Tag: Apocalypse in the Tropics

• A Spy and a Secret Agent Lead My 2025 Ten Best List

  

  In 2023, I went against the grain and named a film from 1961, Dino Risi’s Una Vita Difficile, which had never before been released in America, as the best picture of the year. Well, my contrarian impulse has surfaced again. This year I’m placing a film from 2019, Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a Spy, at the…

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  December 29, 2025

  Film Appreciation

  An Officer and a Spy, Apocalypse in the Tropics, Blue Moon, Deaf President Now!, Familiar Touch, It Was Just an Accident, My Undesirable Friends, Sinners, The Secret Agent, The Voice of Hind Rajab

• More Highlights from the 62nd New York Film Festival

  

  The 62nd New York Film Festival ends on October 14, having screened 73 features plus various programs of shorts. I managed to see 28 films over a whirlwind three weeks of press screenings. Here are some highlights, in addition to the films I’ve discussed in previous posts. One of the most haunting and disturbing films…

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  October 11, 2024

  Film Appreciation

  Apocalypse in the Tropics, Blitz, Film at Lincoln Center, Hard Truths, I’m Still Here, New York Film Festival, Nickel Boys, TWST: Things We Said Today