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Matthew Connolly

Short Take: Sorry Angel

By Matthew Connolly
February 13, 2019
Writer/director Christophe Honoré’s new film is a knowing and unsentimental tale of an intergenerational affair in mid-’90s France.

Short Takes: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

By Matthew Connolly
April 24, 2015
(Roy Andersson, Sweden, 2014)

Review: Bird People

By Matthew Connolly
September 8, 2014
(Pascale Ferran, France, 2014)

Festivals: NewFest

By Matthew Connolly
July 24, 2014
It's not just gay, white, metropolitan guys: the 26th edition of NewFest spans the past and present of the LGBT experience

Festivals: NewFest 2013

By Matthew Connolly
September 5, 2013
Five of the best films showing at NewFest, New York's largest yearly sampling of LBGT cinema

Notebook: In the Family

By Matthew Connolly
June 26, 2013
From first-time director Patrick Wang, a nuanced portrait of gay parenting in the South and the cruel aftermath of death

Review: Yossi

By Matthew Connolly
January 24, 2013
Eytan Fox’s sequel to Yossi & Jagger is a sentimental delight

Festivals: Newfest 2012

By Matthew Connolly
August 14, 2012
Longtime gay, lesbian, and transgender festivals Outfest and NewFest team up

Review: Found Memories

By Matthew Connolly
May 31, 2012
A photographer visiting a small Brazilian village reframes life

Review: Like Crazy

By Matthew Connolly
August 24, 2011
(Drake Doremus, U.S., 2011)