In China, Mrs. Li thought her personal life was on solid emotional ground, only to discover that her husband was having an affair with a younger woman. Unmoored, she hires an agency to help save her marriage without her husband’s knowledge. Unfolding like a novel, Mistress Dispeller provides intimate details with remarkable candor; the filmmaker’s […]
After taking us through the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the Oscar-winning 20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov and his creative team give a perspective of the war more than a year on. Amid the failing counteroffensive, journalists follow a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified […]
Following up on her Oscar-nominated The Edge of Democracy, about the institutional corruption and populist mistrust plaguing Brazil’s democracy almost since its 1980s restoration, Costa explores the Christian fundamentalism seizing the nation’s political discourse. With stunning access to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, and others, Costa distills the recent chaos of […]
A luminous and unflinching portrait of poet Andrea Gibson, following their journey after receiving a devastating cancer diagnosis. The emotional landscape of Maria, Andrea’s wife and caregiver, unfolds with quiet intensity as she balances her fierce love and the struggle to care for herself. In a moment of grace, Andrea receives hopeful news—and returns to […]
Directed by Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) and Mark Obenhaus (Steep), Cover-Up offers an unflinching look at the career of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. Through a meticulous examination of Hersh’s investigative work—spanning the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and beyond—the film explores systemic deceptions perpetuated by the US military and intelligence agencies. Featuring Hersh’s reflections and […]
Winner of the 2025 Sundance World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Cutting Through Rocks is a stirring portrait of courage and conviction. In a remote Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi becomes the first elected councilwoman—with bold dreams of teaching teenage girls to ride motorcycles and halting child marriages. But when accusations question her motives, Sara finds […]
In 2024, ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio becomes the first transgender man to argue a case before the Supreme Court. Engaging with complexity, filmmaker Sam Feder does not shy away from criticizing traditional liberal-center publications like The New York Times and The Atlantic, whose continuously interrogative coverage of trans experiences has helped embolden 23 right-leaning state […]
In a remote Russian mining town, a primary school teacher covertly documents the state’s transformation of classrooms into recruitment grounds for war. Tasked with filming “patriotic education” sessions, he turns the lens on the indoctrination of youth, capturing moments of coerced loyalty and silent dissent. This intimate documentary offers a rare, unfiltered glimpse into the […]
At just three years old, Mariska Hargitay survived a car accident that claimed the life of her mother, Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield. Intimately and poignantly, Hargitay sets out to consider the woman behind the legend. Through emotional interviews and never-before-seen home movies and photos, My Mom Jayne reveals a side of Mansfield rarely glimpsed by […]
One of the most radical and visionary authors of the 20th Century, George Orwell’s 1940s novels, such as 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), working with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly interweaves historical clips, Orwell’s diary entries, cinematic references, and dynamic modern footage to […]