Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Ana Lily Amirpour has given us is a valentine to the downtrodden. It’s like a Tom Waits tune covered by Duran Duran, and a delight.
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Art & Krimes by Krimes
An inspiring documentary on the redeeming and life-affirming qualities inherent in creating art, but infuriating too.
God’s Country
In this quiet psychological thriller set in rural Montana, Thandiwe Newton plays a college professor standing her ground against an entire community.
Squeal
An act of kindness gets a good Samaritan chained naked to the wall in a pigsty.
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel
A ghost story of sorts, where the past haunts the celebrated Manhattan home for countless artists.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
A music documentary that succeeds in being quite a few things at once: a biography/appreciation and an examination of a now ubiquitous song.