Ammonite
By Caroline Ely December 3, 2020
Francis Lee, director of the acclaimed God’s Own Country, has made another same-sex love story, though set in the more remote, sorrowful reaches of muddy old England.
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Boys State
By Ben Wasserman December 1, 2020
It’s like watching a role-playing game, only the topic is politics and some participants are way too eager to play the bad guy.
The Life Ahead
By Guillermo Lopez Meza
Sophia Loren is often greater than any movie she appears in, and this is not an exception.
Stardust
By Kyle Mustain November 30, 2020
An intimate portrait, zeroing in on a slice of a rock star’s life, not unlike the underrated Brian Wilson biopic, Love & Mercy.
Zappa
By Paul Weissman
Even if you aren’t a fan of Frank Zappa and his music, this is still a portrait of an utterly fascinating man.
Insert Coin
By Ben Wasserman November 27, 2020
The documentary takes viewers back to a simpler time in video game history—the late 1980s to 1990s—when the arcade machine reigned supreme.
Princess of the Row
By Phil Guie
A teenage girl runs away from foster homes to Los Angeles’s Skid Row, where she tends to her homeless father in this gritty drama.
Uncle Frank
By Andrew Plimpton November 25, 2020
Writer/director Alan Ball takes a big risk with an open appeal to the heart and succeeds in creating a moving portrait of a family.
Collective
By Caroline Ely
A taut, thrilling documentary that looks closely at power games, pain, and the search for truth.