Nenad Cicin-Sain’s smoothly calibrated documentary is part timeline of the concert’s development and part testament to the city’s defiance during the Bosnian War.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘They Shot the Piano Player’ Review: Taking on a Bossa Nova Mystery
The pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior, on tour in Argentina during the right-wing dictatorship of the 1970s, vanished. This animated feature picks up the trail.
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‘Becoming King’ Review: An Actor Marches On
This documentary about Ava DuVernay’s 2014 Martin Luther King drama “Selma” plays more like a David Oyelowo tribute than a proper look at the difficulties of making the film.
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‘Lumumba: Death of a Prophet’: Revisiting a Mythic Figure
The 1990 documentary about Patrice Lumumba by Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”), showing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, looks and feels newly minted.
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The Documentary Aleksei Navalny Knew We’d Watch After His Death
The Oscar-winning film followed the dissident after an attempt on his life. It played like a thriller at the time; today it feels even more chilling.
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8 Documentaries About True Love and Relationships
These movies go beyond examining a relationship to reveal the glories, discontents and more about romance.
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The Best True Crime to Stream: Viral Stories With a Twist
What happens when widespread attention plays an unexpected role in a crime or investigation? Here are four picks across television, documentaries and podcasts that explore the question.
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‘The Arc of Oblivion’ Review: The Sands of Time
A documentary about building an ark turns into a funny, thoughtful rumination on the nature of human preservation.
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‘The 2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Small Running Times, Large Themes
Many of this year’s films take a darker turn, but there is some levity among the bunch.
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‘Onlookers’ Review: Portraits of Picture Takers
This experimental nonfiction feature from Kimi Takesue aims to reflect on travel and tourism in Laos, but offers few striking images.
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‘God & Country’ Review: One Nation, Under the Cross
Dan Partland’s blunt documentary follows the rise of Christian nationalist voters and argues that they threaten pluralism and democracy.
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‘Wham!’ Documentary Had an Unusual Choice for a Director
The director Chris Smith was not a fan of the ’80s pop band when he decided to take on the project about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.