman
Release Date: November 13 – November 19
May December (Todd Haynes) by Andrew Dignan // Thanksgiving (Eli Roth) by Mike Thorn // Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki) by Travis DeShong // Next Goal Wins (Taika Waititi) by Andrew Dignan // Best. Christmas. Ever! (Mary Lambert) by Ayeen Forootan // The Disappearance of Shere Hite (Nicole Newham) by Morris Yang // Ever Deadly (Chelsea McMillan & Tanya Tagaq) by Luke Gorham // The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Francis Lawrence) by Luke Gorham
Release Date: November 20 – November 26
Napoleon (Ridley Scott) by Matt Lynch // Dream Scenario (Krisoffer Borgli) by Andrew Dignan // Maestro (Bradley Cooper) by M. G. Mailloux // Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman) by Zach Lewis // Saltburn (Emerald Fennell) by Andrew Dignan // Monster (Hirokazu Koreeda) by Lawrence Garcia // Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Anna Hints) by Dhruv Goyal // Deep Sea (Tian Xiaopeng) by Zachary Goldkind // A Still Small Voice (Luke Lorentzen) by Dhruv Goyal // Against the Tide (Sarvnik Kaur) by Daniel Gorman // They Shot the Piano Player (Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal) by Nick Kouhi
