5 Highly Recommended Films | DOC NYC 2020
Viewers across the United States are just a login away from seeing some of the best nonfiction films of the year.
Film-Forward
Smooth Talk | New York Film Festival 2020
Laura Dern returns to the festival with her very first lead role from 1985.
Lovers Rock | New York Film Festival 2020
Steve McQueen's quasi-musical more than made up for the subdued feeling that many might have felt this year.
Nomadland | New York Film Festival 2020
For an off-kilter year in which moviegoing has been curtailed and new films have debuted online and not in theaters, it’s fitting that this low-key and muted film has recently been celebrated.
The Human Voice | New York Film Festival 2020
In only 30 minutes, Pedro Almodóvar’s elegant take on Jean Cocteau’s 1930 one-act/one-woman meltdown packs more drama than many movies four times its length.
MLK/FBI | New York Film Festival 2020
A sharply detailed account of how the Federal Bureau of Investigation used its resources to target civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
The clip and talking-head-fest is a compilation of R-rated reveals, and note the subtitle. It really is a history lesson as well as a catalog of the nude and famous.
The Truth, Who You Think I Am, An Easy Girl, Proxima | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2020
Year in and year out, the festival showcases recent star vehicles for France’s leading actresses. During its first week, Juliette Binoche was the series' secret sauce.
