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The Cinematic Gems of the Czechoslovak New Wave
These classics were produced during Czechoslovakia’s brief political thaw in the 1960s.
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist Gets the Netflix Treatment
The miniseries This Is a Robbery is at its best when working through the stranger details of the infamous, still-unsolved crime.
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Faya Dayi Tells Stories of Land Kinship in Drought-Ridden Ethiopia
Screening at New Directors/New Films, Jessica Beshir’s film floats in the space between documentary and poetry.
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How Canada's Most Glamorous Adult Theater Has Survived
The Cinéma L'Amour in Montreal hearkens back to the Golden Age of Porn.
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The Unexpected Cinematic Journeys of Ulrike Ottinger
Ottinger explores milieus often ignored in mainstream cinema.
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Three Films That Remind Us Motherhood Can Be Very Political
These films question who can become a mother versus who has to become a mother.
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Liborio Affirms the Force of Mythology and Collective Faith
An immersive dive into communal myth-making, Nino Martínez Sosa’s film brings a Dominican spiritual leader to back to life.
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Deep in the Forest, Scientists Succumb to Religious Rapture
The British horror film In the Earth bloodily observes how fervent belief makes fools of us all.
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A Documentary About How We Got, How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang is an insightful story on the art of breaking ground.
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Absurdist Scandinavian Musings on Loneliness
Roy Andersson's About Endlessness presents a series of elaborate vignettes about isolated characters.
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A Tribute to Los Angeles's Street Vendors
Ruben Ochoa and Pete Galindo are premiering "The Politics of Street Vendors in Los Angeles" with LACMA this Saturday.
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The Killings That Raised Questions About Mormon History
Netflix's Murder Among the Mormons tackles a strange case of archival fraud that led to a bombing campaign.