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‘Riotsville, USA’ Review: 1960s Archival Footage Brings the Receipts to Civil Rights Documentary
Did you know the U.S. military built fake towns to teach police how to improve their methods of suppressing activist dissent?
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‘God’s Country’ Film Review: Thandiwe Newton Shines Even as the Landscape Gets Shaky
Newton plays a Montana college professor, an outsider at work and in her home, who battles hunters trespassing on her property
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‘Mike’ Review: Hulu’s Mike Tyson Series Offers Complicated Look at Boxer’s Demise
The eight-part limited series shines when “Moonlight” star Trevante Rhodes steps into the role
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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
