Director Roberto Berliner’s quietly scrutinizing camera brings the life of famed psychiatrist Dr. Nise da Silveira — a pioneer in moving away from ice-pick lobotomies to more humane, expressive therapies — to life in "Nise: The Heart of Madness."
Anocha Suwichakornpong alternates between reenactment and interviews in her documentary "By the Time It Gets Dark" to play with the frailty of memory, which becomes disturbingly relevant in its account of the 1976 massacre of protesters at Thailand's Thammasat University.
For the history of photography, and eventually film and what would become documentary, audiences have taken the images they see as truth — despite the larger truth that manipulating narratives is all too easy for those behind the camera.
In a zany but irresistible new nonfiction film, the nightlife of Warsaw's adolescents is brought to life with an all-too-familiar story of heartbreak and growing up.
Sharon Shattuck's newest autobiographical documentary gives a lens to the group affected most by transgender transitions besides the people who are transitioning - their families.
