Oscar-winning director Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11) returns with his first film in six years. It won acclaim at the Toronto and New York film festivals as his “biggest crowd pleaser” (Variety) and “most far-reaching” (New York Times), and will open in theaters later this year. Moore travels abroad as a one-man army […]
Winner of the People’s Choice Documentary Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Winter on Fire supplies a visceral, in-depth look at the bloody Ukrainian uprising in 2013-14 that led to the overthrow of President Yanukovych. Filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky makes the complicated politics approachable with vibrant characters, brisk pacing and well-deployed graphics. He uses multiple […]
Director Asif Kapadia follows his BAFTA-winning documentary Senna with this haunting portrait of singer Amy Winehouse. Featuring extensive unseen archival footage and previously unheard tracks, the film restores humanity to a figure who had become a tabloid caricature. Winehouse captured the world’s attention with her unforgettable voice and charisma, but the pressures of celebrity and […]
During the contentious 1968 presidential election, ABC News changed television by hosting a series of live, televised debates between political polar opposites: William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of the National Review and a leader of the new conservative movement; and to his left – far, far left – Gore Vidal, a liberal Democrat and […]
Against a backdrop of civil unrest and the radical transformation of American society in the mid-1960s, the black nationalist organization known as the Black Panthers emerged as leaders of the expected revolution. Interweaving fascinating archival material with gripping first-hand accounts from members of the group’s rank and file, director Stanley Nelson’s definitive history reveals the […]
For the Angulo brothers’ entire lives, their universe has consisted of a Lower East Side apartment…and the movies. Prohibited from leaving their home, the six siblings instead allow their imaginations to escape by recreating favorite films like Reservoir Dogs and The Dark Knight Rises, transforming everyday objects into elaborate, if crude, props and costumes. After […]
In one of his finest films, Nick Broomfield digs into a true crime story of a Los Angeles serial killer that raises larger questions about gender, race and class inequality. Broomfield enlists the help of a former prostitute, Pam, who shines as a lively, funny and courageous personality. Together they hit the streets to dig […]
Sebastião Salgado has created some of the most indelible photographs of our time. His black- and-white images bring an artful composition to chronicling humanity’s “salt of the earth” in multiyear projects such as “Workers,” “Migrations” and “Genesis.” This film, directed by his son Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders, brings an insider’s and outsider’s perspective […]
With roots in the eponymous, impoverished Missouri town, filmmakers and cousins Andrew Droz Palermo and Tracy Droz Tragos bring a sensitive touch to this richly observed and sublimely shot portrait of teens Andrew, Harley and Appachey—genuine, multifaceted subjects not typically represented on screen except as stereotypes. Immersing the audience in their environment and in their […]
During the Cold War, battles between East and West played out in sports as much as in politics. Stalin and his successors saw their athletes as ideological ambassadors. Red Army reveals one of the most colorful chapters of this history, focusing on the Soviet hockey team and its rivalries. Eventually, the lure of NHL money […]