“By Design” (playing in the NEXT program at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival) is one of the few films screened…
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Drawing inspiration from her own experience as a trans woman, Dylan Wardwell (who dons many hats as a filmmaker, actor,…
Disability has often been presented as a barrier to achieving “normal” human experiences, but in “The Ride Ahead,” Samuel Habib…
From its first frame, “Slumlord Millionaire” plants viewers firmly within the heart of New York City’s housing crisis, making it…
In the face of devastation, it’s often the smallest acts of defiance that leave the deepest impact. “Yalla Parkour,” Areeb…
The Białowieża Forest, a sprawling wilderness straddling the Polish-Belarusian border, is a place of ancient beauty. For Asia and Marek,…
Sareen Hairabedian’s “My Sweet Land” is a searing exploration of resilience, identity, and survival in a land perpetually on the…
There’s an almost primal satisfaction in watching someone’s carefully constructed life crumble under the weight of their own ambitions, especially…
What happens when the very systems meant to deliver justice and safety are themselves riddled with inequality and abuse? In…
“Don’t Cry, Butterfly” (Vietnamese: Mưa trên cánh bướm), the debut feature from Vietnamese filmmaker Duong Dieu Linh, is a film…