Film-Forward

Documentary

Ghost Elephants

Werner Herzog’s newest offering is especially rich in incidental detail.

Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It

As director Paris Barclay makes clear, Preston was one of the early 1970s’ most exciting and original musicians, either as an invaluable sideman or as a hitmaker.

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

Baz Luhrmann and Elvis Presley go well together. EPiC mines unseen footage from two early 1970s Elvis concert films that have been restored.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

An invaluable and chilling picture of a propaganda machine at work in the everyday lives of those under its thumb.

Seeds

Lyrical and immersive, Britni West Shyne’s documentary is a stirring portrait of the ordinary, day-to-day working lives and experiences of Black farmers in rural Georgia.

Holding Liat

This affecting and engaging film takes on a global, rather than strictly personal, focus.

Cover-Up

A damning indictment of the past half-century of U.S. involvement in various scandals and cover-ups that continue to this day.

Suburban Fury

Why did Sara Jane Moore, a 45-year-old mother of four, try to assassinate President Gerald Ford?

Teenage Wasteland

For students of Middletown High School in the 1990s, Fred Isseks was the teacher who transformed teenage doldrums into a time of self-discovery and self-empowerment.