The documentary follows three openly intersex people, set against the larger backdrop of decades of secrecy and unnecessary surgeries.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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Review: ‘In the Company of Rose’ Is a Pleasant Portrait
When the theater and film director James Lapine first met Rose Styron, he knew her as William Styron’s widow. He learned there was a lot more to her.
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‘Anthem’ Review: Flying High
In this naïve, nostalgic documentary, a pair of musicians go on a road trip with the ambitious mission of creating a new national anthem.
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Stream These Three Great Documentaries
This month’s picks obsess over the methods of Pablo Picasso and Stanley Kubrick; and dissect three minutes of film footage taken in Poland in 1938.
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‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ Review: Living a Double Life
Stephan Kijak’s new documentary seems keenly interested in the ways in which the closeted actor’s sexuality manifested itself, largely unintentionally, in his movies.
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‘Casa Susanna’ Documentary Revisits Haven for Cross-Dressing
The documentary “Casa Susanna” explores the Catskills boardinghouse community that allowed denizens to express their identity when that was taboo.
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‘Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ Review: Wish You Were There
Only 650 people got to experience one of the 21st century’s artistic feats, until this documentary. Unfortunately, it misses some of the performance’s key aspects.
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‘The Stroll’ Review: Telling Their Own Stories
In this documentary, transgender sex workers speak for themselves without sanitizing or sensationalizing their experiences.
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‘Here. Is. Better.’ Review: A Glimmer of Hope
Four military veterans go through PTSD treatments in this understated documentary.
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‘Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy’ Review
A documentary examines how the winner for best picture of 1969 captured shifts in American life.
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‘2023 Sundance Film Festival Short Films’ Review: Small Bites’
From animated partygoers to real families embracing a name, this basket of goodies includes seven titles, among them comedy, tragedy and documentary.
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‘Take Care of Maya’ Review: A Chronicle of a Family’s Pain
In this Netflix documentary about a young girl who was held in a hospital and barred from seeing her family, we hear their side of the story.