Film & Documentary
February 3, 2020
Powerful Images of Pleasure and Experimentation Celebrate Queer Bodies
MoMA’s screening series “Now We Think as We Fuck”: Queer Liberation to Activism argues for the inclusion of less respectable films in the queer canon.
Caden Mark Gardner
BoJack Horseman’s Flawed Final Season
As the acclaimed Netflix series has gone on, it appears in some ways to have bought into its own hype too much, and in doing so has weakened its critiques.
Dan Schindel
A Decade of the Most Memorable Film Scores From Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
From HBO’s Watchmen to The Social Network and Gone Girl, their soundtracks have constituted some of the best of the 2010s.
Jake Cole
Sundance’s Documentary Shorts Offer Brief but Powerful Glimpses Around the World
The festival’s program is especially robust this year, featuring films about the Hong Kong protests, abortion helpline volunteers, and more.
Susannah Gruder
Seeing Hong Kong’s Past and Present Through Film
Metrograph’s film series To Hong Kong with Love pairs old and new films films made by Hong Kong residents, cultivating a first-person narrative of the city and its changes.
Dan Schindel
A New Film Investigates How the CIA and MI6 Destroyed Iranian Democracy
During a time of heightened tensions between the US and Iran, the documentary Coup 53reminds viewers of the origins of the conflict.
Tina Hassannia
In The Assistant, Being Manipulated as a Woman Is a Matter of Course
Kitty Green’s latest film is as much about societal acceptance of sexual misconduct as it is about the indignities that many workers face in the office, especially younger women.
Susannah Gruder
Kahlil Joseph Imagines a News Channel Foregrounded in Black Excellence
With BLKNWS, Joseph combats the racist and one-dimensional gaze of the news media.
Bedatri D. Choudhury
Wondrous Animations Made of Quilts, Glass, and Found Objects
Jodie Mack uses materials like no other animator. Now, many of her films are available to the public for the first time.
Nathan Smith
Paying Tribute to Beloved TV Icon Walter Mercado
The documentary Mucho Mucho Amor, which just premiered at Sundance, feels like a celebration in a way few biographies do.
Monica Castillo
A Soul-Stirring Reminder of Why the Criminal Justice System Must Change
Part of the brilliance of Garrett Bradley’s Time is the way it blurs the lines between past and present, offering an affecting look at the system’s impact on Black families.
Beandrea July
Erotic Imagination and Sensual Realities Meet in the Films of Jane Campion
In an era where women still represent the minority of filmmakers and sex on the big screen has continued to diminish, Campion’s films — most of which are now streaming online — explore new depths of desire.
Justine Smith
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