Rather than make the series feel dated, identity issues in the cyber age make the 1995 film seem extraordinarily prescient.
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A Fantastical Addition to the Fading Genre of Live-Action Children’s Films
Andrés Waissbluth’s Un caballo llamado Elefante (“Elephant, the Horse”), playing at the Museum of Modern Art, is a charming reversal of the trend toward animation.
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A Film Mixes Fact and Fiction to Illuminate the Lives of Queer Teens in Bangkok
‘#BKKY’ is a coming-of-age love story following Jojo, who embodies an amalgamation of interviews the director conducted with 100 Thai teenagers.
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Agnès Varda’s Playful Recycling of Her Art
In the last 15 years, Agnès Varda has embraced the label of visual artist rather than the more specific filmmaker.
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A Documentary About Syrian Refugees Undermines Its Subjects
‘A Syrian Love Story’ has an opportunity to do delicate, powerful work; instead, like its subjects, it gets trapped within the limits of its own choices.
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Revisiting an Antiquated Chris Marker Film About Technology
French director and artist Chris Marker’s 1997 film Level Five, screening this weekend at Metrograph, is a hilariously antiquated portrayal of the internet.
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A Sibling’s Documentary About His Brother’s Mysterious Murder
In Strong Island, Yance Ford lays out the peculiar circumstances that surrounded his brother’s murder in 1992, and the void left in its wake.
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The Horror Story of a Dystopian Painter Obsessed with Control
The Last Family is a domestic horror story portraying the violent dissolution of a family.
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The Opulent World of Qatari Falconry
Yuri Ancarani’s documentary The Challenge immerses viewers in the dazzling subculture of ultra-wealthy sheiks who practice falconry.
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A Thriller About Parisian Terrorists Refuses to Pass Judgment
Bertrand Bonello’s Nocturama follows a group of Parisians as they plan and carry out coordinated terrorist attacks and then hole up in a luxury department store.
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A Cute but Clawless Documentary on Istanbul’s Street Cats
In Kedi, human Istanbulites reflect on their complex but loving relationships with the city’s feline inhabitants.
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From a Suicidal Sheriff to a Scrappy Sandpiper, a Look at the 2017 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
The five films nominated for this year’s Academy Award for the best animated short film use a range of animation and storytelling styles to shuttle characters and viewers across time and space.