Film
The History of Atomic Warfare in a Sprawling Installation
Inspired by nuclear weapon control centers, the bomb at Pioneer Works begins with the first atom bomb tests and traces its story to the present day.
Film
Film
An Easy Guide to Watching This Year’s Oscar Nominees
Here’s how to stream the Academy’s favorite movies of 2020, including Mank, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, and more.
Film
How Camming and Filmmaking Influence Each Other
Becca Willow Moss muses on how her work as a camgirl informs her work as an actor and director.
Film
The Intoxicating Tilda Swinton Masters Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language film, The Human Voice, offers heady pathos and sumptuous visuals in equal excess.
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
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.