Film-Forward

Documentary

Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill

Why isn’t this singer-songwriter more well known today? This is the question the documentary sets out to answer.

On the Adamant

Last year’s Golden Bear winner is a documentary about a facility where the mentally ill can pursue a variety of artistic and artisanal activities.

Much Ado About Dying

An accidental film that is moving, maddening, multifaceted in the questions it poses, and of significant depth.

Remembering Gene Wilder

What the documentary about the actor’s career gets right is Wilder’s love of life itself.

20 Days in Mariupol

Praising director Mstyslav Chernov’s bravery is so obvious it feels impertinent, as does describing his documentary with the trite phrase “necessary viewing.”

Space: The Longest Goodbye

An informative and moving documentary that delves into the many difficulties of spending a long time in outer space.

High & Low—John Galliano

The fashion designer’s insidious, anti-Semitic comments overrides the runway footage and the fawning heaps of praise from luminaries.

Onlookers

Kimi Takesue’s entrancingly framed image-based documentary follows swarms of tourists in Laos.

Pictures of Ghosts

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