Film
What Happened When Eight People Were Sealed Inside a Self-Contained Ecosystem
Director Matt Wolf talks to Hyperallergic about his new documentary Spaceship Earth, which reconsiders the infamous Biosphere 2 experiment.
Documentary
Film
Indigenous Filmmakers Share Features, Shorts, and More Online
This weekend, the collective COUSIN presents film by directors they've commissioned new work from, including Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, seth cardinal dodginghorse, and more.
Art
Entertainers Are Doing Their Best in Quarantine
Seeing what professionals do when forced to downgrade is an interesting case study in creativity under constraint.
Art
Doctors and Nurses Cope With COVID on TikTok
As the pandemic continues, healthcare professionals use the social media app to share information, vent their frustrations, or just have some fun.
Art
'The New Normal' of Awful COVID-Themed Commercials
These days, brands love to pretend to care about us. During a pandemic, that's gotten really weird.
Art
The 'Dancing Pallbearers' Meme Is a Danse Macabre for the Time of COVID
How a Ghanaian funerary service’s routine reinvented a trope as old as the Middle Ages
Film
Over Skype, Filmmakers Ponder Whether Cinema Is Dying
The latest iteration of the documentary series Room H.264, presented by the Museum of the Moving Image, considers the future of film and was made entirely in quarantine.
Film
Looking at Ourselves Through Social Distance Cinema
A one-location movie tills fertile thematic ground for auteurs, celebrities, and ordinary people who explore facets of being alone through film and video — the subtle distinctions between solitude, loneliness, isolation, confinement, paranoia, and sanctuary.
Film
Explaining Your Favorite Gifs and Translating Video Games: Web Docs to Watch
Check out video essays and shorts about making terrariums, the history of the Seattle Mariners, and more.
Film
Tiger King and the Unforgivable Sloppiness of Modern True Crime Shows
Series like Tiger King, Making a Murderer, and more have become huge hits thanks to their engrossing stories. But the way they present these stories leaves much to be desired.
Interview
Film Essayist Chloé Galibert-Laîné on the Careful Choreography of Desktop Cinema
Ahead of Galibert-Laîné’s debut at Images Festival, she talks to Hyperallergic about making video essays solely with a computer.
Film
From Soviet-Era War Films to Indie Gems from China, Our Latest Streaming Recommendations
Other highlights include a queer crime film from the directors The Matrix, a masterpiece of found footage from the Silent Era, and more.