Film
Citing Mold and Short Staffing, Alamo Cinema Workers Push to Unionize
“They insist on cutting every corner,” said Bridge Squitire, a server and trainer at the theater who helped organize the union drive.
Film
Film
Can Memory Ever Be Eternal?
The Eternal Memory draws parallels between a Chilean couple’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and their country’s broader struggle to maintain its history.
Film
Experimental Gems at the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival has released the lineup for its Wavelengths section, focused on avant-garde and provocative film media, and its Classics program.
Film
How to Find a Public Restroom in New York
For all the character that the city has lost to gentrification, How To with John Wilson demonstrates how much delightful strangeness can still be found here.
Film
An Iranian-American Woman’s Quest to Reconnect With Her Heritage
In Brooklyn, a screening of the new documentary Joonam brought the city’s Iranian diaspora together in a celebration of art, culture, and identity.
Film
Maybe Some Artists Don't Make It For a Reason
Make Me Famous, a new documentary about East Village artist Edward Brezinski, does little to prove that its subject should have risen to the top.
Film
A Free Press Under Threat in Modi’s India
While We Watched, now screening in NYC, follows journalist Ravish Kumar, whose critical but risky reporting counters India's conservative party rule.
Interview
Revisiting the Magic of Ryuichi Sakamoto
Elizabeth Lennard, director of the 1985 documentary Tokyo Melody about the famed experimental musician, discusses the film and her memories of Sakamoto.
Art
The Complicated Legacy of Barbie in Art
Long before Greta Gerwig’s movie, artists were critiquing Barbie’s influence on women — and Mattel didn't always approve.
Film
What Do We Mean by “Cinematic Feedback”?
With Feedback, Part 2, Anthology Film Archives presents experimental films that specifically bend image, sound, or both back in on themselves.
Film
The Overlooked Student Protest That Changed College Admissions
The Five Demands, now playing in New York, feels more pressing than ever in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.
Film
Sundance-Winning Film Chronicles the Horror of Besieged Mariupol
20 Days in Mariupol is a chilling portrayal of the most harrowing episodes of the Russian siege through the lens of the last international reporters in the city.