Art
Mexican Filmmakers Are Documenting Indigenous Resistance and Feminist Issues
The online film program MexDocs presents a selection of great recent Mexican documentaries.
Documentary
Film
Andrew Cuomo Got an Emmy for Literally Just Showing Up
The New York governor receiving the Founders Award for his COVID-19 press briefings marks a new nadir in politics as style over actual results.
Film
A Streaming List for All the Ronald Reagan Haters Out There
Enjoy some dissenting views on the US president — the subject of a new series — from critical explanations of his image-making to a satirical show that makes him a supervillain.
Film
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.
Film
A Journey of Economic Precarity Across the West
Chloé Zhao's Nomadland mixes fiction and documentary elements to tell a story of a woman traveling from one job to the next.
Film
The Travails of Civic Governance Under Israeli Occupation
In the documentary Mayor, Musa Hadid tries to keep Ramallah, Palestine functioning as best he can.
Film
The Best of Bite-Sized Films on the Criterion Channel
From a stop-motion musical to a documentary about a man befriending a hyena pack, here are some short films you should check out.
Interview
Errol Morris On the Idea of Truth, LSD, and Finding the Right Subjects
The veteran documentarian talks about his new film My Psychedelic Love Story, the war on drugs, and whether I'm being manipulated by the government.
Film
Thanksgiving Movies to Watch If You Aren't Into Celebrating Colonialism
From a Martin Scorsese concert film to a classic road trip comedy, enjoy some movies that merely use the holiday as a background detail.
Interview
A Film Unravels a Cover-up in the Aftermath of a Bucharest Nightclub Fire
Director Alexander Nanau tells Hyperallergic how he got such incredible access to journalists and government officials for Collective.
Film
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.
Film
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.