Wiseman, Frederick

Jeremy O. Harris’s ‘Slave Play’ Documentary Is Fueled by Experimental Films

The playwright Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.” wears its intellectual references on its sleeve.

By Annie Aguiar

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‘Menus-Plaisirs — Les Troisgros’ Review: A Beautiful Collaboration

For his 44th documentary, Frederick Wiseman journeys to the French countryside to examine the workings of a family-owned, Michelin-starred restaurant.

By Manohla Dargis

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Claire Simon Finds a New Subject: Herself

The French director Claire Simon was making a movie about a Paris hospital when she found out she had cancer. So she became a character in her own film.

By Beatrice Loayza

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Examining the Regrettably Modern Marriage of Leo Tolstoy and Sophia Tolstaya

Frederick Wiseman set aside the documentaries he’s known for to work on “A Couple,” a solo drama putting Leo Tolstoy’s much-burdened wife at its center.

By Nicolas Rapold

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