Collective
By Caroline Ely November 25, 2020
A taut, thrilling documentary that looks closely at power games, pain, and the search for truth.
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Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band
By Ben Wasserman November 24, 2020
Polish Holocaust survivors Saul Dreier and Ruby Sosnowicz, move with more energy than most men half their ages. The same can be said for their music.
Sound of Metal
By Paul Weissman November 19, 2020
Simply put, this is a moving film with a riveting lead performance by Riz Ahmed.
Wolfwalkers
By Ben Wasserman November 18, 2020
The main reason to watch this is its stellar animation. Even if there were Disney films out as competition—be they 2-D or 3-D—this movie would still look refreshing by comparison.
Divine Love
By Guillermo Lopez Meza November 13, 2020
A complex political parable that, ironically, empathizes with the “wrong side of history.”
Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds
By Andrew Plimpton November 12, 2020
Though the matters are weighty and the content complex, co-director Werner Herzog never forgets his sense of humor.
Belly of the Beast
By Benjamin Tran October 15, 2020
An urgent wake-up call and yet another brutal reminder that we are not that far past the era of Jim Crow.
Time
By Phil Guie
An intimate and highly relevant documentary that delves into the psychological effects of having a loved one serving a lengthy prison sentence.
Possessor: Uncut
By Ben Wasserman October 2, 2020
The horror movie plays like a Black Mirror episode if the “technology gone wrong” motif shifted into something far more existential and Lovecraftian.