Film-Forward

Arts

Taking Venice

An engaging look back when American culture was used to combat communism.

Pictures of Ghosts

A documentary exploration and celebration of those personal and collective specters that define our relationship with movies (and any audiovisual record).

Call Me Dancer

An inspiring film that follows the rise of Manish Chauhan, a street dancer from Mumbai who dreams of a dancing career.

Anselm

A deeply felt tribute to an artist who has sometimes been misunderstood.

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

The documentary take us into the life of Nikki Giovanni, a trailblazer of the civil rights era and a poet of ongoing distinction and importance.

Lift

Viewers don’t need to know a jeté from a plié to enjoy this moving dance documentary.

White Balls on Walls

For a film about shaking things up, it’s a pretty straitlaced affair.

Close to Vermeer

“What makes a Vermeer a Vermeer?” is the question that opens Suzanne Raes’s meticulously observed and detailed documentary.

The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons

A portrait of an artist who likes to stay out of the limelight while sometimes teasing it Banksy–style.