From November 15-21, Film Forum will be hosting a retrospective of documentary filmmaker Bruce Weber.  There will be screenings of all of his works, including “Broken Noses” (1987), “Chop Suey” (2001) and “A Letter To True” (2004), as well as short f …Read more

The New York Police Department of the 1970s was well documented as a corrupt force. Films like “Serpico” have already brought attention to some brave officers who swam against the tide of their crooked brethren, but a new name has emerged at this yea …Read more

“Web” will make its world premiere at DOC NYC this Saturday at the IFC Center. Four years in the making, “Web” is a firsthand look at the effects of the One Laptop per Child program on the citizens of underdeveloped areas of Peru. The goal of One Lap …Read more

The IFC Center: Friday, November 15 @ 1:45pm History is written by the winners, the victors, the conquerors.  Perhaps this is why the Indonesian killings of 1965-1966 have gone largely unrecorded in history books.  Unlike other genocidal leaders who …Read more

Living in the most connected country in the world, it’s easy for Americans to forget that portions of this planet are still living without the most basic technological advances. When President Bill Clinton spoke at his college graduation about interd …Read more

Every family has its secrets — that’s a given.  But we don’t all choose to interrogate our own family members about those secrets and then air them to the world in a heady, eye-opening documentary.  That’s what filmmaker Sarah Polley has done with ” …Read more

The IFC Center: Friday, November 15 @ 11:00am “Free Willy”.  Shamu.  SeaWorld.  T-shirts.  Stuffed animals.  Orca whales are one of the most adored animals kept in captivity in America, with millions of visitors from around the world flocking to see …Read more

Phase 2 of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe took flight earlier this year with “Iron Man 3” and now continues with “Thor: The Dark World”.  Both of these films had a difficult task set for them: how to wow audiences with a film centered around a single su …Read more

In “Dear Mr. Watterson”, director Joel Allen Schroeder’s exploration into the world of “Calvin and Hobbes” fandom, Schroeder is not just our tour guide — he’s also a fan himself.  He starts the movie by explaining his own introduction to the comic a …Read more

In 1994 over a quarter of a million refugees escaped Rwanda and settled in what was then the country of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). Without access to fresh water, food, and graves to bury their dead, settlers started succumbing to a …Read more