The chief concern of Rosine Mbakam’s “Mambar Pierrette” is the fight to survive. But, if that summary regales a large-scale…
Author: Kevin Parks
Kevin Parks
Kevin is a freelance writer and film critic who lives in Manhattan with his family. In addition to film criticism, he writes short fiction. Kevin's main area of interest is misunderstood older films, which he prefers to watch either at NYC's Film Forum or on DVD at home.
The seventeenth edition of the New York Film Festival opened with the Italian provocateur Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Luna” (1979), a love…
It would be simple to call Radu Jude’s “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World” this…
Making a stark pivot from the Manhattan humor and hijinks of Moonstruck (1987) – complete with an opera-obsessed, tortured man…
Do not be fooled by the singing, dancing, and occasional Bradley Cooper method outburst. “Maestro” is a serious film. It…
Pierre Creton’s “A Prince,” which made its North American premiere Saturday in the New York Film Festival’s Currents section, has a…
Faithful to genre tropes without betraying the iconic director’s flair for melodrama, Pedro Almodóvar’s “Strange Way of Life” delights in…
In December 2022, ‘Sight & Sound’ released its once-a-decade ‘Greatest Films of All Time’ ranking. This was the year the…
In December 2022, Sight & Sound released its once-a-decade ‘Greatest Films of All Time’ ranking. This was the year the…
Of all Robert Altman’s 1970s genre subversions, surely “Thieves Like Us” had the most promising commercial prospects. A nostalgic ode…