Black Box Diaries
Dir. Shiori Itō
Continuing her fight to tell the world the truth about her sexual assault case, journalist Shiori Ito released Black Box…
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Dir. Davis Guggenheim
There’s a scene early in the documentary when present-day Michael J. Fox, who famously suffers from Parkinson’s Disease, swaggers along…
All That Breathes
Dir. Shaunak Sen
Though it doesn’t proceed like most animal/nature-centered documentaries that you’ve seen, the Oscar-nominated All That Breathes is instantly memorable in…
Moonage Daydream
Dir. Brett Morgen
Forget everything you know about the music biopic. One-on-one interviews, chronological storytelling, silent moments with the subjects—Moonage Daydream isn’t that…
Three Identical Strangers
Dir. Tim Wardle
This is a documentary with a dark underbelly. When Bobby Shafran goes on his first day at college, everyone seems…
Weiner
Dir. Elyse Steinberg & Josh Kriegman
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner just doesn’t give up. After a 2011 scandal that had him resign from office, Weiner tries…
Collective
Dir. Alexander Nanau
Following a group of journalists uncovering an entire architecture of institutional corruption in Romania, Collective makes for an inspiring watch—not…
No Other Land
Dir. Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers…
