Stakeholders including Patti LuPone and Lynn Nottage share their real-time reactions to New York theater’s shutdown and reopening in Amy Rice’s documentary.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Surviving the Pandemic
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Stream These Three Great Documentaries
The New York Times – Movies:This month’s picks include a look at families coping with cancer, a filmmaker exploring some troubling family history and a director using animation to tell the story of an Afghan refugee.
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‘Stars at Noon,’ ‘Vortex’ and More of This Year’s Streaming Gems
The New York Times – Movies:A look back at some of the finest under-the-radar streaming picks of the year.
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‘Children of the Mist’ Review: Stolen Youth
The New York Times – Movies:A documentarian traces a Hmong girl’s experience with a custom that permits boys to detain girls with the intention of marriage.
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‘Jurassic Punk’ Review: Making Digital Dinosaurs Walk
The New York Times – Movies:This documentary looks at the computer animation innovator Steve Williams.
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‘The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari’ Review: A Seismic Tragedy
The New York Times – Movies:A Netflix documentary recounts the eruption of an active volcano off the coast of New Zealand that left several tourist groups struggling to survive.
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‘Nelly & Nadine’ Review: An Unlikely Love, an Unlikely Record
The New York Times – Movies:A family archive provides intimate records of a love affair that began between two women imprisoned in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
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‘See You Friday, Robinson’ Review: Dear Godard
The New York Times – Movies: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.
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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.