Film-Forward

Documentary

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).

Bye Bye Tiberias

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.

American Symphony

Filmmaker Matthew Heineman offers a window into the lives of Jon Batiste and his partner Suleika Jaouad at an incredibly fraught time.

Immediate Family

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.

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.