Festivals & Awards
NYFF 2018: Roma, Her Smell, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, At Eternity's Gate
Reviews from the New York Film Festival of the latest by Alfonso Cuaron, Alex Ross Perry, the Coen brothers and Julian Schnabel.
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.
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Reviews from the New York Film Festival of the latest by Alfonso Cuaron, Alex Ross Perry, the Coen brothers and Julian Schnabel.
A preview of the 56th annual New York Film Festival.
A Q&A recently held by Godfrey Cheshire with Ahmad Kiarostami about his father's final film, "24 Frames."
A recap of the latest New York Film Festival and review of Woody Allen's newest film after its world premiere there.
A preview of the 55th Annual New York Film Festival with commentary on the state of the fest and the Opening Night film by Richard Linklater, "Last Flag Flying."
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.