Film-Forward

Documentary

Larger than Life/McQueen

Two documentaries look into two lives dominated by fashion: two men who rise above difficult beginnings to reach the top of their fields and achieve fame beyond their giddiest dreams.

Constructing Albert

A mostly reverent approach to Albert Adrià, the one-time pastry chef at elBulli, once considered among the world’s best restaurants.

Dark Money

A deep dive into the labyrinth of undisclosed, unlimited corporate spending gushing through nonprofit organizations in Big Sky country.

Path of Blood

Jonathan Hacker’s eerie collage of a documentary interweaves footage of real-life Al Qaeda operatives in Saudi Arabia and the country’s security forces responding to the terrorist group.

This Is Home: A Refugee Story

The documentary, an audience award winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, follows four Syrian refugee families relocating and adapting to Baltimore.

RBG

Whether she’s bubbe or the Notorious RBG, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an inspiration

Love, Cecil

Polite and punch-pulling as it is, Love, Cecil can’t help but leave you admiring Cecil Beaton’s drive and output.

This Is Congo

A catch-up exposé on what’s been going on in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the past 20 years, and the catch-up is horrifying indeed.

The King

Actor Ethan Hawke offers the shrewdest analysis in this documentary essay on Elvis Presley and the American Dream.