When I first discovered the works of Jean Rouch, Robert Gardner, and Timothy Asch—academic anthropologists who opted to make films rather than books about their research subjects—my appreciation ...

Though Guillermo del Toro’s 1997 American studio debut Mimic was a notoriously unpleasant experience, the silver lining of ...

If last year’s Maryland Film Festival felt like a trial run for a new era of Baltimore’s cornerstone film event, the 26th ...

High in the Pyrenees, a centuries-old way of life approaches its twilight amid a controversial rewilding scheme. France’s ...

Mario Patrocínio’s Maria Vitória is the writer-director’s first narrative feature, but it brings the chops of his documentary ...

Benita may not have left a note when she took her life, but her archive was a kind of trail — what I call a “filmmaker’s ...

In 2021, the Tokyo International Film Festival decided to leap out of mediocrity. It was, acquaintances told me, previously the kind of place where they’d show Princess Diaries 2 for ...

Andres Veiel’s “Riefenstahl” is an arresting and deeply disturbing all-archival portrait of the titular Third Reich ...

Documentary filmmaker Lynn Sachs on her latest, “Every Contact Leaves a Trace,” in which she remembers seven life-altering encounters.

The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced in a press release details for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival’s annual ...