Film-Forward

Festivals

Flee | Sundance Film Festival 2021

Expertly paced and among the most suspenseful films in recent memory.

5 Highly Recommended Films | DOC NYC 2020

Viewers across the United States are just a login away from seeing some of the best nonfiction films of the year.

Hopper/Welles

An intense and—to a certain point—confrontational interview that works as an essential documentary about filmmaking.

Smooth Talk | New York Film Festival 2020

Laura Dern returns to the festival with her very first lead role from 1985.

Lovers Rock | New York Film Festival 2020

Steve McQueen’s quasi-musical more than made up for the subdued feeling that many might have felt this year.

Nomadland | New York Film Festival 2020

For an off-kilter year in which moviegoing has been curtailed and new films have debuted online and not in theaters, it’s fitting that this low-key and muted film has recently been celebrated.

The Human Voice | New York Film Festival 2020

In only 30 minutes, Pedro Almodóvar’s elegant take on Jean Cocteau’s 1930 one-act/one-woman meltdown packs more drama than many movies four times its length.

MLK/FBI | New York Film Festival 2020

A sharply detailed account of how the Federal Bureau of Investigation used its resources to target civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Tribeca 2020 Documentaries | Jacinta; Landfall; Through the Night

Each year, the Tribeca Film Festival draws attention to vital social issues, and 2020 is no different, though the event was cancelled.