Interview
The Fake Town Where Police Trained to Suppress Protests
Hyperallergic talks to director Sierra Pettengill about her documentary Riotsville, USA, which finds the roots of modern policing techniques in the 1960s
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In The Girl and the Spider, Voyeurism Is Both Comical and Creepy
Everybody seems to be infatuated with everyone else in the film, locking eyes with an intensity that could shame a tantra guru.
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Years After its Release, a Film about Ukraine’s Donbass Region Seems Relevant Again
Initially released in 2018 but never getting a proper run in the US, Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass now finally comes to theaters.
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Dora García Documents Networks of Feminist Survival in Mexico City
In two shorts showing as part of García’s exhibition at Amant, she explores the unfinished revolution of diplomat Alexandra Kollontai.
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With Inland Empire, David Lynch Crafted a Nightmare on Home Video
Through a suitably unusual remastering process, the famed surreal artist/filmmaker’s last feature film to date can be experienced in a whole new way.
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A Poignant Family Portrait in the Trappings of Sci-Fi
After Yang merges director Kogonada's fastidious attention to form with a rare empathy for the insecurity of the human condition, especially within the nuclear unit.
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Fire of Love Captures a Literally Volcanic Romance
Married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft took incredible footage of eruptions. Sara Dosa’s documentary uses it to tell their unusual love story.
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New York’s Best Documentary Festival Makes Its Return
After 2020’s virtual festival and 2021’s severely abridged edition, Art of the Real is back with a full slate of exciting experimental nonfiction.
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Letting a Dairy Cow’s Life Speak for Itself
In her documentary Cow, Andrea Arnold avoids anthropomorphism, instead trying to present the world as her main character sees it.
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Arthur Jafa’s Medley of Joy Everlasting Versus Hell on Earth
The video installation akingdoncomethas is an epic montage of sermons and performances from Black churches.
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Reckoning with Israeli Censorship Through Autofiction
Ahed’s Knee is the latest film by Nadav Lapid to use a fictionalized version of the filmmaker to inveigh against societal injustice.
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What We Have to Say About the 2022 Academy Award Nominees
A must-read list of our critics' reviews and director interviews of this year's nominees.