The New York Film Festival, which starts on Friday, Sept. 27, and is now in its 62nd year, features plenty of Oscar buzz, but it also maintains the most artistic integrity.
The top of the summer box-office surely signals to executives that while audiences are still enamored with familiar properties, they appreciate a break.
This weekend, “Back to Black,” a biopic of the late, great R&B singer Amy Winehouse, opens in theaters to commercial intrigue and much critical chagrin. The music biopic has been a staple of the cinematic landscape over the last two decades.