documentary
This quietly existential ambivalence on the nature of love, balanced with a deep empathy for each character makes Mistress Dispeller compulsively watchable.
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.
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 wears its heart on its sleeve as it relates earnest messages of love and acceptance, community and found family.
Scrappy and befuddled though Megadoc may be, Figgis has captured something inexplicable, compelling, and beautiful seemingly despite himself.
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 works as both a documentary and personal essay film, giving the movie a fresh experimental angle that allows it to reach beyond.
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 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.
MoMI decidedly focuses on experimental, documentary, and international cinema. Here’s a look at the 2025:
Like many before, Alex Braverman’s Thank You Very Much takes on the near impossible task of showing who this enigmatic anti-comedian comedy star was.
In Mola: A Tibetan Story of Love and Loss, we see the tale of a woman of faith, her family, and how important those connections are.
Film Inquiry spoke with Yangzom Brauen, Martin Brauen and Michael Raimondi for the new documentary: Mola.
With Secret Mall Apartment, documentarian Jeremy Workman delves into a piece of art that’s the stuff of urban legend. Film Inquiry spoke to the director.
For our final installment of Slamdance, we’re covering a fictional drama about the struggles of Alzheimer’s and a documentary about a New York LGBTQI icon.