“I don’t psychoanalyze my sources,” the legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh tells Director Laura Poitras early on in “Cover-Up” (2025).…
Browsing: Documentary
The first time I saw “The Voice of Hind Rajab” it broke my heart. I found myself having to rewatch…
“A Place of Absence” opens with a voice that feels both steady and wounded. A woman reflects on having lived…
A camera can capture time distilled, its holder trying to catch the “uncatchable,” manipulating that which can’t be altered. Through…
As New York City braces for a historic election, I found an excellent film that chronicles one of the city’s…
Directed by Linus O’Brien (the son of Richard O’Brien, creator of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”), the documentary “Strange Journey:…
There are some films that resist the urge to introduce themselves or announce their themes. Instead, they wait quietly and…
Darlene Naponse’s latest film “Aki” opens with a quiet confidence that feels almost radical. No narration, no on-screen text telling…
“The American Southwest” from Director/Writer Ben Masters is a visually appealing documentary that takes viewers down the Colorado River, showcasing…
With many dramatic films about the Nazi Holocaust (“Schindler’s List,” “The Pianist”), perhaps it takes a documentary to do its…