Brothers Bill and Turner Ross are two of the most inventive documentary filmmakers in the United States. Based in New Orleans, they’re know for such docs as 2012’s “Tchoupitoulas,”...
The new documentary “Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful” explores the famous fashion photographer’s life through a series of interviews with the women he helped make famous. Some...
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “The Truth” opens in a sumptuous parlor, with a beleaguered entertainment journalist asking insipid questions of France’s biggest star, the aging Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve).
Fabienne smokes...
“House of Hummingbird,” a South Korean tale set in 1994, is a remarkable first feature from Bora Kim, that looks at the life of a 14-year-old girl who’s going...
Jon Stewart’s new political satire, “Irresistible,” is an odd duck. It opens with tidbits from the 2016 presidential election results, showing the reaction of the top Democratic strategist named...
Some people are just born with a gift. And that’s especially true when it comes to music.
Ella Fitzgerald was such a person, and the new documentary, “Ella Fitzgerald: Just...
