documentary
In this attempt to get at the ‘truth,’ the actors don’t play the roles, the roles play the actors.
Read MoreA documentary about the most important songwriter and record producer from the sixties that you’ve never heard of.
Read MoreMr. Gaga is a sensitive and engaging documentary of an Israeli artist.
Read MoreThis endearing but unsentimental film explores the myriad connections that many Istanbul residents have to their feline neighbors.
Read MoreLegendary actor Toshiro Mifune could be less a stoic ronin, more a silly Jerry Lewis.
Read MoreCraig Atkinson’s incendiary new documentary provides sobering food for thought on the rise of police brutality and intimidation in America.
Read MoreRosamond Purcell’s striking photographs are about surprising transformations, the unexpected magic of metamorphosis.
Read MoreKim Jong-il, then heir to the leadership of North Korea, kidnapped South Korean superstars to beef up the country’s impoverished cinema.
Read MoreA subject as potentially grim and dry as writing an obituary is transformed into a moving look at language, inquiry, and the art of story-telling.
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