When the Maguindanao massacre happened in 2009, I remember making a conscious effort not to watch any footage from it.…
Browsing: Documentary
The name Ken Burns is synonymous with documentaries. The filmmaker has crafted some of the most in-depth and entertaining historical…
For nearly 250 years, a small community has occupied Tangier Island, sitting in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. In…
The short film “Body of Our Own”—now playing at BFI Flare—is a collaboration between filmmakers Rahemur Rahman and Lily Vetch…
In 1979, David Greenberger was a young artist with a curiosity that didn’t quite fit anywhere. Fresh out of art…
A surprising side effect of André Ricciardi’s chemotherapy is astonishingly long eyelashes. Ricciardi is the main subject, the brains and…
World premiering on February 6, 2026, acclaimed violinist Lara St. John’s documentary “Dear Lara” brought to bear sexual abuse and…
“Toughness doesn’t have to be forceful. It can be gentle.” Siila Watt-Cloutier says this early in the film, and it…
In the 2015 film “Spotlight,” Editor Marty Baron, played by Liev Schreiber, instructs his journalists to show that child sexual…
I wanted my first review of the new year to be something positive, uplifting, and local. “Utica: The Last Refuge”…