Films as different as the biopic “Till” and the thriller “Resurrection” use lengthy monologues to give female characters the chance to truly be heard.

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.

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.

Ramin Bahrani’s first documentary feature profiles Richard Davis, the irrepressible inventor of a modern bulletproof vest.

This documentary illuminates America’s ever-shifting approach to conflicts abroad and how politics at home can even lead to inaction.

Jeff Malmberg’s film traces the back story of the animated animal that made cinema history and became a global symbol of wholesome, helium-pitched happiness.

The one-acts that make up Andrew Bujalski’s film percolate with sly humor, decency, curiosity and sheer nerve.

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.

This documentary follows one Afghan general, Sami Sadat, to tell an emotional story.

Two strangers reflect on their lives as they embark on a cross-country drive to join a study involving life after death.