Film
Ava DuVernay's When They See Us Is a Brutal Look at a 30-Year-Old Injustice
The new Netflix miniseries joins an ongoing cultural conversation over the case of the Central Park Five.
Documentary
Film
In a New Docuseries, the New York Times Struggles to Defend Journalism
The Weekly, the paper's documentary venture with FX, is well made but overly reliant on "Truth" branding.
Film
The Restoration of a 1446 Painting Revisits Florence’s History of Infanticide
A documentary dives into the history of the Institute of the Innocents, which housed unwanted babies, and the first painting it ever commissioned.
Film
Julia Reichert's 50 Years of Challenging the Status Quo
A retrospective series at the Museum of Modern Art is putting a spotlight on the veteran documentarian.
Film
The Exciting Native American Film Program at This Year's Whitney Biennial
At Yale Union, visitors can preview the films Sky Hopinka has curated for the Biennial.
Art
Stream Docs About Beauty, Robin Williams in Aladdin, and More
This week, in our ongoing series on the best recent documentaries, we also highlight shorts about video games, reflecting the close relationship between YouTube and gaming.
Film
How a Great American Fashion Designer Rose and Fell Along with Disco
A documentary tracks the life and work of superstar designer Halston.
Film
How a Jeopardy! Champ's Play to Become a Feminist Public Intellectual Crashed
The new documentary Who is Arthur Chu? is a cautionary tale about the dangers of getting too online.
Film
The Fraudulent Health Startup that Got an Acclaimed Documentarian to Make Its Ads
How can we reconcile Errol Morris's stated mission of pursuing the truth with him helping to promote Theranos?
Art
Transforming Charts and Graphs About Climate Change Into Art
Data visualization artist Alisa Singer's exhibition Environmental Graphiti turns raw climate information into semi-abstract portraits.
Art
The Nostalgic Melancholy of YouTube Urban Exploration Videos
Many channels have made popular videos about "scary" things like abandoned asylums or amusement parks. But there is a different trend which reveals the mundane decay of the suburbs.
Art
How Social Media Profiles Act as Bizarre Digital Gravestones
As more people die but their internet presences linger, we have to find ways to grapple with these documents of who they were.