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Crane World
Pablo Trapera’s 1999 debut film tells the story of a construction worker, an ordinary member of the working class, to help portray the economic...
13th / BlacKkKlansman
Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary traces the history of incarceration as a tool of white supremacy in America, while Spike Lee’s latest provocation uses the...
The Set-Up
This 1949 boxing film, made on a modest budget by Robert Wise, is a model of tight storytelling. Boxing films have been a popular...
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham’s story of a 13-year-old girl stuck in that weird time in between childhood and adolescence is remarkably compassionate and clear-sighted. There are...
Sorry to Bother You
Boots Riley’s free-wheeling, surrealistic satire on white supremacy and corporate culture sports a reckless take-no-prisoners attitude. Sorry to Bother You is the kind of...
Leave No Trace / Three Identical Strangers
Debra Granik’s latest film tells of a father and teenage daughter trying to live in the woods, outside of society, and the challenges to...