I Am Not Your Negro
By Nora Lee Mandel December 12, 2016
Raoul Peck’s documentary passionately reintroduces and reinterprets James Baldwin for a new generation.
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The Brand New Testament
By Caroline Ely December 9, 2016
Exploring other worlds, this film inhabits a Terry Gilliam or Michel Gondry zone with a wide-open heart and a supple spring in its step.
Always Shine
By Kyle Mustain December 5, 2016
A compact, intense psychological thriller that leaves a lasting mark.
Uncle Howard
By Kyle Mustain
Aaron Brookner, who was very young when his uncle, director Howard Brookner, died, has restored his uncle’s films, and in the process has made this documentary tribute.
Things to Come
By Caroline Ely
Isabelle Huppert delivers a gimlet-eyed, ferociously single-minded performance as yet another tense, driven character.
Jackie
By Kent Turner December 1, 2016
An equally straightforward title for this biopic could be Deconstructing Jackie.
Old Stone
By Paul Weissman November 29, 2016
A tightly wound gem of a movie that wastes none of its brisk 80 minutes.
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
By Ted Metrakas November 28, 2016
A rousing call to arms for anyone interested in honest, issues-based journalism, this documentary could not be timelier.
Manchester by the Sea
By Kent Turner November 19, 2016
It’s hard to imagine another American film this year with as many fine acting moments. Watching actor Casey Affleck, who looks like an eternally youthful choir boy, fight his inner demons is worth the price of admission alone.