Pictures of Ghosts
By Guillermo Lopez Meza January 25, 2024
A documentary exploration and celebration of those personal and collective specters that define our relationship with movies (and any audiovisual record).
A documentary exploration and celebration of those personal and collective specters that define our relationship with movies (and any audiovisual record).
Directed by actress Hiam Abbass’s daughter, the documentary examines what Abbass could and could not leave behind after she left her Palestinian family for Europe.
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman offers a window into the lives of Jon Batiste and his partner Suleika Jaouad at an incredibly fraught time.
Director Denny Tedesco’s enjoyable documentary follows the long and winding careers of four men who are widely considered among the best session musicians of the rock era.
An inspiring film that follows the rise of Manish Chauhan, a street dancer from Mumbai who dreams of a dancing career.
A deeply felt tribute to an artist who has sometimes been misunderstood.
The behind-the-scenes making of CBS’s misguided and ill-fated two-hour variety show The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Is the director a German caricature or a complicated, messy, but original filmmaker?
Two arresting portraits of women artists who, in different ways, grew up in the theatre.