New York Film Festival: 51 and counting
HollywoodandFine.com The 51st New York Film Festival kicks off tonight, with a lineup that runs the gamut from mainstream action (“Captain Phillips”) to Spike Jonze’s latest, “Her” (his first since...
View Article‘Captain Phillips,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com Apparently we’re going to have a bumper crop of outstanding thrillers this season – “Gravity,” the upcoming “All Is Lost” (well, not technically a thriller but still intense) –...
View Article‘All Is Lost,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com Like bookends – or perhaps a double-feature for adrenaline junkies – “All Is Lost” comes on the heels of “Gravity” with the distaff and earthbound version of a similar story. But...
View Article2013 Award Winners
The members held their annual vote on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013. Below are the winners for this year. Visit our Awards page for a complete listing of all winners from previous years. Best...
View ArticleMarshall Fine: My favorite films of 2013
HollywoodandFine.com It’s the time of year when critics release their lists of the year’s best films. It feels like a competitive sport – or a provocation, which all of these lists are, by nature. As...
View Article‘Maidentrip,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
HollywoodandFine.com There is a lovely simplicity to Jillian Schlesinger’s film “Maidentrip,” which includes the credit “made with Laura Dekker.” Dekker was the Dutch girl who, in 2010, at the age of...
View Article‘Tracks’: Long trip for some quiet
HollywoodandFine.com There is a growing canon of films built around a man/woman-alone against the elements. Two of last year’s most gripping films – “Gravity” and “All Is Lost” – and two to come...
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