Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
A testament to the power of fan culture and a celebration of its permanent place in the media landscape.
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The Witness
The murder of Kitty Genovese is one of the most famous cases in the history of sociology and criminology, and this documentary accomplishes something remarkable by making us reconsider a story, and a concept, that we’ve long taken for granted as true.
Weiner
During his 2013 campaign for New York City mayor, politician Anthony Weiner allowed two filmmakers to follow him around the clock. Entertaining, revealing, and occasionally funny, the result will give psychotherapists around the country, armchair and otherwise, ample fodder.
The Family Fang
The Family Fang rises above standard family dysfunction fare and is fearless about pursuing some of its darker themes to the fullest.
Elvis & Nixon
A fictionalized meeting that is very funny at times and boasts actors fully committed to communicating the bizarreness of a particular time and place in American history.
H.
Some sort of alien invasion may be transpiring as a result of a meteor strike, but the characters are already peculiar enough to be fairly alien themselves. When weird things happen to weird people, it feels almost expected, rather than unsettling.
The Brainwashing of My Dad
This film examines the effects of Fox News through a highly personal lens, with filmmaker Jen Senko documenting how her father was transformed from a Kennedy Democrat to a certified Rush Limbaugh “ditto head.”
Creative Control
A stylish, unique piece of speculative dystopian filmmaking, set in Brooklyn at some indeterminate time in the near future.
Eye in the Sky
Gavin Hood's new movie sets the benchmark for depictions of drone warfare in film. Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, and Barkhad Abdi star in this global tragicomic dance of uncertainty, fear, and godlike power.