A new restoration of a 2003 Italian docudrama by Michelangelo Frammartino captures the beauty and tragedy of rural life in Southern Italy.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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Rock’s Legends Were Messy. You’d Never Know That From Today’s Movies.
People used to eat up salacious stories of rock ’n’ roll excess. Now they’re the last thing filmmakers want to touch.
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‘Folktales’ Review: A Bracing Education in Arctic Norway
With the Northern Lights above, the sounds of sled dogs piercing the air and the snow piled high, students major in the challenges and beauty of the wild.
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‘Sunday Best’ Review: Ed Sullivan’s Really Big Impact
Sacha Jenkins’s documentary, about the variety show trailblazer and his commitment to Black performers in the Civil Rights era, will keep you hooked.
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‘Shari & Lamb Chop’: A Singular Talent Gets Her Due
Shari Lewis’s pioneering role in children’s television becomes clear in a new film that can be perfunctory about her life.
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‘Life After’ Review: What the End Means
The filmmaker Reid Davenport raises thorny questions about how the option of medically assisted death is presented to disabled people.
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In ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ Director Petra Costa Examines Brazil’s Rightward Shift
The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.
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In ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ Director Petra Costa Examines Brazil’s Rightward Shift
The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.
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‘Little, Big, and Far’ Review: Dwelling in the Cosmos
The experimental director Jem Cohen’s latest is an uncategorizable film about astronomers and humanity and love and the stars.
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‘Videoheaven’ Review: Rewinding the Tape
A documentary by Alex Ross Perry examines how movies and TV have portrayed video store culture.
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When Nobu Masuhisa Changed Sushi in America Forever
“I am so glad I didn’t give up on my life and kept going,” says the chef, who’s the subject of a new documentary about his remarkable career.