In this tender and funny documentary, Nira Burstein films her parents in their house in Queens without making excuses about their unsettled lives.

From the Trinity test to “Oppenheimer” and “Asteroid City,” the symbol of nuclear destruction has held multiple but equally disturbing meanings.

The Canadian filmmaker Hubert Davis amplifies the voices of hockey players of color and reveals the sport’s lesser-known pioneers in this smart, sensitive documentary.

In genre films like “Cinnamon” and “Murder City,” new voices are delivering genuine thrills with a loose energy and a generous sense of drama.

A new documentary delves into the infectious curiosity and passions of the Italian scholar and author of “The Name of the Rose.”

The documentary “Casa Susanna” explores the Catskills boardinghouse community that allowed denizens to express their identity when that was taboo.

Though it has detractors, scholars and advocates have largely embraced this film for the way it shows people just living their lives while disabled.

From animated partygoers to real families embracing a name, this basket of goodies includes seven titles, among them comedy, tragedy and documentary.

In this moody epistolary film, a woman in Paris works through a close friend’s death with the help of video correspondences.

Three films showing at the Tribeca Festival tell stories over several years, a challenge for the filmmakers and the subjects.