Within the wide and varied films at the festival, many of the Hispanic cinema offerings stand out.

It’s always a thrill when a film surprises, and Spanish filmmaker Lois Patiño’s Samsara, set in Laos and Zanzibar, is a lovely and adventurous work.

Most of the 21 films on this year’s lineup rely on stories that center around the various ways we connect with others.

One could argue that the festival couldn’t occur at a better time, when French films are enjoying success in the U.S. this year.

Three films that are—coincidentally, but fortuitously—mature studies of single parents trying their best to raise children in often discordant circumstances.

Two arresting portraits of women artists who, in different ways, grew up in the theatre. 

Two documentaries direct our gaze to places in the world where freedom of press is especially fraught.

The annual DOC NYC festival offers a selection that is especially diverse, both in nationality and in approach.

Who could have anticipated that the most fiery and impactful revitalization the western genre has received in years would come in the form of a Chilean period piece about a horseback expedition of mercenaries riding across Tierra del Fuego?