Film-Forward

Not Going Quietly

With riveting gusto, the documentary highlights the day-to-day challenges of activist Ady Barkan and his wider fight for universal health care.

The Lost Leonardo

How did a damaged painting appearing on the art market out of nowhere become known—and marketed—as a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci?

Misha and the Wolves

At the center of this compelling documentary is a World War II survival tale that is almost too astonishing to be believable.

Bring Your Own Brigade

Why do California wildfires keep on happening?

Whirlybird

This fierce, at times lacerating documentary chronicles the rise of the Los Angeles News Service, a renegade outfit that single-handedly changed the television news industry.

Naked Singularity

A well-acted but scattershot film that works better when it sticks to crime.

Sabaya

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.

John and the Hole

An uneasy new film that grapples with the darkness of growing up in a world distinguished by its overwhelming numbness.

The Viewing Booth

In this part found-footage documentary and part YouTube react video, a filmmaker tests students to see if observing the same image produces similar emotions among viewers.