Film
HBO's Watchmen, Politically Uncertain But Magnetic In the Moment
If the show's analysis of racial tensions ends up falling apart, it will definitely be a case of too much liberalism on the brain.
Film
Art
A Beloved Alternative Video Store Reopens in Los Angeles
The new Vidiots will continue as a video rental store and also has plans to restore the Eagle Theatre to its original role as an independent cinema house.
Film
How Terrence Malick Captures an Ascendant State of Being in Film
The comprehensive retrospective Moments of Grace at the Museum of the Moving Image demonstrates the director's idiosyncratic techniques for depicting the cosmic.
Film
Living With the Ghosts of Migration
In her debut feature Atlantics, Mati Diop renders stories of migration through a feminist lens, offering a meditation on who gets to forge their own path.
Film
Twisting the Familiar Into Uncanny Cinematic Forms
Surface Knowledge, the latest Flaherty NYC screening series, presents enthralling experimental documentary shorts which play with ways of seeing and experiencing the world.
Film
Inside the Spate of Cab Driver Suicides in New York
Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of Days of Black and Yellow, a documentary short about the pressures the rideshare industry has put on cab drivers.
Film
Pierre Huyghe's Filmic Fantasia About Preparing for Life
Huyghe's The Host and the Cloud, which ran at the Crossing the Line festival, creates a surprising sense of solemnity in making ready for events.
Film
The Artful Amateurism of Home Movies
In MoMA’s first exhibition composed entirely of home movies, visitors are placed into the perspective of these amateur filmmakers, ever so often stumbling upon a choice moment of intimacy.
In Brief
Aspiring Filmmakers Can Now Access Sundance Institute's Expansive Resources Online
Sundance Co//ab will offer educational videos, webinars, and forums.
Film
The Labor Rights Film That Got Both of Its Directors Murdered by the Yakuza
A special screening tour of Yama — Attack to Attack offers a chance to see this extremely rare Japanese film, which was intended to be used in perpetuity to agitate on behalf of the working class.
Film
Films That Transcend Southern Stereotypes and 'Florida Man' Headlines
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival shows that while state lines may clearly delineate the South, they don’t neatly define the people living within them.
Film
The Bittersweet Nostalgia of Watching Basquiat in Downtown 81
A time capsule that holds the legendary artist in immortal youth, the cult classic also preserves a certain New York, which has now changed beyond recognition.