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‘Alma’s Rainbow’ Film Review: Three Decades Later, Ayoka Chenzira’s Debut Retains Its Power
Still timely and urgent, 1994 feature returns to theaters in a 4K restoration
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‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Film Review: Family Drama Explores the Costs of Activism
Environmentally-minded people who have gone off the grid discover that in today’s world, the grid will eventually find you
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‘Rap Sh!t’ Review: Issa Rae Seizes on a Timely Pop Culture Moment in New HBO Max Series
The show follows a pair of former high school classmates who reconnect and launch a music career
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‘Beba’ Film Review: Insightful Self-Portrait Broadens the Documentary Landscape
First-time director Rebeca Huntt turns the camera on herself in a way that Black and Brown women are rarely allowed to in U.S. cinema
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‘American Pain’ Film Review: Opioid Doc Falls Short of the Moral Outrage Its Subjects Deserve
Tribeca Festival 2022: Breezy look at pill-pushing twin brothers gives short shrift to the addicted (and deceased) victims of their “clinics”
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‘P-Valley’ Season 2 Review: Starz Series Is More Than Strip Club Spectacle
The new season tackles real-world events while continuing to push boundaries with its Black Southern representation
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‘Monstrous’ Film Review: Christina Ricci Stars in a Supernatural Thriller with a Few Surprises
This 1950s-set spooky story is less about the plot and more about what lies beneath
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‘FLINT’ Film Review: Horrifying Documentary Tracks the Water Woes That Still Plague Michigan
It’s got the twists and turns of a whodunit, but those feel devastating in a non-fiction story
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‘Gagarine’ Film Review: Youths in a Paris Housing Project Reach for the Stars
Unflinching, exhilarating portrait of poverty and dashed dreams throws much-needed light on how society treats the working class
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‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’ Film Review: Small Oscar Contender Makes Big Impact
Bhutan’s first nominee tells a heart-tugging tale of a big-city teacher sent to the remotest school district on Earth
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‘Strawberry Mansion’ Film Review: Dreamscape Drama Plays By Its Own Rules
Co-directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley embrace experimentation and analog artistry in this visual feast
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‘Catch the Fair One’ Film Review: Brutally Effective Thriller Examines Trafficking of Indigenous Women
Kali Reis’ Spirit Award–nominated lead performance brings power and empathy to a stark and often dire tale
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‘Janet Jackson’ Review: Superstar Opens Up But Remains in Control in A&E/Lifetime Docuseries
Believe the hype: The music star is a master of the TV tell-all
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‘Phoenix Rising’ Film Review: Evan Rachel Wood Doc Shows Celebrity Doesn’t Shield Women From Abuse
Sundance 2022: The actress reveals the trauma of her relationship with Marilyn Manson and how it spurred her to become an activist on behalf of other abused women
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‘Jihad Rehab’ Film Review: Firefighter-Turned-Filmmaker’s Doc Questions Our Beliefs About Terrorists
Sundance 2022: Given access to a program designed to give former Gitmo detainees a second chance, Meg Smaker is privy to viewpoints Americans rarely hear
