In Brief
Since 1988, the National Film Registry has added an annual set of 25 films in order to “ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's film heritage.”
Film
In a charged political moment, hybrid documentaries speak to Chilean identity and struggle better than any other form of filmmaking.
Film
More than being one of the greatest lesbian romances, Céline Sciamma’s latest is a beautiful film about artistic labor and the social contexts that uplift some artists above others.
Film
At the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the programming strand "The Villain" looked for new ways to depict unsavory subjects.
Film
Film Forum's new series Scorsese Nonfiction brings an under-discussed facet of the director's career into focus.
Film
Kicking off today at Film at Lincoln Center, the series presents a body of work that’s particularly heartening when one considers the encroachments on freedom that Brazilian cinema must now confront.
Film
We might think of Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer's latest as a cyborg film — both its subject matter and formal approach depend on unifying across difference, a fuck-you to essentialized binaries.
Art
Artist Nicole Miller sees her film To the Stars as being about potential: “I want the kids to feel like they are part of the narrative of what it means to be an astronaut or a brilliant thinker.”
Film
Some of the best films at the Montreal International Documentary Festival explored themes of wasted potential and the relationship between humanity and the planet.
Film
63 Up is the latest installment in the Up series, which has revisited a set of British people every seven years since they were children, tracking their lives and development.
Podcast
This year provided a bounty of exciting indie and art house films, and three Hyperallergic editors discuss their picks along with a conversation about the glut of Superhero flicks that dominate the box office.
Film
“Korean Cinema” often refers primarily to celebrated auteurs like Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. A new series at Film at Lincoln Center offers a 21-film corrective, illuminating the wide range of contemporaneous production in South Korea.