The Capote Tapes
A new documentary retells with a fresh, sparkling style the now familiar sad story of Truman Capote’s rise and fall.
Film-Forward
Misha and the Wolves
At the center of this compelling documentary is a World War II survival tale that is almost too astonishing to be believable.
Stillwater
A bouillabaisse of a film that mixes, not always successfully, the suspenseful procedural investigation of director Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight with the touching redemption stories of his earlier movies.
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
Can a work of art so closely tied to a particular tragedy transcend its era to speak to future generations? This beautiful and moving documentary resoundingly says, “Yes.”
State Funeral
Director Sergei Loznitsa immerses viewers fully in the personality cult—abetted by an efficient propaganda machine—that marked Stalin’s 30-year reign.
My Salinger Year
Sigourney Weaver is the standout here as a complex, layered woman, sometimes mean, sometimes kind, but always fully human.
French Exit
The film revolves around the complicated, codependent relationship between a self-absorbed mother (Michelle Pfeiffer in an icy, brittle performance) and her passively resentful son.
Let Them All Talk
What do you get when you combine three stars, a witty screen treatment, and an ever-adventurous Oscar-winning director?
Naughty Books
A documentary about the erotic romance publishing industry that feels a bit like riding a time machine back to a world that no longer exists.