Film-Forward

Documentary

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?

The Price of Everything

The film is about spectacle, as ever-larger amounts of money get thrown at objects that increasingly blur the line between art and—something else.

The Sentence

As a depiction of how a family overcomes a most unimaginable crisis, this documentary is triumphant. As a call for criminal justice reform, it is powerful and convincing.

Over the Limit

Mental manipulations are carried out in real time on a young athlete in this bold documentary.

Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable

A comprehensive documentary about an artist who pushed the limits of photography.

The Feeling of Being Watched

An engrossing, multifaceted portrait centering on a community that exists somewhere between paranoia and reality.

Studio 54

A look back at the 1970s’ most exclusive and infamous nightclub.

Love, Gilda

An affectionate tribute to the brilliant, fuzzy-haired comedienne Gilda Radner.