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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.
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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.
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Stream Westerns That Center Black Cowboys
Some highlights from the Criterion Channel's new series Black Westerns.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When More Than 5,000 Workers Resisted Rupert Murdoch’s UK Media Takeover
The documentary Wapping: The Workers’ Story recounts a pivotal moment in UK labor history.
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A Documentary Lays Out the Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Scandal
Church and the Fourth Estate investigates one of the tens of thousands of cases of alleged sexual abuse within the BSA, as well as Scouting's links to the LDS Church.
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Fake It ’Til You Make It: A Documentary Peels Back the Veneer of Online Influencers
The crew of Fake Famous generated followers for aspiring Instagram celebs, demonstrating the artifice of internet success.