Try Harder! submits itself to a certain festival-friendly documentary texture rather than acting as a probing reflection of its sociopolitical environment. One of the many tensions…
The Rescue is a moving work a immersion and stitch-work, crafting an empathetic documentary from its headline-grabbing story. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have a…
Whirlybird ultimately disappoints with its own kind of bland journalism. Charting the professional milestones and personal travails of Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard, the dynamic partners…
Sublet is yet another delicate, moving slice of cinema from one of the world’s preeminent queer chroniclers. Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox has made a career…
Given its material, When Worlds Collide should be a far more impressive visual document. Among the marquee names of the 1980s New York art scene,…
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit has plenty of heart and restraint, but viewers will likely wish for a bit more ambition. Based on the semi-autobiographical children’s…
Moby Doc is an absurd vanity project, proving Moby is less a fun meme and more an insufferable dope. Moby is, by most accounts, something of…
Preparations is a major discovery, its distinct character recalling nothing less than the works of Abbas Kiarostami, Christian Petzold, and Krzysztof Kieślowski. Preparations to Be Together…
Billie offers a look at one complex woman through the lens of another, each with a distinct story that director James Erskine manages to weave…