Film Review
How to Survive AI
The documentaries “Ghost in the Machine” and “The AI Doc” both end in calls to action, but arrive there in different ways.
Kathy Ou
Kathy Ou is a freelance reporter, nonfiction filmmaker, and critic based in New York City.
Film Review
A Group of Friends Walks Into a Mall, and Stays for Four Years
Was it a crime? A prank? A work of art? A new documentary unveils the full story of an artist collective’s secret mall apartment, and other ephemeral actions.
Film
How Did a Pro-Democracy Activist Become a Trump Supporter?
Over seven years, director Nanfu Wang documented Cuban activist Rosa María Payá’s fight for a democratic Cuba — and her journey to endorsing the MAGA movement.
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A Brooklyn Neighborhood Fights for Its Future in a New Documentary
Emergent City returns to the old-school “fly-on-the-wall” method of filmmaking to capture democracy in practice in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.