While We Watched, Bad Press | DOC NYC 2023
Two documentaries direct our gaze to places in the world where freedom of press is especially fraught.
Film-Forward
At the Border, Mother of All Lies, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | DOC NYC 2023
The annual DOC NYC festival offers a selection that is especially diverse, both in nationality and in approach.
Subject
A documentary that focuses on those who agreed to be filmed in such movies as The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, Capturing the Friedmans, The Square, and more.
The Mission
A dense and informative documentary about Christian missionary John Allen Chau's doomed encounter on the isolated North Sentinel Island.
Birth/Rebirth
A mad scientist movie with a few nontraditional twists.
The Eternal Memory
A wife tries to keep her husband’s memory afloat in Maite Alberdi's remarkable documentary.
The Beasts
A recently transplanted French couple's life in a beautiful Galician village turns into a nightmare.
Return to Dust
The strength of this quiet film lies in its depiction of the love between its two principal characters.