Errol Morris’s film about the photographer Elsa Dorfman touches on big questions about cycles of life and obsolescence, but remains doggedly cheerful.
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A Documentary Recap of Reagan’s Presidency, the Original Political Reality TV Show
Composed entirely of archival footage and news reports, The Reagan Show highlights how the 40th US President treated his time in office as an extension of his acting career.
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Reactivating the Lost Revolutionary Films of Guinea-Bissau
In her debut feature, artist Filipa César documents the digitization of films made in the African country around the time of its independence.
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Albert Maysles’s Final Film Rides with Train Passengers Across the US
In Transit, the late documentarian Albert Maysles’s final film, was completed after he died in March 2015 and focuses on the journeys of passengers at various stages of life.
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How the TV Adaptation of I Love Dick Recenters the Female Gaze
I Love Dick is a show about how women are discouraged from having ideas and what happens when one woman lets her fantasies drive her art.
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A German Filmmaker Who Captured the Poetics of Labor and the Legacy of Fascism
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is presenting A Vision of Resistance: Peter Nestler , the first large retrospective dedicated to the filmmaker in the US.
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A Documentary on Tyrus Wong, a Long-Ignored Illustrator for Disney and Warner Bros
Wong spent 30 years in the film industry, though racial attitudes of the time kept his contributions unacknowledged until the 21st century.
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A Biopic Tells the Unlikely Story of Folk Artist Maud Lewis
Maudie, directed by Aisling Walsh, offers a complex portrait of a woman who resided on the literal edges of society and had no formal training, but lived and breathed her painting.
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Exposing the Struggles of Artists on Strike Against Life
James N. Kienitz Wilkins’s experimental documentary Common Carrier finds artists balancing creative pursuits and the demands of life in New York City.
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A Century’s Worth of Movies About Cross-Dressing and Drag
The series Cross-Dressing and Drag on Screen at the Anthology Film Archives highlights drag’s ubiquity across time, place, and social milieu.
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Monkey Around with a Simian Cinema Series
Anthology Film Archives’ latest series explores fictional, factual, and farcical portrayals of monkeys in movies.
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An Avant-Garde Documentary About 500 Silent Films Rescued in the Yukon
Bill Morrison’s newest work, Dawson City: Frozen Time, tells the story of an unlikely triumph for film preservation and history.