70 Years On and Tim Matheson is Still Damn Glad to Meet You
Tim Matheson is one of those guys whose career is so varied and decade-sprawling that it makes those of us at home feel like he’s a pal.
“Supergirl” Takes Flight
Kara is a different type of hero. One who’s rough around the edges, but whose heart has the same goal. To be good. To help those in need. Supergirl will make you a summer blockbuster believer again.
“The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel” Looks at Fear’s Impact on Connection
The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel is a thoughtfully intimate documentary about life’s ebbs and flows, and the metaphorical boat we build to weather these highs and lows.
Walk Down Pittsburgh Movie Memory Lane
The city’s movie history is on display in downtown Pittsburgh. The Vibrancy Initiative, conceived by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, is one way the city seeks to transform vacant spaces into colorful celebrations of the region’s history.
“Sender” Mails Paranoia to the Home
Sender is a paranoid horror for the modern era, one that blends dark humor and genuine eeriness to create an anxiety-twinged package of our times.
“Voicemails for Isabelle” Answers the Call for More Rom Coms
If Voicemails for Isabelle marks the beginning of a rom com renaissance, we are surely in good hands.
Tribeca: “Spin Wars” is Spinning Out
Like the Beanie Babies and Cabbage Patch Kids documentaries, Spin Wars is about an industry that makes little sense from the outside, but for those who found spiritual awakening in a sweaty spin studio, it was everything.
Jessica Rose Weiss Talks Honoring Queer Stories in “Girls Like Girls”
Finally, Hayley Kiyoko’s deeply personal story will make it to the silver screen. While Kiyoko is a musician herself, she tapped composer Jessica Rose Weiss to write the score for Girls Like Girls, a task Weiss did not take lightly.
“Leviticus” is Too Much Queer Pain (Copy)
There are plenty of things to be wary about and afraid of in the world, but Leviticus isn’t one of them.
DC/DOX: “Oh Whale” Blows Up the Idea of Legacy
Oh Whale is a loving ode to the strangeness of life on Earth and the way twenty cases of dynamite can make the winds of change.
DC/DOX: “School for Defectors” Teaches a Way Forward
School for Defectors is an act of love for the kids who finally have the opportunity to fall in love with life and their parents who risked death for a chance at a brighter future. Perhaps it’s best to let one of the students sum up the film: “Love has a way of turning fear into courage.”
DC/DOX: “The Second Life of Freddie Nole” is a Life-Changing Ride
The Second Life of Freddie Nole is much like the man himself. No frills, empathetic, and light-hearted. A verité look at one man’s mission to use his newfound freedom to encourage others to use their lives for similar pursuits.
deadCenter: “What Will I Become?” is Vital for Our Times
What Will I Become? tells the viewer that there’s a future waiting for them and that it will be better with them there. Here. Thank you for being here.
Tribeca: Jessica Chandler Talks Death and Life in “Death Boom”
Humans struggle to talk about death, but director Jessica Chandler has made an entire documentary about the business of dying. Death Boom, which had its world premiere at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival, follows Chandler and horror legend Eli Roth as they explore what happens to people when they die.
DC/DOX: “baby/girls” is an Empathetic Look at Teen Pregnancy
baby/girls is profoundly vulnerable. It’s an act of bravery to share such deeply personal moments with the rest of the world in the hope of capturing their reality to ask for change.
Lexie Bean & Logan Rozos Talk Healing in “What Will I Become?”
Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos are the co-directors of What Will I Become?, a documentary about a vulnerable community. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that over 50% of transgender boys have attempted suicide.
DC/DOX: “Hell’s Army” Captures Investigative Journalism’s Power
Hell’s Army is difficult to watch, but it needs to be recognized and amplified.
DC/DOX: “The Siege of Paradise” Asks What Kind of Tourist We Should Be
The Siege of Paradise may only focus on Cinque Terre, but this is happening all over the world. The documentary is not only a carefully constructed critique of what it means to be a tourist, but also a deeply compelling character study of humans in the summertime.
“Backrooms” is Lost in its Own Lore
It’s exciting that a film based on an internet story could make it to the big screen helmed by a teenager, but Backrooms needed to plot its path in a more honed-in fashion.
“The Saviors” Finds Discomfort in Suburbia
The Saviors is a Twilight Zone episode for the age of paranoid xenophobia we live in today and maybe, unfortunately, always have.