Jared Eisenstat

Short Takes: Wild

By Jared Eisenstat

November 19, 2014

(Jean-Marc Vallée, U.S., 2014)

Interview: Debra Granik

By Jared Eisenstat

October 2, 2014

Proud to be an American: the director of NYFF selection Stray Dog and Winter's Bone discusses the changing face of the Ozarks and the heartland

Short Takes: Canopy

By Jared Eisenstat

September 8, 2014

(Aaron Wilson, Australia/Singapore, 2013)

Interview: Nadav Schirman

By Jared Eisenstat

June 13, 2014

In the double-agent documentary The Green Prince, an Israeli operative and a Palestinian engage in a dangerous and isolating dance of trust

Review: Dormant Beauty

By Jared Eisenstat

June 6, 2014

Marco Bellocchio's fractured, simmering commentary on a recent Italian "right-to-life" controversy

ND/NF Notebook: Return to Homs

By Jared Eisenstat

March 28, 2014

Talal Derki's intimate and unapologetic perspective on the ongoing crisis in Syria

Rep Diary: A Time for Burning

By Jared Eisenstat

January 19, 2014

Cross talk: Barbara Connell and Bill Jersey's daring (and prescient) 1967 reportage of an Omaha church's attempts at integration

Review: Go For Sisters

By Jared Eisenstat

November 7, 2013

Tough mother: independent filmmaking veteran John Sayles strikes a balance between drama and true emotion

Review: Zaytoun

By Jared Eisenstat

September 18, 2013

Eran Riklis explores contested physical, historical, and personal borders of the Lebanese Civil War

Review: The Student

By Jared Eisenstat

August 21, 2013

Unsentimental education: a primer on politics through student elections at a Buenos Aires university

Review: The Spectacular Now

By Jared Eisenstat

August 1, 2013

A teenager living for the moment (and his next drink) in small-town USA

Review: The Shine of Day

By Jared Eisenstat

July 11, 2013

Family affair: Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel's neorealist drama

Review: Shadow Dancer

By Jared Eisenstat

May 30, 2013

James Marsh’s restrained IRA thriller puts people above politics—even if its characters don’t

Review: In the House

By Jared Eisenstat

April 17, 2013

Watching the watchmen: François Ozon takes aim at the bourgeoisie and the artists who mock them

Review: Somebody Up There Likes Me

By Jared Eisenstat

March 25, 2013

Bob Byington's latest anti-hero rambles through love, accompanied by Ron Swanson

Review: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

By Jared Eisenstat

January 25, 2013

Little house on the Siberian hinterland