documentary
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Jonathan Gold Talks ‘City of Gold,’ L.A.’s Misunderstood Food Culture
With a rumbly belly and a slight twitch above my right eyebrow (which I assume was related to...
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Almost Holy
Steve Hoover explores murky moral waters in this fascinating portrait of a self-styled hero.
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Speed Sisters
Speed Sisters is everything we would enjoy in a fast-paced racing film, with the edge of a realistic...
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2016 Oscar Nominated Shorts Preview: Documentary
We preview the Oscar-nominated documentary shorts and pick our favourite.
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Kate Plays Christine (Sundance Review)
A documentary designed to confront the kinds of thorny issues most filmmakers would prefer to ignore.
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Where to Invade Next
Michael Moore resorts to dad-jokes and prodding his interviewees in order to make an argument for civic duty...
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Those Who Feel The Fire Burning
A provocative, hypnotic film dealing with the plight of immigrants stuck in Europe.
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Noma: My Perfect Storm
An unbalanced, uninspired food doc that overthinks a simple story.
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Racing Extinction
Succeeds on getting its message across with breathtaking visuals, but too many threads on a broad topic cools...
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
The film isn't nearly as essential as its source material, but it serves as a nice starting point...
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Democrats
Two men struggle to find common ground in order to usher Zimbabwe's shaky coalition government into a new...
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Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
As sharply put together as it is, 'Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict' feels both overstuffed and cursory.
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DOC NYC 2015: Missing People
A documentary about an unsolved murder turns into an exploration of grief, loss, and trying to move on.
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Mavis!
A spirited tribute to a legendary singer so full of love she can't hold it in.
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In Jackson Heights
Kaleidoscopic in a most humanitarian and intimate sense, Frederick Wiseman's 40th documentary is an observance of beauty in...