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May 16, 2025: DUSTY & STONES, DEAF PRESIDENT NOW!, E.1027

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2025

May 9, 2025: BJÖRK: CORNUCOPIA, SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED, ANTIDOTE
May 2, 2025: EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS YOURS, I KNOW CATHERINE, THE LOG LADY, MARGARET MEAD FILM FESTIVAL
April 25, 2025: DROP DEAD CITY, EMERGENT CITY, CHEECH & CHONG’S LAST MOVIE
April 18, 2025: LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN, THE DARK MONEY GAME
April 11, 2025: WE WANT THE FUNK!, ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO, FROM GROUND ZERO
April 4, 2025: PRISMATIC GROUND PRESENTS, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL: A LETTER TO GAZA, HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT
March 28, 2025: SECRET MALL APARTMENT, JANIS IAN: BREAKING SILENCE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
March 21, 2025: AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THE CLASS
March 14, 2025: LEILA AND THE WOLVES, CELTICS CITY, THE WONDER WAY
March 7, 2025: THE FALLING SKY, ARCHIVE OF THE FUTURE, CHAOS: THE MANSON MURDERS
February 28, 202 5: EYES ON THE PRIZE III, WUTI PRESENTS: TRAILBLAZING WOMEN OF BRITISH CINEMA
February 21, 2025: ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE, UNBROKEN, THE DIMITRIEV AFFAIR
February 14, 2025: OSCAR-NOMINATED DOC SHORTS, SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS), CHARLI XCX: ALONE TOGETHER
February 7, 2025: ROBERTA, PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE, BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN
January 31, 202 5: NO OTHER LAND, FREDERICK WISEMAN: AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION, TIME PASSAGES
January 24, 2025: ETERNAL YOU, LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY, UP THE RIVER WITH ACID
January 17, 2025: GRAND THEFT HAMLET, DIG! XX, WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM
January 10, 2025: BLACK BOX DIARIES, EVERY LITTLE THING, DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
January 3, 2025: FROM GROUND ZERO, 100 YEARS OF PAULIN SOUMANOU VIEYRA, SHORT FILMS BY MIGUEL GOMES

2024

December 27, 2024: ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE, 2073
December 20, 2024: SEPARATED, THIS LONG CENTURY PRESENTS: JEM COHEN, DONT LOOK BACK
December 13, 2024: DAHOMEY, NATURE OF THE CRIME, WRITTEN ON THE LANDSCAPE
December 6, 2024: MY SWEET LAND, SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY, THE TASTE OF MANGO
November 29, 2024: SURVEILLED, PORCELAIN WAR, WITCHES
November 1, 20 24: SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT, NO OTHER LAND, LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH
October 25, 2024: A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS, MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK, STOLEN TIME
October 18, 2024: UNION, NOCTURNES, FANATICAL: THE CATFISHING OF TEGAN & SARA
October 11, 2024: MEDIHA, CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID, SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
October 4, 2024: SEPARATED, ROBERT RICHTER TRIBUTE, STORIES OF A
September 27, 2024: NAME ME LAWAND, THE WIND BLOWS THE BORDER, PERSONAL BELONGINGS
September 20, 2024: HAPPY CLOTHES: A FILM ABOUT PATRICIA FIELD, WHO’S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW?, YOUTH (SPRING)
September 13, 2024: MAYA AND THE WAVE, HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND, KINGDOM OF DREAMS
S eptember 6, 2024: THE COWBOY AND THE QUEEN, HOLDING BACK THE TIDE, THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
August 30, 2024: MERCHANT IVORY, SEEKING MAVIS BEACON, BROCA’S APHASIA
August 23, 2024: ADAM ONDRA: PUSHING THE LIMITS, SECRET LIVES OF ORANGUTANS
August 16, 2024: IN THE REARVIEW, AL DJANAT – THE ORIGINAL PARADISE, IN CONCERT
August 9, 2024: HAPPY CAMPERS, SUGARCANE, AND STILL I SING
July 26, 2024: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: WITHOUT A NET, ARDENZA & ART CINEMA, OLYMPIAD, AND THE WORLD
July 19, 2024: HOLLYWOODGATE, SING, FREETOWN, A STILL SMALL VOICE
July 12, 2024: SORRY/NOT SORRY, ENO, TRANSITION
July 5, 2024: A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT, CROSSING THE BRIDGE – THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL, BRIGHTON BEACH
June 28, 2024: CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN, HOW TO COME ALIVE WITH NORMAN MAILER, I AM: CELINE DION
June 21, 2024: COPA 71, TWO FILMS BY MILA TURALJIĆ, OUTSTANDING: A COMEDY REVOLUTION
June 14, 2024: THE GRAB, RICHLAND, REASSEMBLY: THE FILMS OF BILL MORRISON
June 7, 2024: Retrospectives on Dieudo Hamadi, Lynne Sachs & Ross Brothers
May 31, 2024: FLIPSIDE, JIM HENSON IDEA MAN, MOVIEPASS, MOVIECRASH
May 24, 2024: SONGS OF EARTH, QUEEN OF THE DEUCE, AMERICAN FILM FOUNDATION COLLECTION
May 17, 2024: TAKING VENICE, POWER, FILM GEEK
May 10, 2024: THREE PROMISES, GASOLINE RAINBOW, WHO IS STAN SMITH?
May 3, 2024: THE CONTESTANT, FIRST-PERSON ASIAN AMERICAN, THIS WORLD IS NOT MY OWN
April 26, 2024: UNCROPPED, AFTER ANTARCTICA, FLY IN POWER
April 19, 2024: PHOTOGRAPHIC JUSTICE: THE CORKY LEE STORY, QUEER ECOLOGIES, MOURNING IN LOD
April 12, 2024: LOST ANGEL: THE GENIUS OF JUDEE SILL, THE INCOMPARABLE MR. BUCKLEY, INDIGO GIRLS: IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
April 5, 2024: GIRLS STATE, BAD FAITH, REGROUPING
March 29, 2024: UNSEEN, ON THE ADAMANT, STEVE! (MARTIN) A DOCUMENTARY IN 2 PIECES
March 22, 2024: ART TALENT SHOW, NON-ALIGNED & CINÉ-GUERRILLAS: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIĆ REELS, IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON
March 15, 2024 FRIDA, BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY, RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS
March 8, 2024: ONE HAND DON’T CLAP, A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS, SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYE
March 1, 2024: AS WE SPEAK: RAP MUSIC ON TRIAL, OUR BODY, GOD SAVE TEXAS
February 23, 2024: CONCRETE VALLEY, I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE, BREAKING THE NEWS
February 16, 2024: OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SHORTS, THE ARC OF OBLIVION, ONLOOKERS
February 2, 2024: THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP, CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY, THE LAST ANGEL OF HISTORY
January 26, 2024: PICTURES OF GHOSTS, LIL NAS X: LONG LIVE MONTERO
January 19, 2024: JUNE, AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, PASANG: IN THE SHADOW OF EVEREST
January 12, 2024: APOLONIA, APOLONIA, BYE BYE TIBERIAS, GOING TO MARS
January 5, 2024: OCCUPIED CITY, BURIAL, TIME BOMB Y2K

2023

December 15, 2023: ROJEK, GODARD CINEMA, THE SMELL OF MONEY
December 8, 2023: TOTAL TRUST, ANSELM
December 1, 2023: AMERICAN SYMPHONY, BAD PRESS, RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ
November 24, 2023: STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING, MENUS-PLAISIRS — LES TROISGROS, MEL
November 17, 2023: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE, THE LADY BIRD DIARIES, THE STONES AND BRIAN JONES
October 27, 2023: FOUR DAUGHTERS, HELENA TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ: A MOMENT IN TIME-LAPSE, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
October 20, 2023: THE PIGEON TUNNEL, ANOTHER BODY, SOLUTIONS
October 13, 2023: THE MISSION, PLAN C
October 6, 2023: MISTER ORGAN, OMOIYARI: A SONG FILM BY KISHI BASHI, FASHION REIMAGINED
September 29, 2023: UÝRA — THE RISING FOREST, SAVIOR COMPLEX, MUTINY IN HEAVEN
September 22, 2023: STOP MAKING SENSE, THE STORMS OF JEREMY THOMAS, 26.2 TO LIFE
September 15, 2023: LIFT & INVISIBLE BEAUTY
September 8, 2023: Retrospectives on Patricio Guzmán & John Gianvito
September 1, 2023: CREATIVE DOC COURSE IN NEW DELHI, JULIUS EASTMAN: A DIFFERENT SCORE
August 25, 2023: THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO., WAYNE SHORTER: ZERO GRAVITY, BS HIGH
August 18, 2023: YOUTH V GOV, REINVENTING ELVIS, SEDIMENTS
August 11, 2023: THE ETERNAL MEMORY, AURORA’S SUNRISE, KING COAL
August 4, 2023: CHARM CIRCLE, OUR BODY, A COMPASSIONATE SPY
July 28, 2023: KOKOMO CITY, NORTH CIRCULAR, SO FOUL A SKY
July 21, 2023: WHILE WE WATCHED, A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, A RIFLE IN A BAG
July 14, 2023: LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, SKATE DREAMS
July 7, 2023: ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA, A STORY OF BONES, THE YOUTUBE EFFECT
June 30, 2023: CASA SUSANNA, ANTHEM, EVERY BODY
June 23, 2023: DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY; THE STROLL; PEOPLE PERSON: DOCS BY JEANIE FINLAY
June 16, 2023: THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD, NOTES FROM A LOW ORBIT, STAN LEE
June 9, 2023: SAM NOW, THE FILMS OF NATALIA ALMADA, SQUARING THE CIRCLE
June 2, 2023: AFTER SHERMAN, GRANDPA WAS AN EMPEROR, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
May 26, 2023: WHITE BALLS ON WALLS, WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME
May 19, 2023: THE QUIET EPIDEMIC, THE BLINDNESS SERIES, MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION
May 12, 2023: LOURDES PORTILLO: UNA VIDA DE DIRECTORA, STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE, IT IS NIGHT IN AMERICA
May 5, 2023: ANXIOUS NATION, PATH OF THE PANTHER, PRISMATIC GROUND
April 28, 2023: 32 SOUNDS, ENDPHASE
April 21, 2023: LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING, JUDY BLUME FOREVER
April 14, 2023: AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE, DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA
April 7, 2023: SAM NOW, PRETTY BABY: BROOKE SHIELDS, LEWIS CAPALDI: HOW I’M FEELING NOW
March 31, 2023: IMAGINING THE INDIAN, IN VIAGGO, THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS
March 24, 2023: DREAMING AN ISLAND, RABBLE ROUSERS, SELF-PORTRAIT
March 17, 2023: I GOT A MONSTER, THE SPIRIT OF ’45
March 10, 2023: THE HOLLY, THERAPY DOGS
March 3, 2023: SANSÓN AND ME, AMERICA AS SEEN BY A FRENCHMAN
February 24, 2023: THINK BLACK: AN EPHRAIM ASILI RETROSPECTIVE, MURDAUGH MURDERS: A SOUTHERN SCANDAL
February 17, 2023: THE ROMANTICS, THE FIRST STEP, STOLEN YOUTH
February 10, 2023: ALL THAT BREATHES, BURIAL, BILL RUSSELL: LEGEND
February 3, 2023: A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, PAMELA, A LOVE STORY
January 27, 2023: ROBERTA FLACK, GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
January 20, 2023: JAMES BALDWIN ABROAD, THE LAST AUTUMN, SELECTIONS FROM PACIFIC STREET FILMS
January 13, 2023: I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE, GAY USA
January 6, 2023: SIRENS, MADOFF: THE MONSTER OF WALL STREET

2022

December 30, 2022: TURN EVERY PAGE: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB, THE SUPER 8 YEARS
December 16, 2022: NELLY & NADINE, LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER, RETROGRADE
December 9, 2022: FILMS FROM IRAN FOR IRAN, TO THE END, FRAMING AGNES
December 2, 2022: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, LOVE, LIZZO, BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON
November 4, 2022: GOOD NIGHT OPPY, STUTZ, KILLER SALLY
October 28, 2022: SPECTRE: SANITY, MADNESS & THE FAMILY, A TREE OF LIFE: THE PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING
October 21, 2022: ALL THAT BREATHES, AN ACT OF WORSHIP, BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
September 30, 2022: ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES, LOU REED’S BERLIN, I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE
September 23, 2022: NOTHING COMPARES, INTIMATE DISTANCES, MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY
September 16, 2022: DOCUMENTARY NOW…AND FOREVER!, MOONAGE DAYDREAM, ANONYMOUS CLUB
September 9, 2022: THE BENGALI, NO ORDINARY LIFE, THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION
September 2, 2022: FAYA DAYI, KAEPERNICK & AMERICA
August 26, 2022: LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE, SHEROES, THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
August 19, 2022: THREE MINUTES – A LENGTHENING, THE TERRITORY, UNTOLD: THE GIRLFRIEND WHO DIDN’T EXIST
August 12, 2022: FREE CHOL SOO LEE, BLOOM UP, WE ARE AS GODS
August 5, 2022: EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE, MIJA
July 29, 2022: WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
July 22, 2022: AFTERSHOCK, THE LAST MOVIE STARS, THE REHEARSAL
July 15, 2022: ROCÍO, THE SORROW AND THE PITY, THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE
July 1, 2022: THE ART OF MAKING IT, BEBA, ENDANGERED
June 24, 2022: THE JANES, THE HUMAN TRIAL, MENUDO: FOREVER YOUNG, PORTRAIT OF JASON
June 17, 2022: BITTERBRUSH, DREAM ON
June 10, 202 2: THE JANES, MISSION: JOY, BEING BEBE
June 3, 2022: JULIA, WE FEED PEOPLE, FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK
May 27, 2022: MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS, LOOK AT ME: XXXTENTACION, DOC SHORTS BY VITTORIO DE SETA
May 20, 2022: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL, THE FRENCH, HOLD YOUR FIRE
May 13, 2022: VISIONS OF OKINAWA: CINEMATIC REFLECTIONS, MAU and more!
May 6, 2022: MULHERES: UMA OUTRA HISTORIA, SYL JOHNSON: ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, NAKED TRUTH: 5 DOCS BY KAZUO HARA & SACHIKO KOBAYASHI
April 29, 2022: THE WOBBLIES, BROTHER’S KEEPER
April 22, 20 22: THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE, LIONEL ROGOSIN X6, CAPTIVE AUDIENCE: A REAL AMERICAN HORROR STORY
April 15, 20 22: UNRAVELING PARADISE, MEAT THE FUTURE
April 8, 2022: LA MAMI, TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF, COW
April 1, 2022: SINCE I BEEN DOWN, BABI YAR. CONTEXT, WRITING WITH FIRE
March 25, 2022: ATLANTIDE, BISPING, KING OTTO
March 18, 2022: PHOENIX RISING, THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD, CLOSE RELATIONS (RODNYE)
March 11, 2022: A SONG FOR CESAR, WHEN WOMEN KILL, THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES
March 4, 2022: LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, DEAR MR. BRODY
February 25, 2022: FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA, BELLY OF THE BEAST
February 18, 2022: JEEN-YUHS: A KANYE TRILOGY, THE AUTOMAT, BULLETPROOF
February 11, 2022: BLACK HISTORY RISING: DOCS BY STANLEY NELSON, THE TINDER SWINDLER
February 4, 2022: POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ, COME BACK, AFRICA, THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE
January 28, 2022: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY, FEELS GOOD MAN
January 21, 2022: TAMING THE GARDEN, CRUMB
January 14, 2022: AILEY, CHEER, A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY
January 7, 2022: AMERICAN INSURRECTION, SCORSESE PORTRAITS: ITALIANAMERICAN & AMERICAN BOY, DOCUMENTARIES BY LEE GRANT

2021

December 17, 2021: VOYAGE OF TIME: AN IMAX DOCUMENTARY, ALI IN WONDERLAND, PRESIDENT
December 10, 2021: LISTENING TO KENNY G, THE FIRST WAVE, WELCOME TO EARTH
December 3, 2021: A CRIME ON THE BAYOU, THE FRENCH, THE SPARKS BROTHERS
November 5, 2021: A COP MOVIE, NORTH BY CURRENT, THE LAST FOREST
October 29, 2021: ATTICA, BULLETPROOF, SWEETGRASS
October 22, 2021: BECOMING COUSTEAU, FOUR HOURS AT THE CAPITAL, THE TWO SIGHTS
October 15, 2021: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, CURED
October 8, 2021: THE RESCUE, FIVE YEARS NORTH, FAUCI
October 1, 2021: KAREN DALTON: IN MY OWN TIME, SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE, THE FILMS OF LYNNE SACHS
September 24, 2021: THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE: A SONG CYCLE, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY, MAN IN THE FIELD
September 17, 2021: SCHUMACHER, VAL, HER SOCIALIST SMILE
September 3, 2021: THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD, TURNING POINT: 9/11 AND THE WAR ON TERROR
August 27, 2021: LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD, NYC EPICENTERS 9/11➔2021½, UNAPOLOGETIC
August 20, 2021: IN THE SAME BREATH, LANDFALL, NOT GOING QUIETLY
August 13, 2021: THE MEANING OF HITLER, THE AMERICAN SECTOR, SEARCHING FOR MR. RUGOFF
August 6, 2021: WHIRLYBIRD, THE VIEWING BOOTH, TREASURE ISLAND
July 30, 2021: ENEMIES OF THE STATE, PRAY AWAY, SABAYA
July 23, 2021: NAOMI OSAKA, AILEY, MCCARTNEY 3,2,1
July 16, 2021: NO ORDINARY MAN, ROADRUNNER & THE LATINO EXPERIENCE
July 9, 2021: THE NEUTRAL GROUND, THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS, THE LATINO EXPERIENCE
July 2, 2021: SUMMER OF SOUL, BEING A HUMAN BEING, UN FILM DRAMATIQUE
June 18, 2021: A CRIME ON THE BAYOU, THE FRENCH, THE SPARKS BROTHERS
June 4, 2021: ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE, PHILLY D.A., CHANGING THE GAME
May 21, 2021: PRIDE, TWO GODS & THE LAST DAYS
May 14, 2021: LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS, THROUGH THE NIGHT
May 7, 2021: FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH, STATE FUNERAL, CITIZEN PENN
April 30, 2021: DUTY FREE, BILL TRAYLOR: CHASING GHOSTS
April 23, 2021: STREET GANG, SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS, SECRETS OF THE WHALES
April 16, 2021: GUNDA, OUR TOWNS, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
April 9, 2021: DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL, OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE, Q: INTO THE STORM
April 2, 2021: MAŁNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE, TINA, ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING: “COMPANY”
March 26, 2021: MAX RICHTER’S SLEEP, THE PLACE THAT MAKES US and FRANCESCO
March 19, 2021: ASIAN AMERICANS, WOJNAROWICZ & CODED BIAS
March 12, 2021: STRAY, NASRIN & HARLAN COUNTY, USA
March 5, 2021: THE WALRUS AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER, SHOAH 35th Anniversary Rerelease & More!
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