“The Racism Was So Thick, You Could Cut It With a Pair of Scissors”: Alanis Obomsawin on Her Life Works and Purpose
Dan Schindel
Wed, 07/02/2025 – 18:00
Exclusive: Trailer From Dmytro Hreshko’s Karlovy Vary-Premiering ‘Divia’
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Thu, 07/03/2025 – 10:18
Exclusive: Trailer From Dmytro Hreshko’s Karlovy Vary-Premiering ‘Divia’
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Thu, 07/03/2025 – 10:18
Exclusive: Trailer from Garry Keane’s Doc Edge-Premiering ‘A Quiet Love’
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Tue, 07/01/2025 – 17:30
Exclusive: Trailer from Garry Keane’s Doc Edge-Premiering ‘A Quiet Love’
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Tue, 07/01/2025 – 17:30
Part eulogy for a bygone commercial space, part rigorous investigation of its origins and subsequent representation in popular culture, Alex Ross Perry’s Videoheaven leaves virtually no stone unturned during its nearly three hour runtime. Composed entirely of clips that take place in or otherwise center video stores—from Body Double to Seinfeld to Stranger Things—the essayistic documentary features droll narration from Maya Hawke (who stars in the latter) waxing poetic about their rise and fall, both physically and on screen, in six chapters. The role of pornography, corporate chains and the front-facing employees within these spaces is exhaustively charted; notably, Perry […]
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Another three months down, it’s time to look at the first half of 2025 and share an updated list of the best documentaries of the year. Some of my favorites are still to come out in official release (including Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which doesn’t have a distributor or release date). I’m cheating a bit, though, because one of the best films of 2025 isn’t hitting theaters for a few more weeks, but I want to spotlight it early rather than holding off until September when it’ll be well into its run. For this edition of the list, I’ve added some slots to increase the ranking to 15, and six newer films, three of them in the top five, have joined the remaining nine docs from the previous version.
Another three months down, it’s time to look at the first half of 2025 and share an updated list of the best documentaries of the year. Some of my favorites are still to come out in official release (including Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which doesn’t have a distributor or release date). I’m cheating a bit, though, because one of the best films of 2025 isn’t hitting theaters for a few more weeks, but I want to spotlight it early rather than holding off until September when it’ll be well into its run. For this edition of the list, I’ve added some slots to increase the ranking to 15, and six newer films, three of them in the top five, have joined the remaining nine docs from the previous version.
Another three months down, it’s time to look at the first half of 2025 and share an updated list of the best documentaries of the year. Some of my favorites are still to come out in official release (including Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which doesn’t have a distributor or release date). I’m cheating a bit, though, because one of the best films of 2025 isn’t hitting theaters for a few more weeks, but I want to spotlight it early rather than holding off until September when it’ll be well into its run. For this edition of the list, I’ve added some slots to increase the ranking to 15, and six newer films, three of them in the top five, have joined the remaining nine docs from the previous version.
From Moonlight to Parasite, documentaries to superhero epics — our picks for the greatest movies of the past 25 years