If you haven’t seen the new 50th anniversary restoration of Godard’s 1960 masterpiece “Breathless” that was at Film Forum this summer, don’t miss it this week. It’s back at the Film Forum! Showing at 1:00, 2:50, 4:40, 6:30, 8:20, & 10:10 through Tuesday the 7th. Film Forum is at 209 W. Houston Street in the [...]

A new 35-millimeter print of “Every Man for Himself” begins a two-week run at Film Forum Friday and once more it is the film of the moment, if now for different reasons. (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times) A new Godard print at the Film Forum is usually reason for the film buffs of New [...]

This film is the third installment of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling Millenium trilogy. While critics seem to agree that it doesn’t quite meet the lofty standard set by the first film of the series, it is nonetheless solid entertainment that ties up the necessary loose ends. Lisbeth Salander, Larsson’s damaged but intelligent heroine, is as defiant as [...]

Before passing away just a few weeks ago, legendary French director Claude Chabrol made 50 films. The final one, ‘Inspector Bellamy’ was also his first collaboration with another giant of French cinema, Gerard Depardieu. It comes to New York this Friday, beginning a run at the IFC Center. It’s a tight, clever, and often funny [...]

The Film Society of Lincoln Center is giving away free tickets to “Post Mortem” tonight at the NY Film Festival — to get them just show up at the steps of Alice Tully Hall (65th/Broadway) at 5:50 tonight and look for the “Twitter” sign! High on the list of critics’ darlings, and with good reason, [...]

Unfortunately, this movie doesn’t have as much flair and originality as the other Swedish film about a girl (the one with the dragon tattoo). The premise is pretty overused: a neglected child who slowly discovers the harsh realities of a world controlled by adults. Critics, however, describe the film as beguiling due to the extraordinary [...]

Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul took home film’s ultimate prize this year, winning the Palm d’Or at Cannes with his feature ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’. A year earlier, he directed a 17-minute long short called ‘A Letter to Uncle Boonmee’, which “evokes the phantom history of Nabua, a city in northeastern Thailand, via [...]

It’s been a long time since a French romantic comedy has come along with both as much crossover appeal and critical acclaim as ‘Hearbreaker’. Time will tell if it can reach the same commercial audience as something like Amelie (not likely), but for now it looks like a solid new French comedy film with a [...]