Three films offer fascinating looks at recent times or, in the case of one documentary, the ancient past, with two of three winning top festival prizes.
Director Matthew Heineman chronicles the process, and the aftereffect, of President Biden’s decision to pull the U.S. military out of Afghanistan.
Do we need another documentary covering the pandemic and the George Floyd protests? Yes, and it’s one of the most surprising films of the year.
Luca Guadagnino profiles footwear designer Salvatore Ferragamo’s admirable achievements in this fawning yet dry tribute.
A breathless reminiscence and recollection of the Brooklyn music scene in the early aughts.
Why did the surge of Black-centered films from the late 1960s through the 1970s fade away?
Sometimes it’s enough for a film to be an unapologetic piece of advocacy journalism, as is the case with Patricia E. Gillespie’s absolutely heartbreaking documentary.
A nature documentary that finds beauty within the debris of New Delhi as two brothers rescue injured black kites.
This brief, fascinating documentary about incarcerated men who have been all but forgotten by the rest of the world, has itself been lost since 1987.