Film
The Inheritance Brings a Playful, French New Wave-Feel to Black Liberation
Ephraim Asili’s first feature both documents and models what it means to unlearn and re-think.
Film
Film
In the Forests of Italy, Old Men Search for Truffles With Their Dogs
The documentary The Truffle Hunters looks at a dying way of life.
Film
The Idiosyncratic Archetypes of The Real Housewives
The cast members in the various iterations of the mega-popular franchise demonstrate the increasing self-awareness of performance in reality television.
Film
How Film Festivals Have Managed the Shift to Virtual
“I think this is going to become much more normal.” Workers at TIFF, NYFF, and Sundance reflect on a year of reduced in-person events and streaming premieres.
Film
The Latest French Films, From Trans Stories to a Travelogue With a Donkey
The virtual 26th edition of Film at Lincoln Center's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema presents both the latest popular and arthouse movies from France.
Film
Stream Westerns That Center Black Cowboys
Some highlights from the Criterion Channel's new series Black Westerns.
Film
A Film That Tests Assumptions About Race, Rape, and Power
"Test Pattern" chronicles a biracial courtship and coupledom as a means of probing larger power asymmetries.
Interview
Observing a Changing Wuhan Along the Banks of the Yangtze
Hyperallergic talks to Wuhan native Shengze Zhu about her new documentary A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces, which recently premiered at Berlinale.
Film
WandaVision Grapples with Grief in Sitcom Style, But Falls Short
Despite its laugh tracks and various winks and nods, the Marvel superhero series is lacking in its homage to iconic television.
Film
Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland's Long-Lost Comedy Tour for Antiwar Troops
Suppressed upon release and stuck in obscurity for decades, the Vietnam War documentary F.T.A. has been restored.
Film
Filmmakers Propose Solutions to the Climate Crisis
The second annual Climate Action Film Festival features both movies and discussions on how to effectively fight climate change.
Film
An Invaluable Black Public Broadcasting Archive Is Now Accessible Online
From a report on sundown towns to interviews with Angela Davis and Emmett Till’s mother, here are highlights from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.