Film-Forward

Documentary

Bernstein’s Wall

If there was ever a rock star in classical music, it was Leonard Bernstein.

Steal This Story, Please!

Part biopic of journalist Amy Goodman, part media analysis, and part history of the last 30 years of major progressive news stories.

Fiume o Morte!

History buffs and cinephiles will enjoy this witty hybrid documentary that intertwines farce and tragedy.

Pompei: Below the Clouds

Gianfranco Rosi has created a somber, eerie study of Naples in black and white. Sometimes the city looks part crime scene, part modern-day ruin.

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.