Film
Carlos Reygadas's Our Time has drawn heavy speculation over the fact that he and his wife play a couple experiencing trouble with their open relationship. But this says more about the commentators than the film itself.
Film
The landmark queer documentaries The Queen and Paris is Burning have been restored and are back in theaters.
Art
Some exciting things to stream right now include "The IMAX of the 1890s," a video essay on My Own Private Idaho, and "How Silent Films Invented the Soundtrack."
Film
In the documentary Meeting Gorbachev, Herzog finds nostalgia for a lost past.
Film
On the centennial of Pauline Kael's birth, the Quad Cinema is presenting Losing It at the Movies, a retrospective including both films that received her highest praise and those she viciously tore apart.
Film
The documentary Before Homosexuals seeks to educate those whose knowledge of queer history doesn't go further back than the 20th century.
Film
In the documentary The Hottest August, director Brett Story interviews sweaty bystanders about how the world is changing.
Film
In Marcus Lindeen's documentary The Raft, the subjects of the disastrous study reenact its strange events.
Film
The documentary Recorder explores the life and work of Marion Stokes, who amassed the world's largest independent TV archive without anyone noticing.
Film
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s The Last Supper plays as part of Film Forum's ongoing series The Hour of Liberation: Decolonizing Cinema, 1966-1981, which presents both classic and overlooked anti-imperialist films.
News
Oktay Ince, a longtime video activist fighting to retrieve an archive worth 20 years of his work, was held in police custody and accused of terrorist propaganda after he chained himself to a pole outside the culture ministry in Ankara.
Film
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of Meredith Lackey's Cablestreet, a surreal documentary short about Chinese tech giant Huawei.