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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.

Film

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.

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The Exuberant, Meditative New Little Women

The latest adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, uncovers new textures for its iconic characters.

Podcast

Hyperallergic Picks Their Favorite Holiday Movie Classics

Film editor Dan Schindel joins Editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian to discuss why we love holiday films, and other Hyperallergic staff share their faves.

Film

A Tribute to Agnès Varda's Melding of the Personal and Political

To get the fullest picture of the artist requires traveling back through her filmography, a joyful opportunity provided by Film at Lincoln Center’s series Varda: A Retrospective, which opens today and runs through January 6.

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Invisible Life Reveals the Lush Inner Lives of Two Sisters Torn Apart by Tradition

Adapted from Martha Batalha’s novel, Karim Aïnouz's latest tells the twinned stories of sisters Eurídice and Guida by exploring the pocket of time in their lives before they stopped waiting on their dreams.

Film

A History of Film at MoMA, as Told by Its Original Curator

As part of its reopening slate, a film series at the museum pays tribute to the foundational programming of its influential film curator Iris Barry.

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Honoring the Art of the Archival Film

At the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Re-Releasing History program presented a dazzling array of movies built from found footage and more.

Film

Bombshell Misses the Mark in Contextualizing #MeToo

While it touches on the toxic masculinity and systematic sexism that permeates Fox News, the film does little to contextualize the industry that allowed this behavior to thrive.

Film

Seeing How Experimental Documentary Film Can Get

The Paradocs program at the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam toys with the very structural components of cinema.

Film

A Hidden Life Is a Passionate, Damning Meditation on Faith and Fascism

Terrence Malick’s latest film makes me feel the way church never did, capturing an essence of the divine through aesthetic sublimity.