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Alvin Ailey, the Icon and Enigma
Much as the documentary Ailey delights and inspires, it also evokes a sense of wistfulness by privileging the choreographer’s public persona at the expense of Alvin the man.
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The Pink Cloud Is a Dark Sci-Fi Take on Quarantine, Made Before the Pandemic
Playing at the Sundance Film Festival, the Brazilian drama will make you wonder if writer/director Iuli Gerbase is a prophet.
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Martin Scorsese’s Portrait of New York With the Ultimate New Yorker
In the docuseries Pretend It's a City, cultural commentator Fran Lebowitz leads a talking tour of the city.
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When UK Punk Rock Fought White Supremacy
In chronicling the Rock Against Racism movement of the '70s, White Riot sounds a warning for our own times.
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A Unique Source for Experimental Asian American Films Returns
After a successful run in 2020, the online repertory series My Sight is Lined with Visions returns for a full year of rotating programs.
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Lose Yourself in These Arts & Crafts Reality Shows
From competitive glass blowing to professional LEGO building, stream these creative programs.
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The Strange World of TikTok "Reality Shifters"
Popular video creators claim to have actually visited other universes (especially fictional ones) in their sleep. They have millions of dedicated believers.
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Pieces of a Woman Falls to Pieces
What begins as a trenchant exploration of losing a child becomes a Lifetime-esque affair that strays so sharply from a mother’s grief that it feels a bit like a betrayal.
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A Virtual Sundance Brings Movies About Isolation and Mediated Realities
The 2021 edition of the important film festival is open to viewers around the country.
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Is Any Modern Porn Worth Preserving?
There are many issues with keeping pornography in the historical record. Was anything of value lost in Pornhub's recent massive video purge?
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A Slippery Drama About the Uncertainty of Memory
In Hungary's Oscar submission Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, a woman is thrown into turmoil when the man she loves apparently doesn't recognize her.
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30 Years of Offbeat Documentaries With Lynne Sachs
The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting a retrospective of Sachs's work, including the virtual cinema debut of her latest work, Film About a Father Who.