Film
An Artist Tries to Save Pepe the Frog From Fascists
The film Feels Good Man chronicles Matt Furie fighting his creation's co-option by the far right.
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Film
Donald Trump Is a Bad President. Let’s Leave Mental Illness Out of It.
The documentary #Unfit is the latest attempt to explain Trump’s destructive policies via psychology. This only ever causes more harm than good, especially for people with confirmed mental illnesses.
Film
From Marlon Riggs to Christo and Jeanne-Claude, What Films to Stream This September
How to see works by pioneers of queer cinema, multiple restorations of '90s gems, and standouts of New Taiwanese Cinema.
Film
Ai Weiwei Captures the Strange Normalcy of Wuhan Under Lockdown
The dissident artist’s critique of his home country remains relentless, in particular identifying how bureaucracy can leave people out in the cold.
Film
This 1902 Footage of a Flying Train Is the Film of the Summer
The Museum of Modern Art has released a short film of a German elevated train from its archives, and it absolutely rules.
Art
The Radical Collective of 20-Somethings Who Filmed the DNC and RNC of 1972
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive has digitized hundreds of hours of raw footage by TVTV, a collective of “video freaks” active throughout the 1970s.
Art
The Native Americans Whose Activism Made DC's Football Team Change Its Name
The National Museum of the American Indian will be hosting two screenings of the documentary More Than a Word alongside a conversation with activist Amanda Blackhorse, who took pro football to court.
News
Ai Weiwei Drops Surprise Film About the COVID-19 Lockdown in Wuhan
Since the beginning of the quarantine, the artist was remotely directing a crew of camerapeople to document the government's response to the virus.
Film
Inventor Nikola Tesla Gets a Suitably Unusual Biopic
Tesla is less “the story of Tesla” and more a dialogue with the audience about the infamously eccentric figure.
News
Sundance Institute Grants COVID Relief Funds to 39 Arts Organizations
The Institute and Artist Relief have awarded more than $400,000 in total to a diverse group of film organizations and collectives.
News
A Major New Directory of Women and Nonbinary Filmmakers Aims to End Gatekeeping
The collective Brown Girls Doc Mafia has created the searchable database to "eradicate the excuse many gatekeepers use of 'not knowing how to find' quality filmmakers or executives of color."
Film
What Happens When a Thousand Teenage Boys Form Their Own Government
For the new documentary Boys State, directors Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine use a long-running youth program to examine US democracy. The result is is both comedy and horror.