Sabaya
By Kent Turner August 5, 2021
Women, armed only with cell phones, infiltrate a refugee camp in northern Syria to rescue other Yazidi women and girls held captive in this riveting documentary.
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Pig
By Ben Wasserman July 22, 2021
A slow, melancholic drama with Nicolas Cage in one of the best roles he’s had in years.
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
By Wilda Williams July 15, 2021
Can a work of art so closely tied to a particular tragedy transcend its era to speak to future generations? This beautiful and moving documentary resoundingly says, “Yes.”
Ascension | Tribeca Festival
By Kent Turner June 29, 2021
It’s a lot to ask a filmmaker to take a 97-minute snapshot of a country. Yet the result here is purposeful and often mesmerizing.
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
By Paul Weissman June 27, 2021
The documentary shines a spotlight on the Harlem Cultural Festival that took place in 1969, the same summer as the more famous Woodstock.
The Sparks Brothers
By Andrew Plimpton June 17, 2021
Edgar Wright’s documentary inspires nothing so much as a burning desire to cancel all plans and just listen to the band Sparks.
La Dosis
By Paul Weissman June 10, 2021
An impressive Argentinian thriller that burns very slowly, ratcheting up suspense in infinitesimal doses.
Dead Pigs
By Phil Guie May 28, 2021
The nimble, sprawling, and biting debut by director Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn).
Final Account
By Ben Wasserman May 25, 2021
The subjects are former civilians of the Third Reich: ex-SS, ex-Hitler Youth, and “ordinary” folk who worked the remedial jobs that allowed the Nazis to commit genocide.