Spike Lee’s landmark film is often remembered for its still-relevant social commentary, but its formal brilliance should not go overlooked.
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SIN, a Gritty and Sublime Biopic of Michelangelo
Andrei Konchalovsky’s film depicts an artist full of ambition, paranoia, loathing, and regret.
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How a City Government Works, According to Frederick Wiseman
The venerable documentarian’s latest, City Hall, is an epic look at the workings of local civics in Boston, Massachusetts.
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How to Stream Movies at Home and Support Local Theaters During Pandemic
Kino Now partnered with over 150 theaters in the US to launch a virtual marquee.
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How Martin Scorsese Seeks Revelation in Documentary
Film Forum’s new series Scorsese Nonfiction brings an under-discussed facet of the director’s career into focus.
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Geisha, Gangsters, and More: Tokyo’s Underbelly Onscreen
For the next three weeks Film Forum presents SHITAMACHI: Tales of Downtown Tokyo, an expansive series dedicated to the city’s grittier east side, where filmmakers have long turned their lens.
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Remembering Toni Morrison Through Film
To help me parse this year’s film Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, I had a conversation with Steven G. Fullwood, an archivist, editor, publisher, and scholar, to discuss the documentary’s approach in telling the phenomenal author’s story.
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A New Matthew Barney Film Retells an Ancient Myth in the American Wilds
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of the theatrical trailer for Redoubt, in which the goddess Diana becomes a modern hunter.
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Linda Ronstadt’s Passionate Life of Song
Like its subject, the documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice builds on familiar elements to make something new and beautiful.
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Win Tickets to a Film About the Photographer Who Pulled Off an NYC Real Estate Coup
We have an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary Jay Myself, and are giving away 10 pairs of tickets for screenings at Film Forum.
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A Cuban Filmmaker’s Brutal Satire of Religion and Colonialism
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.
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I Am Cuba, Restored and Reimagined
Newly restored and screening tonight, I Am Cuba raises questions about the ways film negotiates authenticity.