2nd Chance
The story of the man who invented the modern-day bullet proof vest is a classic American tale: a not-quite rags-to-riches beginning, followed by success that swells until it gets out of hand.
Film-Forward
Retrograde
Director Matthew Heineman chronicles the process, and the aftereffect, of President Biden’s decision to pull the U.S. military out of Afghanistan.
The King’s Horseman
Based on a play by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, which, in turn, is based on a real incident.
Something in the Dirt
How not to make a supernatural phenomena into a cash cow.
Please Baby Please
Director Amanda Kramer creates a world and commits to it. In other words, she swings hard.
Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros
This brief, fascinating documentary about incarcerated men who have been all but forgotten by the rest of the world, has itself been lost since 1987.
Eternal Spring
First, and most simply, this documentary retells the 2002 hijacking of state-owned TV channels in Changchun, China, through animation.
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
It's 1974 in the Philippines, and a Japanese lieutenant lives his life as though World War II is still raging.
The Justice for Bunny King
If there is one reason to see this, it is Essie Davis.