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Men of War review
MEN OF WAR: How the US Unsuccessfully Attempted a Coup in Venezuela All the Way Back in 2020

Donald Trump recently oversaw a coup in Venezuela, kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and his wife…

COVER-UP: Seymour Hersh and the Search for Truth
COVER-UP: Seymour Hersh and the Search for Truth

Cover-Up is about much more than just one man’s lifelong search for the truth; it’s a film about the importance of constantly interrogating those in power.

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THE GOLDEN SPURTLE: Wholesome Porridge Contest Documentary Is One of the Year’s Best Films

Stir the porridge clockwise, or else you’ll let the devil in. At least, that’s what…

Learn the Teaches of Peaches with PEACHES GOES BANANAS

Peaches Goes Bananas follows a single tour and draws out the artist’s wide range of influences.

Bite to Bite: A Fresh Look at Fishing
Bite to Bite: A Fresh Look at Fishing

In Kelly Lipscomb’s newest documentary Bite to Bite, we follow two fishermen as they take a bluefin tuna, quite literally, from hook to plate.

Voices: The Danny Gans Story: A Touching Doc
Voices: The Danny Gans Story: A Touching Doc

Producer Andrew Davies Gans has released his directorial debut chronicling the life and sudden death of his father, a Las Vegas legend.

MISTRESS DISPELLER: "Marriage Is a Fortress Under Siege"
MISTRESS DISPELLER: “Marriage Is a Fortress Under Siege”

This quietly existential ambivalence on the nature of love, balanced with a deep empathy for each character makes Mistress Dispeller compulsively watchable.

Are We Good?: Could Be Better
Are We Good?: Could Be Better

Packed with touching, heavy moments, it’s also peppered with the kind of dark and cynical humor you’d expect from its subject, Marc Maron.

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (2025)- source: Kino Lorber
NYFF63: Dry Leaf, Back Home + Ecce Mole, Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

In this report from NYFF, we take a look at Dry Leaf, Back Home + Ecce Mole, and Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.

STRANGE JOURNEY Is a Sweet If Insubstantial Time Warp Through Rocky Horror History 

Strange Journey wears its heart on its sleeve as it relates earnest messages of love and acceptance, community and found family.

Coppola Gets the Rap World Treatment in MEGADOC    
Coppola Gets the Rap World Treatment in MEGADOC    

Scrappy and befuddled though Megadoc may be, Figgis has captured something inexplicable, compelling, and beautiful seemingly despite himself.

RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist
RIEFENSTAHL: The Last Word on a Lifelong Propagandist

Riefenstahl should be the last word on its subject—not just because it is the definitive one, but also because it is the last one we need.

RIVER OF GRASS: The Sensations of Nature in a Threatened Biome
RIVER OF GRASS: The Sensations of Nature in a Threatened Biome

River of Grass works as both a documentary and personal essay film, giving the movie a fresh experimental angle that allows it to reach beyond.

Tribeca 2025: VIDEOHEAVEN
Tribeca 2025: VIDEOHEAVEN

Videohaven is equally cogent and compelling, evoking the kind of deep, amiable cinephilia that video store nostalgia is fueled by in the first place. 

HUNG UP ON A DREAM: A Winsome Portrait of The British Invasion Act The Zombies
HUNG UP ON A DREAM: A Winsome Portrait of The British Invasion Act The Zombies

Hung Up on a Dream is one of the better musical biographies I’ve seen in some time, and it’s because the story at its core is burgeoning with creative vibrancy, fraternity, and a joyous love of music.