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Ruben Östlund Satirizes the Lives of the Mega-Rich in Triangle of Sadness

by Sophie Monks Kaufman May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Now playing the Cannes Film Festival, the new film from the director of The Square embarks on a luxury cruise that goes to hell.

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All Men Are Evil, According to This Film

by Dan Schindel May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

In yet another horror movie that’s actually about trauma, writer-director Alex Garland makes his points bluntly, having one actor play many facets of misogyny.

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David Attenborough Guides Us to the Time of the Dinosaurs

by Dan Schindel May 22, 2022May 23, 2022

Prehistoric Planet is visually ambitious, but the docuseries often fails to contextualize those visuals for the curious viewer.

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Films to Watch on the 50th Anniversary of Okinawa’s Return to Japanese Rule

by Dan Schindel May 18, 2022May 19, 2022

From 1968 to 1973, the Nihon Documentarist Union did radical documentary work in Japan. They made two films in Okinawa before, during, and after its reversion.

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The Tsugua Diaries Is More Than an Arthouse Summer Hangout Movie

by Dan Schindel May 17, 2022June 11, 2022

The plot of Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes’s film moves backward in time, continually recontextualizing what at first looks like a simple situation.

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How Hollywood Has Helped Colonize Hawaiʻi

by Aaron Hunt May 16, 2022May 17, 2022

Anthony Banua-Simon’s documentary Cane Fire contrasts decades of Hollywood images of his home with its current reality.

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Filmmaker dream hampton Culls Memories From Detroit’s Flooded Basements

by Bedatri D. Choudhury May 15, 2022May 15, 2022

Her short film Freshwater is now playing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

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Documentary Workers Unite Against the Odds 

by Billy Anania May 12, 2022June 8, 2022

We spoke with workers at the International Documentary Association about their successful fight for a union.

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A Body Horror Tale With an Avian Twist

by Eileen G'Sell May 11, 2022May 12, 2022

Hanna Bergholm’s stunningly original debut film Hatching embraces the experience of female adolescence as the monster that it is, and then gives that monster literal wings.

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Panda! Go Panda! Classics Make a Delightful Comeback

by Dan Schindel May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

You don’t have to be an anime-head to appreciate these early-career shorts by the founders of Studio Ghibli.

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Pleasure Dispels Male Fantasies of Porn

by Justine Smith May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

Ninja Thyberg’s film replicates a common plot structure for classic porn as it follows a young performer entering the business, but its focus is on the labor involved.

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A Bruce Mau Documentary Can’t Explain What the Man Does

by Sophia Stewart May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

MAU is too charmed by its subject to nail down what he has achieved, or why people should even care about him in the first place.

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