In the opening scene of "The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs" we see an elderly, short Peruvian woman cutting the bark off a mahogany tree. Her name is Sara Flores and the wood is an ingredient she collects to create intricate designs on textiles, following a traditional Peruvian geometrical design system called kené. Flores is unique in becoming internationally famous for her kené artwork; her...
I had never heard of Uppaluri Gopala (or "U.G.") Krishnamurti before seeing the new documentary "The Natural State," which just had its premiere at this month's 2026 Telluride Film Festival. U.G. was famous for being an "anti-guru" who, after a long search for enlightenment, decided that such a mission was misguided and even fatuous. Even so, he was sought out the rest of his...
Overlooked pioneer Bunny Yeager left her modeling career to start a highly successful business as a pinup photographer. Once called "the world's prettiest photographer,"...
Suzannah Herbert’s "Natchez" deservedly won the best documentary award at last week's Tribeca Film Festival. It's a fun and trenchant but never preachy analysis...
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." is a new documentary about legendary American designer and architect Eliot Noyes. You don’t have to be a fan of mid-century modernism,...
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 documentaries about the coal industry’s ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in the Appalachian mountains are required viewing for anyone who cares...
