Film-Forward

Documentary

Theo Who Lived

A vivid documentary about the two-year imprisonment of an American freelance journalist in war-torn Syria. A remarkable chronicle of empathy.

Passage to Mars

This documentary chronicles a NASA team’s efforts to man a vehicle across 2,000 miles in the Arctic to simulate an actual manned mission to Mars.

Danny Says

Like a transgressive Forrest Gump, Danny Fields is at the nexus of pretty much every major alternative moment in rock and roll from the 1960s to the ’80s.

Dancer

Ukrainian-born Sergei Polunin, the current bad boy of ballet, is the subject of this documentary profile.

The Ruins of Lifta

Opening up a space for Palestinian and Jewish dialogue outside Jerusalem

The Lovers and the Despot

There’s no business like show business—with Kim Jong-il, and international intrigue, showbiz glamour, and a glimpse inside the deeply bonkers regime (and mind) of Dear Leader Kim.

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

In 1998, four young San Antonio women were sentenced to 82.5 years in prison between them, on accusations that didn’t even rise to the level of baseless.

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Not the writer anyone expected, but a real character nonetheless and a one-of-a-kind documentary.

Starving the Beast

This shocking, depressing, blood-boiling documentary examines the lengths to which politicians and think tanks will go to ensure that business logic extends into every aspect of society, including higher education.