Equal parts political and crime thriller, this captivating documentary is an essential film in this era of Russian-influence geopolitics.
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Sundance Film Festival movie review: 'Downfall: The Case Against Boeing'
This riveting documentary draws a straight line between blind profit motive and two deadly airline crashes.
'The American Sector' film review: Poignant Americana take on a Cold War artifact
This engrossing documentary tracks down the fragmented pieces of the Berlin Wall located throughout the United States.
Tribeca Film Festival movie review: 'Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain'
The poignant, intimate and vibrant documentary finds a storyteller searching for inner peace, while trying to understand the world through food and travel.
Tribeca Film Festival movie review: 'The First Step'
CNN commentator Van Jones champions the hot-button issue of prison reform amid a divided nation to see if bipartisanship is still possible.
Sundance Film Festival movie review: 'Flee'
Striking animation and vivid archival footage are composed to allow let an Afghan man finally open up about his harrowing childhood as a refugee.
Sundance Film Festival movie review: 'At the Ready'
The eye-opening documentary offers an intriguing look at a regimented school-to-law enforcement pipeline.
Sundance Film Festival movie review: 'A Glitch in the Matrix'
This so-called “documentary” is what happens when someone watches 'The Matrix' a few dozen times too many.
DOC NYC film review: 'Landfall'
This eye-opening documentary examines the economic and natural disasters that overwhelmed Puerto Rico.
DOC NYC film review: 'Television Event'
The behind-the-scenes story of how a major network scared the bejesus out of Americans about the harsh reality of a full nuclear exchange.
DOC NYC film review: 'A Cops and Robbers Story'
One man's incredible journey from Queens crack dealer to decorated New York City police officer.
DOC NYC film review: 'Finding Yingying'
The search for a young woman becomes the search for justice, driven by a family's desperate hope to bring their daughter home.
DOC NYC film review: 'The Meaning of Hitler'
This documentary outright shatters the misconception that evil cannot rise to power ever again by illustrating history repeating itself in modern times.
DOC NYC film review: 'Francesco'
This documentary puts the Holy Father's teachings in the context of global upheaval.
AFI FEST film review: 'Belushi'
From his childhood spent honing impersonations to his reckless stardom, the biographical documentary recounts the comedic icon's legacy and tragic fall.
AFI FEST film review: '40 Years a Prisoner'
What really happened during a deadly 1978 siege that captivated a city and sent several Black activists to prison?
'White Noise' film review: Unsettling, intimate look at white nationalism in the age of new media
This provocative documentary upends the mainstream notion that hate groups only exist on the extreme fringes.
'Totally Under Control' film review: Exposé doc rebukes White House's Covid failings
This blistering, methodical postmortem seethes with frustration and anger as it recounts the Covid-19 response.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Enemies of the State'
Unfolding like a crime mystery, this documentary takes bizarre turn after bizarre turn as it tells the story of man targeted by the U.S. government.
TIFF 2020 film review: 'Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds'
Werner Herzog’s latest explores how alien objects have shaped human culture, science and mythology for millions and billions of years.