Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground; 32 Sounds) explores the concept of time and aging in his search for The Oldest Person in the World. Having premiered at this year’s Sundance, this documentary centers on Green’s journey to search […]

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The life and career of lesbian avant-garde filmmaker Barbara Hammer is the subject of a kaleidoscopic exploration in director Byrdie O’Connor’s documentary, Barbara Forever. It premiered at this year’s Sundance, where it won the Joshua Oppenheim Editing Award in the […]

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Having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, Once Upon a Time in Harlem is a documentary you should not sleep on this year. The film consists entirely of footage shot in 1972 at a party that took […]

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You haven’t seen a true crime documentary quite like Charlie Shackleton’s Zodiac Killer Project. One of the best films at this year’s Sundance, where it won the NEXT Innovator Award, it finds the director revisiting a failed project to adapt […]

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Documentarian Amber Fares’ documentary, Coexistence, My Ass!, shines a light on how humor can be a vigorous tool in activism. It follows the rise of Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi, who grew up with a sense of unity in a […]

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One of the most chilling documentaries of this year forces us to take a hard, unfiltered look at this country’s controversial stand-your-ground laws. Director Geeta Gandbhir’s unflinching The Perfect Neighbor explores the events leading up to the 2023 murder of […]

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Oscar-nominated director Kim A. Snyder (Us Kids; Death By Numbers) dives deep into today’s nationwide fight against book banning in her critically acclaimed documentary, The Librarians. It follows the unnerving coordinated efforts in conservative-leaning states to ban books in numerous […]

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Documentarian David Osit (Mayor) examines the rise and fall of the sensational reality series “To Catch a Predator” in his newest documentary, Predators. The film, which premiered at Sundance, takes a closer look at the moral and ethical dilemmas that […]

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In her documentary Black Box Diaries, Japan-based journalist Shiori Itô takes on her most courageous, risky assignment yet – investigating her own sexual assault. The film, which premiered at Sundance, recounts the director’s harrowing experience of rape by a prominent […]

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In Lana Wison’s controversial new documentary, Look Into My Eyes, she trains her lens on real-world psychic sessions. Readers may be surprised to hear that I am interested in the occult and that I collect rare tarot card decks. I […]

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