The institution’s annual American Songbook series honors “singer outsiders” including Fanny and Poly Styrene in events curated by Kathleen Hanna and Tamar-kali.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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The Comedian Who Anticipated Our Reality-Bent World
A new documentary shows how Andy Kaufman’s upside-down world of anti-comedy prefigured our own.
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In ‘Meanwhile,’ a Nation Remembers to Breathe
The director Catherine Gund fuses work from multiple artists with archival footage and interviews to craft an exploration of Black resilience.
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Florida Mayor Threatens Cinema Over Israeli-Palestinian Film
The mayor of Miami Beach wants to end the lease of a group renting a city-owned property because it is screening the Academy Award-winning “No Other Land” there.
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‘Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna’ Review: Confusing Accounts
The Hulu documentary challenges ideas around who is responsible for the death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.”
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a documentary about a Nigerian college film club, a Chinese noir about a man and his dog, a wry Quebecois comedy about adultery and more.
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Jonas Mekas, Master of Avant-Garde Film, Shows His Tender Side
Mekas’s diaristic film clips, left behind when he died, fuel a new documentary that renders an intimate portrait of a man who often trafficked in the abstract.
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‘Housewife of the Year’: Contestants Look Back in Dismay
Ciaran Cassidy’s film revisits an Irish television show that judged stay-at-home moms on budgeting and appearance.
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‘Chaos: The Manson Murders’ Review: All You Ever Knew is Suspect
Errol Morris returns to his main obsessions — evil and delusion — in a new Netflix documentary about the famous murders.
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‘No Other Land,’ Whose Politics Deterred Distributors, Wins Best Documentary
In their acceptance speeches, the Israeli and Palestinian co-directors called for “serious actions to stop the injustice.”
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These Films See People the Way They See Themselves
RaMell Ross subverts our gaze, breaking the conventional frame in “Nickel Boys” as he did in his documentary “Hale County This Morning, This Evening.”
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Why Japanese Oscar Contender ‘Black Box Diaries’ Isn’t Being Shown in Japan
Shiori Ito’s searing indictment of Japan’s justice system in handling sexual assault cases is nominated for best documentary feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards.