documentary
What are the best new documentaries available on digital platforms? Read on.
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Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker Talal Derki on love and hate in his homeland and the “schizophrenia” of being an Oscar nominee.
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The film assembles an eclectic and impressive crew of actors, writers, directors and scholars to explore the representation of black characters and culture in (mostly) American horror cinema.
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Errol Morris allows Stephen Bannon to indulge in his vision of how he will save America, with Donald Trump as his agent and himself as the genius manipulating events.
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This blistering new documentary manages to offer a fairly balanced portrait of a man who, at the end of his life, was widely demonized.
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Rams is a documentary film carefully crafted to be more than a biography of a great designer.
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While nothing happens, there’s an understated splendor in all that’s uneventful here, so much so that I didn’t want to miss any of it.
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There are words of wisdom for artists here: they offer a simultaneously nauseating and heartening view of the trade for those actively practicing.
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How will PC New Englanders react to seeing nutria gunned down by hunters, and some bashed on their heads to make sure they are dead?
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The genius of this film is that no preaching is necessary; it makes its political point in an apolitical way, an art film that is, incidentally, didactic.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else