Film
AI Protections Prove Polarizing Among SAG Members
The strike has ended, but not everyone is satisfied with the tentative contract’s stipulations for the use of artificial intelligence in film and TV.
Film
Film
Hunter College Cancels Screening of Jewish-Led Film Critical of Israel
Israelism follows two young Jewish Americans whose perception of Israel changes once they see how the nation treats Palestinians.
Film
The Chilling Revelations of the Sackler Family Group Chats
The short film The Family Statement centers on private messages between the Sacklers unsealed as part of Purdue Pharma’s 2020 bankruptcy case.
Film
The Commodification of American Motherhood
How to Have an American Baby exposes a Chinese business that cares only for the bottom line, and a private US hospital system more than happy to serve patients paying cash.
Film
Filmmakers, Arts Orgs, and Cultural Workers Boycott IDFA
Cultural groups and artists are withdrawing from the film festival over allegations of institutional censorship of the Palestinian liberation movement.
Film
New Doc Updates Virginia Woolf’s Gender-Bending Orlando
Paul B. Preciado’s film prizes creative passion over pathology, and trades individual trauma for collective and individual transcendence.
Film
Online Film Series Spotlights Palestinian Voices
After the Arab Film Festival was postponed, organizers launched a new program of feature-length films, documentaries, and shorts that focus on personal stories.
Film
Doc Examining Ethics in Documentary Filmmaking Has Its Own Problems
Subject’s premise is novel and has potential, but for all the film’s discussion of ethics, it has its own failings.
Film
Films to Look Forward to at IDFA 2023
The world’s largest documentary film festival is back with over 250 films that expand and experiment with the genre.
Art
Scientists Are Turning Toxic River Waste Into Paint Pigments
A new documentary follows a team of Ohio artists and environmentalists transforming acid mine drainage into viable art materials.
Film
NYC’s Metrograph Theater to Screen Rare Films by Cecilia Vicuña
A new series presented with the Guggenheim Museum puts a spotlight on the Chilean-born multidisciplinary artist’s work as a filmmaker.
Comics
A Conflicted Cartoonist Ponders Roy Lichtenstein
A new documentary asks whether the Pop Art icon appropriated the work of comic artists. If so, who’s truly to blame?