In Mitra Farahani’s film, Jean-Luc Godard and the Iranian writer-director Ebrahim Golestan undertake an epistolary dialogue, puttering and pondering at their homes.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘See You Friday, Robinson’ Review: Dear Godard
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‘Make People Better’ Review: Clear Science, Confusing Storytelling
The New York Times – Movies:This muddy documentary dives into a complex story of genomic discovery, biomedical ethics and covert dealings.
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Lloyd Newman, Teenage Chronicler of ‘Ghetto Life,’ Dies at 43
The New York Times – Business:He and LeAlan Jones recorded stories of life and death in a Chicago housing project for NPR, winning a Peabody Award and inspiring the birth of StoryCorps.
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‘Pelosi in the House’ Review: Keeping Her House in Order
The New York Times – Movies:This HBO documentary, directed by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Alexandra Pelosi, goes behind the scenes with the House speaker.
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These Soccer and World Cup Movies Have Big Goals
The New York Times – Movies:Soccer movies are often eclectic and at times unclassifiable, drawing from multiple continents and genres.
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Alexandra Pelosi on Filming Her Mother, Nancy Pelosi, on Jan. 6
The New York Times – Movies:The documentary had long been in the works and was nearly finished before Paul Pelosi was assaulted at home. The events together have left the director shaken.
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The Villain So Far in ‘Harry & Meghan’? Not the Royal Family.
The New York Times – Business:Harry and Meghan focused their ire in their Netflix documentary on the tabloids they say have hounded them out of remorseless greed and scarcely concealed racism.
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‘Loudmouth’ Review: Portrait of Al Sharpton as a Young Man
The New York Times – Movies:A stirring new biographical documentary about the Rev. Al Sharpton revisits a racially divided New York City and offers a critique of the news media then and now.
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Review: ‘The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo’ Delights
The New York Times – Movies:A documentary by Bruce Weber about a nonagenarian Italian photographer is sprinkled with la dolce vita, our critic writes.
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‘To the End’ Review: Seeing Red While Left on Read
The New York Times – Movies:This documentary follows climate activists and politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as they lobby for the Green New Deal.