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A New Film Investigates How the CIA and MI6 Destroyed Iranian Democracy
During a time of heightened tensions between the US and Iran, the documentary Coup 53 reminds viewers of the origins of the conflict.
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Wondrous Animations Made of Quilts, Glass, and Found Objects
Jodie Mack uses materials like no other animator. Now, many of her films are available to the public for the first time.
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Sundance's Documentary Shorts Offer Brief but Powerful Glimpses Around the World
The festival's program is especially robust this year, featuring films about the Hong Kong protests, abortion helpline volunteers, and more.
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Erotic Imagination and Sensual Realities Meet in the Films of Jane Campion
In an era where women still represent the minority of filmmakers and sex on the big screen has continued to diminish, Campion’s films — most of which are now streaming online — explore new depths of desire.
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100 Years of Federico Fellini
On the centenary of his birth, we look back at some of the influential director’s most iconic films, all of which are currently streaming online. While standouts for their panoramic elegance, many are also disturbingly chauvinistic.
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37,000 Items of Black Film Memorabilia Acquired by the Lucas Museum
The collection includes items from silent era “race films,” an independent movement during which Black filmmakers told their own stories and distributed films to theaters serving Black viewers.
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An Anime Fantasy Combines Myth With Climate Change
Makoto Shinkai’s new feature Weathering with You entreats the world to pay attention to the climate emergency, as constant rainfall is interpreted as punishment from the gods.
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Reflecting on Shirin Neshat’s Career With the Artist’s Words
Neshat shares why she moved away from still photography to video, and why she thinks her work feels “very relevant” today.
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The Jewish Israeli Lawyer Who's Made a Career of Defending Palestinians
The documentary Advocate, profiling controversial lawyer Lea Tsemel, has become an unlikely Oscar contender.
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50 Years Later, Watching Jimi Hendrix Onstage (On Film)
I’ve often forgotten Hendrix’s impact on me, but attending a fleeting screening of Gerry Goldstein’s long-unreleased The Jimi Hendrix Experience: The Royal Albert Hall in the titular venue presented a rare opportunity to experience those feelings afresh.
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How Bible Salesmen Paved the Way for Capitalism to Devour Evangelicalism
The classic documentary Salesman, which turned 50 this year, presaged our current age of megachurches and Christian influencers.
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The Crowded, Lonely World of Live Streaming
A wave of documentaries from China, including Present.Perfect and People's Republic of Desire, follow the lives of popular streamers.