Film Review
A Group of Friends Walks Into a Mall, and Stays for Four Years
Was it a crime? A prank? A work of art? A new documentary unveils the full story of an artist collective’s secret mall apartment, and other ephemeral actions.
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Interview
Art Spiegelman Is “Learning How to Do This Comics Thing Again”
On the occasion of a new documentary, the artist talks with Hyperallergic about the legacy of Maus, comics techniques, Gaza, collaboration, and more.
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Plunderer Shows How Art Looting Continues to Pay Off
The two-part documentary asks us to rethink what we know about looting, art restitution, the art market, and who the war’s heroes and villains really were.
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No Other Land Creators Issue Urgent Call to Action in Oscars Speech
The winners of this year’s Best Documentary Feature Film urged world leaders to “stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people.”
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Universal Language Brings Tim Hortons to Tehran
Centered on an Iranian community in a fictional Winnipeg-Tehran hybrid, the absurdist comedy is a joyous depiction of emphatically unalienated people.
Guide
What to Watch at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight Festival
From Cauleen Smith’s trilogy on volcanos to Philippe Parreno’s intimate exploration of Goya, here’s what to watch.
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The Tumultuous Journey of Faith Ringgold’s Rikers Mural
Catherine Gund’s Paint Me a Road Out of Here uses the artwork to tell truths about the US carceral system.
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At Sundance, Films Tackled Sex, Love, Gender, and the Law
Whether it’s catfishing clueless rich guys, catching sex predators on YouTube, or assisting a woman in conceiving a child, questions of legality often have little to do with morality.
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The Existential Crisis of Free Leonard Peltier
The film was made to agitate for the release of the wrongly imprisoned Indigenous activist. Despite last-minute edits after his clemency, it still shows some cracks.
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Zodiac Killer Project Is a Parody of the True Crime Genre
The documentary is an incisive critique of how cliché-bound the genre has become, encouraging viewers to ask more from it.
Interview
The Story of the Godfather of Asian-American Media, Told by His Son
“The best film I could make was one that only I could tell as his son,” Tadashi Nakamura told Hyperallergic about legendary director Robert Nakamura.
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Pepe Imagines a Hippo’s Perspective on Life
The film's hippo protagonist demonstrates that stories about animal subjectivity can unveil many otherwise hidden absurdities of our society.