This month’s picks include a dreamlike documentary from Brazil, a wry comedy from Quebec and a thriller set in the aftermath of Kosovo’s bloody civil war.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘Shooting Stars’ Review: Brotherly Love and Basketball
While hard to justify, this fictionalized portrayal of a young LeBron James and his high school team’s rise is buoyed by five young actors.
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Hipgnosis, the Album Artists Who Made Pink Floyd’s Pig Fly
The filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s documentary “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)” tells the tale of the London design company devoted to crafting the perfect LP sleeve.
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‘Lynch/Oz,’ Digs Down to the Roots of David Lynch’s Films
A documentary explores how “The Wizard of Oz” figures into the director David Lynch’s surreal filmography.
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‘After Sherman’ Review: A Gullah Geechee Reckoning
A New York-based filmmaker wades into the deep waters of his Gullah Geechee heritage and South Carolina roots.
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Stream These Three Great Documentaries
This month’s selections include a look at a political activist’s life, a reconsideration of a controversial Israeli thesis and a portrait of an author and his editor.
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‘White Balls on Walls’ Review: Time With the Gatekeepers
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam becomes a somewhat flimsy case study for fine-art diversity and inclusion conversations in this documentary.
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‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ Review: A Tip of the Hat to the Tossed Hat
This charming documentary aims to peek under the smile of a groundbreaking television star.
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Summer Movies 2023: ‘Barbie,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.’
Barbie springs to life, Indy swings into action and Spidey slings new webs. Here are 107 films for movie lovers of all tastes.
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‘Victim/Suspect’ Review: When the Accuser Becomes the Accused
A reporter investigates cases in which sexual assault survivors were arrested on charges of false reporting in this cogent documentary.
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‘The Taking’ Review: This Land Is Not Your Land
Monument Valley embodies the Old West. But the fantasies presented in Westerns obscure its darker history and the lives of the Navajo people who inhabit it.