John Candy: I Like Me
Dir. Colin Hanks
John Candy: I Like Me takes a somewhat standard approach in remembering the titular comedian. The film pulls out old…
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Dir. Amy J. Berg
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley depicts the life of a musician whose time was cut too short. It’s a tale…
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Dir. David Hinton
Is there anything more lovely than hearing Martin Scorsese talk about cinema? Maybe it’s just the film nerds in us–…
Butterfly in the Sky
Dir. Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb
For the longest time, television seemed to be the antithesis to reading– part of that belief still lingers to this…
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…
Kiss the Future
Dir. Nenad Cicin-Sain
If you’re expecting a documentary about the particular U2 concert in Sarajevo, to focus exclusively on U2, you’re not really…
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Dir. Anna Hints
Nakedness has been demonized or at least, has been considered inappropriate outside of certain situations. One such situation is the…
Youth (Spring)
Dir. Wang Bing
Teenagers forced to grow up quickly and spend their prime years wiling away at garment factories sounds like a grim…
Once Upon a Time in Uganda
Dir. Cathryne Czubek
If you were on the Internet around 2015, you might be familiar with the viral phenomenon that is Wakaliwood, a…
Pictures of Ghosts
Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
Like people, places have things that change and things that remain the same. Most of us keep our thoughts about…
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Dir. Nicole Newnham
Feminism has made plenty of strides in multiple areas, but even in the era of free love, talking about sex…
Swan Song
Dir. Chelsea McMullan
If you’re hard working and well-situated enough, you get to chase and achieve and live out your dreams for your…
Cow
Dir. Andrea Arnold
The film unfolds in the rhythm of a cow’s life: birth, mating, feeding, milking, checkups. Soon, these events become regular…
Rainbow Rishta
Dir. Hridaye Nagpal & Jaydeep Sarkar
It’s refreshing to watch stories about queer people in the Global South unfold with this much joy and love and…
White Balls on Walls
Dir. Sarah Vos
This sociologically revealing documentary follows the attempts of the largely “snow-white” staff of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk art museum to refresh the…
Man on the Run
Dir. Morgan Neville
The Beatles is the greatest musical band ever created, or at least the one with the most success, most influence,…
American Nightmare
With stories like Gone Girl and the true crime boom of the 2010s, it’s easy to believe that these depictions…
Bad Axe
Dir. David Siev
Bad Axe is an intimate documentary that follows the Sievs, a tight-knit family that runs a restaurant in the city…
