Features
Drunk Santas, Yoko Ono, and Other Joys of DOC NYC
From the disruptive nonsense of Santacon to Kwame Brathwaite’s “Black is Beautiful” movement, here’s what to see or stream.
DOC NYC
News
US’s Biggest Documentary Festival Comes to NYC This Month
The trials of late-in-life romance and a photographer's chronicle of Black life under South African apartheid anchor the 15th edition of DOC NYC.
Film
Telling the Stories of the Women Behind Chicago’s BLM Movement
The documentary Unapologetic explores the kind of activism the media tends to ignore.
Film
Dash Snow and the Price of Being a “Rebel” Artist
The new documentary Moments Like This Never Last explores how Snow's bad boy performance became a trap for him.
Art
Watch All the Year's Best Documentaries in One Place
The online edition of DOC NYC presents the highlights of 2020's nonfiction cinema.
Art
2019's Best Documentaries Come Together for a Week in NYC
As the year winds down, the DOC NYC film festival curates some of the best and most buzzed-about recent nonfiction films.
Test 2018 posts
Three New Documentaries Chronicle the Careers of Game-Changing New York Artists
At Doc NYC, America's largest documentary film festival, directors examine the lives and works of artists Barbara Rubin, Jay Maisel, and Christo.
Film
A Nuanced Portrait of Hasidic Brooklyn
The directors of Jesus Camp and Detropia offer an in-depth look at Brooklyn's Hasidic community.
Film
Revisiting David Lynch’s Classic Blue Velvet with Behind-the-Scenes Footage
Rich in interviews and ephemera from the making of Lynch's classic, Blue Velvet Revisited is ultimately disappointing as a standalone artistic achievement.
Film
A Mapplethorpe Documentary Favors Contemplation Over Controversy
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s new documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures offers intimate insights into the controversial photographer's life and persona.