This documentary on the phenomenon of chronic Lyme disease may not make a slam dunk case, but it offers plenty of musings on the nature of medical diagnosis and treatment for a society emerging from a global pandemic.
Read MoreThis avant-garde documentary about the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant asks the viewer for total surrender, but doesn’t earn it.
Read MoreMatt Sarnacki’s documentary traces the explosive fallout of the murder of Slovakian journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová on February 21, 2018.
Read MoreSean Wang’s film provides a concrete example for abstract discussions of “global supply chains.”
Read MoreCody Sheehy’s documentary about Dr. He Jiankui is saved by the strength of its subject matter.
Read MoreShameela Seedat’s African Moot uses its seemingly low stakes competition as a microcosm for the larger legal world.
Read MoreEva Orner’s documentary about the Australian bushfires of 2019-2020 is a quick-paced and informative, if overly conventional, work that’s best when it lets its anger fuel its storytelling.
Read MoreDanis Goulet’s debut feature is a potent sci-fi allegory for residential schools held back by its generic dystopian worldbuilding.
Read MoreHo Wi Ding’s provocative Taiwanese drama about loneliness and voyeurism clarifies its themes and narrative in startling fashion.
Read MoreDespite its ridiculous title, Edwin’s Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is more sedate arthouse picture than martial arts extravaganza.
Read MoreNanfu Wang’s documentary is a useful primer on the early days of the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreJohn Daschbach’s documentary about Masamoto Ueda and his ramen restaurant, Bizentei, is a gentle portrait of community.
Read MoreThis documentary by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei paints a portrait of contemporary China through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
Read MoreSmog Town is an illuminating look behind the curtain of Chinese bureaucracy, but would be more effective if it were more compact.
Read MoreThe New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel shows how the rise of corporate responsibility and weakened political structures have deepened the entwining of our fates with those of the corporation, as both an economic and political agent in the last two decades.
Read MoreThe Last Ice is a useful primer for anyone wanting to understand the issues at stake in the Arctic.
Read MoreWWII horror thriller set on a B-17 Flying Fortress ultimately crash lands.
Read MoreA fascinating, disorienting first-hand account of the Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown.
Read MoreA beautifully animated adventure film that mines the many tensions between England and Ireland.
Read MoreWerner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer examine the scientific and spiritual meaning of meteorites in this joyful documentary.
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