The Twentieth Century is a surreal, irreverent anti-biopic of Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
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The Battle Against COVID-19 in Wuhan
Following healthcare workers during the early months of the pandemic, the film 76 Days draws an inspiring picture of collective effort to fight disaster.
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The Travails of Civic Governance Under Israeli Occupation
In the documentary Mayor, Musa Hadid tries to keep Ramallah, Palestine functioning as best he can.
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Hillbilly Elegy Tries, and Fails, to Understand the Working Class
Based on the memoir by J.D. Vance, this film adaptation is the latest big piece of Hollywood poverty porn disguised as Oscar bait.
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Bringing Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me to Life
HBO has turned the stage adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s acclaimed book into a multifaceted television special.
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Behind the Scenes at a Groundbreaking Clinic for Transgender People
Born to Be looks at the doctors and patients at Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery.
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A Lively Reinterpretation of Charles Dickens
The new adaptation The Personal History of David Copperfield brings the classic novel to life with energetic editing and colorblind casting.
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How Artificial Intelligence Becomes Racist
The documentary Coded Bias reveals how prejudices are written into the algorithms that run our world.
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An Unheralded Film About Girlhood Gets a Second Chance
Smooth Talk, the 1985 Laura Dern breakout, has gotten a restoration and re-release after being ignored in its day.
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A Documentary Portrait of Environmentalist Greta Thunberg
I Am Greta captures some sobering truths about the nature of contemporary activism.
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A Mind-Controlling Assassin Starts to Lose Herself
Possessor is a gruesome, disturbing sci-fi thriller about identity.
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The Life and Times of War Reporter Robert Fisk
If you want a great primer on Fisk, who recently passed away, look to the documentary This is Not a Movie.