Film & Documentary

July 23, 2021 • View in browser

Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, and Other Filmmakers Reflect on the Pandemic Year

The seven shorts of the anthology The Year of the Everlasting Storm are impressively varied, given the constraints under which they were made. | Sophie Monks Kaufman

How Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Handles the Pressure of Competition

Garrett Bradley’s Netflix docuseries explores the tennis star as a vessel for other people’s love and aspirations. | Bedatri D. Choudhury

In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Thriller, a Beach Rapidly Ages Anyone Who Visits

Old literalizes the adage about how life passes you by in a flash, to horrifying effect. | Juan Barquin

Experimental Animation Gems by Suzan Pitt, Walerian Borowczyk, and More

Here are some cartoons outside the mainstream, from a mischievously psychosexual short to an allegory for post-WWII Europe. | Ela Bittencourt

Netflix’s Purchase of an Iconic LA Theatre and What It Could Mean

Opened in 1922, the Egyptian Theatre played host to Hollywood’s first-ever movie premiere. | Jordan Cronk

75 Years On, How Cinema Remembers the Holocaust

With those who directly experienced the events dwindling in number, films about the Holocaust must now grapple with what “Never forget” truly means. | Justine Smith

This is the final part of a three-part series about how the Holocaust has been depicted in cinema. See part one, about witness narratives, and part two, about the role of testimony, below.

How Movies Have “Witnessed” the Holocaust Over the Decades

Since cameras were first pointed at the concentration camps, filmmakers have faced challenges in how to respectfully and meaningfully depict atrocity. | Justine Smith

How Those Who Lived Through the Holocaust Have Testified in Film

While narratives depicting the Holocaust present fixed versions of events, testimonial films tend to be more open-ended, and pose more profound questions. | Justine Smith

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