Film-Forward

Documentary

Monrovia, Indiana

A low-key and ambitious documentary of the clash between history and the present in one small Midwest town.

The Last Race

An unconventional documentary about the last remaining race car track on Long Island as it faces its inevitable sale to land developers.

Inside Lehman Brothers & China Love | DOC NYC 2018

A trio of films stood out because of their shared emphasis on excess: real-life scandals prove the dangers of absolute power corrupting absolutely.

Chef Flynn

The unique and engaging documentary chronicles Flynn McGarry’s rise from playing with plastic dishes as a toddler to the opening of his high-profile New York restaurant at age 19.

Pauline Kael, Teddy Pendergrass, & Co. | DOC NYC 2018

Pauline Kael, rock ‘n’ rollers, Jessica Chastain, and Teddy Pendergrass all are onscreen at this year’s documentary film festival.

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

Morgan Neville’s documentary acts as the perfect precursor to Orson Welles’s infamous, long in the making film, The Other Side of Wind.

Searching for Ingmar Bergman

A documentary that is an act of gratitude and a meditation on the Swedish director’s films.

Shirkers

In this sincere, engrossing documentary, director Sandi Tan looks back at a quirky indie film she helped make that captured a mostly bygone Singapore—and that suddenly vanished.

The Waldheim Waltz

How does a president who lies about his past, distorts his country’s history into victimhood, promotes nationalism, and inflames anti-Semitism win an election?