Topic: new york film festival

Julianne Moore in "The Debut" (Matt Infante/A24)

In "The Debut," midlife is a new start

Coleman Spilde
Rooney Mara and Kate Mara in "Bucking Fastard" (Gateway to Orkney, New York Film Festival)

Werner Herzog’s lonely hearts club film

Coleman Spilde
"Naza" (JW Films/The Guardian)

"NAZA" could be the Gaza tipping point

Coleman Spilde
Sebastian Stan as Mihai Gheorghiu in "Fjord" (Neon)

"Fjord" and the myth of objectivity

Coleman Spilde
"No Other Choice" (Neon)

What not to do when you lose your job

Coleman Spilde
George Clooney in "Jay Kelly" (Peter Mountain/Netflix)

George Clooney's existential crisis

Coleman Spilde
"After the Hunt" (Amazon MGM Studios)

“After the Hunt”: a bold MeToo labyrinth

Coleman Spilde
Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in "Maria" (Courtesy of Netflix)

Angelina Jolie shines in "Maria"

Coleman Spilde
Alcarras (MUBI)

Losing "this way of life" in Catalonia

Gary M. Kramer
Intregalde (Voodoo Films)

Would mud or danger test your altruism?

Gary M. Kramer
Unclenching the Fists (Non-Stop Production)

A family's miserable hold on one woman

Gary M. Kramer
"Spring Night, Summer Night" (New York Film Festival)

Who owns black stories?

Tom Roston
Laura Poitras (AP/Charles Sykes)

Laura Poitras talks Ed Snowden

Andrew O'Hehir
(Radius TWC)

Secret Snowden doc premieres

Andrew O'Hehir
Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons in "Whiplash" (Sony Pictures Classics/Daniel Mcfadden)

"Whiplash": Blood on the drums

Andrew O'Hehir
Joaquin Phoenix in "Inherent Vice"

"Vice": Tragicomic stoner noir

Andrew O'Hehir
Léa Drucker and Mathieu Amalric in "The Blue Room."

A French "Gone Girl" remix?

Andrew O'Hehir
Scott Haze in "Child of God"

Mud, death and James Franco

Andrew O'Hehir
Tom Hanks in "Captain Phillips." (Columbia Pictures)

A disturbing pirate adventure

Andrew O'Hehir

"Louie" killed the movies

Andrew O'Hehir
Salon logo

Jake Coyle