DOC NYC Review: McCurry: The Pursuit of Color Portrays a Life Out-of-Focus
Early in McCurry: The Pursuit of Color, renowned photographer Steve McCurry bemoans that the world is becoming an endless airport terminal, devoid of color and...
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DOC NYC Review: We Are Russia is an Immersive Look at an Impossible Political Protest
Despite having premiered in 2019 with some subsequent updates, Alexandra Dalsbaek's documentary We Are Russia still feels as if it is a work-in-progress beyond...
DOC NYC Review: Exposing Muybridge is an Illuminating Look at a Motion Picture Pioneer
Directed by Marc Shaffer and framed with interviews by film historians, photographers, and actor Gary Oldman, Exposing Muybridge is a fascinating look at a fig...
DOC NYC Review: The Cannons is a Crowd-Pleaser About Race, Mentorship, and Hockey in DC
Directed by former NHL videographer Steven Hoffner, The Cannons follows a year in the life of the Fort Dupont Cannons, one of the nation’s first Black hockey t...
DOC NYC Review: Messwood Examines Race and Class Divides Through a Football Experiment
You can't avoid questions of race when discussing a situation such as that at the center of Emily Kuester and Brad Lichtenstein's documentary Messwood. The tit...
DOC NYC Review: Adrienne is a Heartbreaking Documentary Exploring the Passionate Life of a Talent Gone Too Soon
I hadn't seen any of Adrienne Shelly's work at the time of her death, but you couldn't follow the film world in 2006 without hearing about what happened. News ...