Clair Titley's doc tells the outrageous story of a Japanese man who was left naked and trapped in a room for over a year, unwittingly becoming a reality TV star.
This vital and deeply personal essay doc carefully dissects and dismantles age-old representations of witches.
Johan Grimonprez's documentary explores the circumstances that led two American jazz musicians to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.
Calling for a free Palestine, this vital doc chronicles the resilience of the Masafer Yatta community and the occupation’s atrocities in the West Bank.
Mati Diop offers a creative and moving guide to discussing anti-colonialist action in her very fine follow-up to 2019’s Atlantics.
This documentary artfully explores familial love, race and belonging through the complex framework of South African history.
A conflict between indigenous communities and white settlers in a region ravaged by historical grievances and climate change is the subject of this powerful doc.
An abandoned CIA base in Kabul becomes a playground for the resurgent Taliban in Ibrahim Nash’at's intriguing piece of documentary reportage.
By Callie Petch
The latest documentary about the Britpop comeback kings sadly doesn't reveal much that we didn't already know from previous film outings.
By Esmé Holden
Spanish philosopher Paul B Preciado makes his feature documentary debut with an innovative homage to Virginia Woolf's seminal 1928 novel.
By Rogan Graham
Lina Soualem’s poignant new documentary traces the stories of four generations of Palestinian women in her family.
Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson set out to investigate the implications of the camera, from its invention to the present day, with mixed results.
By Xuanlin Tham
Neo Sora creates a beautiful portrait of his late father, filmed just before he passed away from cancer in 2023.
A dog creates a robot friend for himself in Pablo Berger's intricate, amazing silent animation.
The latest documentary from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania centers a quartet of young women whose lives are changed forever when two of them join ISIS.
Steven McQueen provides a haunting examination of Amsterdam under Nazi occupation in contrast to its present in his documentary adapted from Bianca Stigter's book of the same name.
Wim Wenders’ luxe 3D portrait of the flame-thrower wielding conceptual artist Anselm Kiefer is a dreamy delight.
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