Contra Zoom Pod Episode 317: 2025 New York Film Festival Diaries
Frequent CZP guest Paulo Bautista, had the pleasure of attending the NYFF. He reports back with audio diaries on films he saw.
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Julia Roberts and Luca Guadagnino on After the Hunt and the Joy of Two-Sided Characters
An interview with After the Hunt star Julia Roberts and director Luca Guadagnino about their twisty thriller that leaves audiences with no easy answers.
A House of Dynamite Review: NYFF 2025
Kathryn Bigelow's nerve-wrackingly tense A House of Dynamite is one explosive drama.
Anemone Review: If Only It Displayed More of the ‘Miller Gene’
Daniel Day-Lewis makes a highly anticipated return to the screen in Anemone , but the meandering story and lifeless pacing don't let his performance connect.
After the Hunt Review: NYFF 2025
Julia Roberts commands the scene in Luca Guadagnino's juicy moral fable After the Hunt , which gives no easy answers for the audience.
Contra Zoom Pod Bonus Episode: 2023 New York Film Festival
Paulo Bautista Provides his reactions to 4 movies from 2023 New York Film Festival on Contra Zoom Pod!
Poor Things Video Review
Our Chief Film Critic Jason Gorber reviews one of this year's best films, Poor Things , directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
NYFF Dispatch II: The Human Voice Review
A new Pedro Almodóvar film is always cause for celebration. Even a short one, especially one that so carefully harkens back and deepens, in turn, the Spanish director’s longstanding fascinations. The Human Voice, starring Tilda Swinton and “freely based” on Jean Cocteau’s 1928 play by the same name, is pure Almodóvar. It’s both a potent […]
NYFF Dispatch I: The Inheritance & Lovers Rock Review
Eprhaim Asili and Steve McQueen's respective films are tender portraits of the power of community-run spaces.
NYFF 2019: The Irishman Review
ThatShelf.com Managing Editor Jason Gorber reviews Martin Scorsese's highly anticipated new film The Irishman – starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci – from the 2019 New York Film Festival!
