This month’s picks look at an organized-labor fight, a student impostor and a lecturer chronicling racism in America.

Part nature film, part biographical portrait, this experimental documentary takes its cues from its setting, an island off mainland Nova Scotia.

History, finances and practical concerns all played a role in preserving the movies being shown at To Save and Project.

The writer Mark Manson is an onscreen guide in this visualization of his self-help book.

Why do James Cameron and others experiment with this? Intended to eliminate blur, it is actually unnerving in scenes involving humans or real objects.

This affectionate documentary about the writer Robert Caro and the editor Robert Gottlieb sets out to shed light on their 50 years of collaboration.

The Damien Chazelle epic is set in 1920s Hollywood and draws on figures from that time, including “the ‘It’ Girl,” Clara Bow.

The Damien Chazelle epic is set in 1920s Hollywood and draws on figures from that time, including “the ‘It’ Girl,” Clara Bow.

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...

This HBO documentary, directed by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter Alexandra Pelosi, goes behind the scenes with the House speaker.