Film
Video Essays That Address Race, Inequality, and the Movement for Black Lives
Curator Cydnii Wilde Harris highlights some of her favorite works in the Black Lives Matter Video Essay Playlist.
Documentary
Film
Enjoy Every Single Agnès Varda Movie, Courtesy of a New Box Set
The Criterion Collection's Complete Films of Agnès Varda is a tribute to the multifaceted career of the revered French director.
Film
Howard, a Lackluster Tribute to Beloved Disney Lyricist Howard Ashman
Known for his songs for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, Ashman deserves a documentary passionate enough to match his legacy.
Film
Exposing Rodrigo Duterte's War on the Free Press
Director Ramona Diaz and journalist Maria Ressa discuss their struggles to make A Thousand Cuts, a film about the autocratic president of the Philippines.
Film
Professional Wrestling Takes a Cinematic Turn Amid the Pandemic
Having to put on shows without crucial audience participation is forcing new evolution within wrestling.
Art
The Darkly Humorous Side of Capitalism Destroying Bridges, Dams, and More
The podcast Well There's Your Problem takes a wry leftist look at engineering disasters throughout history.
Film
A Documentary’s Attempt to Protect Flannery O’Connor at All Costs
Flannery expresses the author's genius but goes to tortured lengths to excuse her racism.
Film
The Documentarian Who Secured Rare Footage of Helmut Newton at Work
Director Gero von Boehm discusses The Bad and the Beautiful, his new film about the “King of Kink.”
Film
A Filmmaker Explores Relationships to Blindness
Grappling with his own loss of sight, Rodney Evans surveys the experiences of blind artists in Vision Portraits.
Film
How Lynne Sachs Turns Spoken Language Into Cinematic Language
A long-overdue retrospective of the feminist artist and filmmaker demonstrates how she explores communication in her work.
Film
The Ross Brothers Want to Make Messy Films
Directors Bill and Turner Ross talk about their new documentary Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets and how they created a "theater of people."
Film
Me and the Cult Leader, an Unlikely Story of Forgiveness
Atsushi Sakahara, the survivor of a terrorist incident, films his journey with the spokesman for the group that committed the attack.