The actor-director Michael Goorjian explores the urge to reconnect with one’s roots in this movie about an American who moves to Soviet Armenia.

A popular racing video game series gets turned into an underdog sports drama in this big-screen adaptation.

The jam-packed documentary “Bella!” hustles to chronicle the pioneering political career of the New York congresswoman Bella Abzug.

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.