Pompei: Below the Clouds
By Caroline Ely March 30, 2026
Gianfranco Rosi has created a somber, eerie study of Naples in black and white. Sometimes the city looks part crime scene, part modern-day ruin.
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Project Hail Mary
By Ben Wasserman March 19, 2026
A rollicking, emotionally charged journey that captures the wonder, danger, and unexpected friendships one might find while exploring the cosmos.
Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It
By Kevin Filipski February 19, 2026
As director Paris Barclay makes clear, Preston was one of the early 1970s’ most exciting and original musicians, either as an invaluable sideman or as a hitmaker.
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
By Jeffery Berg
Baz Luhrmann and Elvis Presley go well together. EPiC mines unseen footage from two early 1970s Elvis concert films that have been restored.
My Father’s Shadow
By Andrew Plimpton February 13, 2026
This striking film is, in some ways, a simple, realist story in which two young boys are allowed a full day with the father who they rarely see.
The President’s Cake
By Caroline Ely February 5, 2026
On the surface, this is a tale of two kids on a capricious wild goose chase, but it is also something bigger: a carefully observed portrait of a people in slow-motion torment.
A Poet
By Guillermo Lopez Meza January 30, 2026
At the center of this black comedy stands the extraordinary performance of Ubeimar Ríos.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
By Andrew Plimpton January 20, 2026
An invaluable and chilling picture of a propaganda machine at work in the everyday lives of those under its thumb.
Seeds
By Jeffery Berg January 16, 2026
Lyrical and immersive, Britni West Shyne’s documentary is a stirring portrait of the ordinary, day-to-day working lives and experiences of Black farmers in rural Georgia.