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    “The Gas Station Attendant” at DCTV Firehouse Cinema Beginning June 12

    The joyous and mournful documentary "The Gas Station Attendant" tells the story of an American woman's Indian-born father who escaped poverty as a young man to Texas in hopes of a better life but meeting with mixed results. It opens Friday, June 12 at Manhattan's DCTV Firehouse Cinema. Go here for showtimes. H. N. Shantha Murthy grew up in extreme poverty in India, often sleeping...

    “Been Here Stay Here” at Quad Cinema May 15

    "Been Here Stay Here" is a poetic, immersive eco-doc that reminds me of the best work of Frederick Wiseman. It opens at NYC's Quad Cinema on Friday, May 15. Go here for showtimes and appearances by the director, participants and other guests. Tangier is a small island in the Chesapeake Bay between Virginia and Maryland. Most of its 436 residents make their living by harvesting...
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    Elizabeth Banks Medical Drama “A Mistake” In Theaters 9/20

    Elizabeth Banks plays a New Zealand surgeon whose life is turned upside down after making a flawed decision during a routine surgery in "A...

    Body Horror/Comedy Indie “Booger” Opens at Quad Cinema (NYC) and on VOD

    "Booger" combines body horror tropes with a winning comedic script and fine performances by a cast of indie actors. It opens today at the...

    Fernando Di Leo Retrospective at Metrograph Begins Sept. 13

    After working as an uncredited screenwriter on Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name cycle, Fernando Di Leo made a series of popular "spaghetti crime"...

    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...

    “The Becomers” opens August 23 at Cinema Village

    In 2013 I was introduced to director and editor Zach Clark's unique talents as a satirist when I saw his third indie film "White...

    “Ultimate Caligula” opens at Alamo Drafthouse in NYC August 14

    The 1980 film "Caligula," though a reasonable success in the U.S. (and a bigger one in Europe) was met with derision by film critics....

    “Motion Picture: Choke,” “Six Singing Women” and “The Box Man”: My Faves from Japan Cuts 2024

    The most original film I saw at this year's Japan Cuts 2024 Festival was Gen Nagao's "Motion Picture: Choke." It seems to have come...

    “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...