The Death of Dick Long
By Andrew Plimpton October 3, 2019
A dark screwball comedy set in backwoods Alabama.
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Sister Aimee
By Caroline Ely
A whimsical road movie with runaway evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, the 1920s holy roller.
Loro
By Caroline Ely September 26, 2019
A meditation on the outrageous story of Silvio Berlusconi, the wily one-time cruise ship crooner who rose to the center of Italian life and reigned for decades.
The Distant Barking of Dogs
By Phil Guie August 2, 2019
A powerful vérité documentary, set in a Ukrainian town distressingly close to the war front with Russia.
The Great Hack
By Nora Lee Mandel
How social media became—and continues to be—weaponized.
Sword of Trust
By Paul Weissman July 18, 2019
The entire film hinges on Marc Maron, and he makes it worth seeing.
The Art of Self-Defense
By Andrew Plimpton July 12, 2019
A movie built around a critique of toxic masculinity so obvious it could have been written by an algorithm.
Maiden
By Phil Guie June 27, 2019
This exciting documentary captures the white-knuckle thrills of the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
High Life
By Nora Lee Mandel June 20, 2019
In French director Claire Denis’s first film set in the future and on a space ship, human relationships are still central.