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    “The Shipwrecked Triptych” and “Songs of Slow Burning Earth” at MoMI First Look this weekend

    Here are two more must-see films which will screen at the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look Festival. Go here for showtimes and tickets. There are no actual shipwrecks in Deniz Eroglu's wonderfully imaginative film "The Shipwrecked Triptych." Instead the the term is a metaphor for when a person's shelter becomes lost or is precarious. Three narratives, set in different times, present eerie and...

    “Who By Fire” at Film at Lincoln Center March 14

    The Canadian domestic drama "Who By Fire" has received wide critical praise–Steve Dollar has named it as his favorite film of 2025 so far. Quebecois director Philippe Lesage's third feature, which screened at last fall's New York Film Festival, opens at Film at Lincoln Center this Friday, March 14. Go here for show times and ticket information. The opening scene of "Who By Fire" (the...
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    Sublime, Poetic Documentary “Happy Campers” Streaming Now

    In the 1960's my maternal grandmother lived alone in a small trailer by the yacht basin in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. My mother often...

    Bread & Oysters: “Mother of All Lies” at Alamo Drafthouse Liberty & “Holding Back The Tide” at DCTV Firehouse Sept. 6

    Two must-see documentaries open in New York City this Friday, September 6. "Mother of All Lies" is a beautiful and powerfully moving Moroccan film...

    “#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism” streams Sept. 3

    A follow-up to the 2020 documentary "#Unfit: The Psychology Of Donald Trump," "#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism" continues to examine the authoritarian strategy and...

    “Modernism, Inc.” opens at IFC NYC July 19

    "Modernism, Inc." is a new documentary about legendary American designer and architect Eliot Noyes. You don’t have to be a fan of mid-century modernism,...

    “Scala” at the Metrograph NYC July 19

    “Scala” tells the story of a beloved London repertory movie theater with tremendous affection and humor by the people who worked there and the...

    “Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emiric Pressberger” opens July 12 at The Quad in NYC

    Anytime Martin Scorsese talks film I’m glued to the screen. If you’ve seen his own documentaries “A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American...

    Two Docs about Coal: “King Coal” on PBS POV and “The Devil Put the Coal in the Ground” (Streaming July 9)

    Two documentaries about the coal industry’s ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in the Appalachian mountains are required viewing for anyone who cares...

    More Tribeca 2024 Documentaries

    “Emergent City” documents the struggle of longtime residents of the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York to stop the Jamestown investment group from...

    TRIBECA 2024 Documentaries: Introducing the Hagiography Index

    There are so many documentaries which profile a single person–an artist, musician, writer, politician–or group of allied people that I find it useful to...

    “Shelf Life” at Tribeca 2024

    When Americans think of cheese it is usually cheese burgers or those horrible cellulose “cheesy poofs” beloved by Cartman in “South Park.” Orange, mild...