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Both a buoyantly uplifting and, at times, tear-shedding celebration of African-American womanhood and the dedicated educators who have their backs.
Both a buoyantly uplifting and, at times, tear-shedding celebration of African-American womanhood and the dedicated educators who have their backs.
A demonstration of artistic abdication at its most venal.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
In trying to shake-off the political blues, an article highlighting various things that bring me joy.
An article about Roger Ebert's induction into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame slated for August 19th.
In trying to shake-off the political blues, an article highlighting various things that bring me joy.
Scout Tafoya's video essay series about maligned masterworks continues with a celebration of the late George Romero and "Survival of the Dead."
Far flung correspondent Seongyong Cho celebrates one of the best South Korean films from last year, "The World of Us."
PBS' American Masters has a special four-hours for foodies, with docs on James Beard, Jacques Pepin, Alice Waters and Julia Child.
An in-depth look at an ambitious retrospective at NYC's Film Society of Lincoln Center that celebrates one of cinema's greatest years.
A preview of this year's Black Harvest Film Festival in Chicago.
Godfrey Cheshire is a film critic, journalist and filmmaker based in New York City. A native of North Carolina, he co-founded Raleigh’s Spectator Magazine and began writing film criticism professionally in 1978. After moving to New York in 1991, he served for a decade as chief film critic for New York Press; his writings have also appeared in The New York Times, Variety, Film Comment, The Village Voice, Interview, Cineaste and other publications. He has also won three Arts Criticism awards from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Cheshire’s areas of special interest include Iranian film, the conversion to digital cinema and cinematic representations of the American South. He is a former chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle and a member of the National Society of Film Critics.
A recap of the fifth annual Los Cabos International Film Festival, including reviews of select titles.
A piece from NYFF on the latest from James Gray, starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller and Robert Pattinson.
A preview of the 54th New York Film Festival, including "Son of Joseph," "The Rehearsal," "Graduation," "Sieranevada" and much more.
Godfrey Cheshire on his encounters with the late Abbas Kiarostami and the director's films.
A report from the 2015 Los Cabos International Film Festival.
A review of Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies" from its NYFF premiere last night.
A NYFF report on three films: "The Witness," "Don't Blink" and "Maggie's Plan".
A report from NYFF on Robert Zemeckis' "The Walk".
A new PBS documentary offers a well-crafted history of the KKK.
A report from the 2014 Los Cabos Film Festival.