“Inside the Manosphere” Shows It’s All Performance
“Inside the Manosphere,” rage is the product, misogyny is the hook, and young men are the market. So what are we to do now?
Documentaries
“A Body to Live In” Links Pain, Spirituality, and Cultural Appropriation
Not simply a documentary about one artist, “A Body to Live In” explores the battlegrounds of identity, spirituality, and cultural ownership.
“All the Empty Rooms” Wins Oscars and Honors Latino Grief
Gloria Cazares’s presence on the Oscar stage, winning for “All the Empty Rooms,” gives space to Latino grief amidst so much violence.
“Silenced” Shows How Defamation Law Became A Weapon Against Survivors
Sundance documentary “Silenced” argues that the #MeToo backlash matured into a profitable legal strategy that lets abusers off the hook.
In “TheyDream,” One Artist’s Losses Fuel His Creativity
Sundance doc “TheyDream” painstakingly resurrects the filmmaker’s lost loved ones. It’s almost too much to bear.
“The Legend of Luis Valdez” Illuminates Chicano History (and Its Limitations)
In college, learning about the Chicano movement was a privilege that helped me begin to understand the world around me, in all its complications. Even coming from a predominantly Mexican-American hometown, I didn’t know anything about the movement and the terminology that fueled so much change in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now, at […]
Catch the Documentary “The Librarians” In Theaters While You Can
I have a ray of light for you in the form of a documentary, “The Librarians,” which tells the stories of white women resisting book bans.
“Jaripeo” is a Spirited Ode to Gay Cowboys
Sundance selection “Jaripeo” candidly foregrounds subversion, shots, and sexy gay cowboys, and it soars because of it.
“It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley.” Por Siempre.
The HBO documentary “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” tells the story of the Panamanian-American musician who died way too soon.
Sean Combs and the Cost of Silence in Entertainment
Every time a new documentary drops about a powerful, famous man who committed atrocities — like Sean Combs: The Reckoning — I rush to watch it. It’s a kind of morbid curiosity to it — I want to know how someone got away with it for so long. I want the details. I want the […]