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A Concrete Example of a Documentary Masterpiece

October 27, 2026October 26, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments absurdist comedy, affordable housing, architecture, BQE, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Buddhist philosophy, City of Yes, comedy documentary, concrete, constructive trauma, documentary film, documentary review, Dorothy Chin Brandt, entropy, Eric Adams, existentialism, experimental documentary, film criticism, grief, Hallmark movies, HBO, How To With John Wilson, impermanence, Jack Macco, John Wilson, Kathy Hochul, mortality, movie reviews, New York City, New York City politics, observational filmmaking, Pantheon, philosophical comedy, Ridgewood Queens, Roman architecture, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, sand mandalas, The History of Concrete, urban decay, urban infrastructure, zoning reform

John Wilson’s ‘History of Concrete’ is so much more than its boring title suggests

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But ‘Who is Martin Mull?’

October 21, 2026October 26, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1970s comedy, absurdist comedy, addiction, alcoholism, America 2-Night, American comedy, artistic identity, Best in Show, Billy Joel, Bob Saget, Bruce Springsteen, celebrity documentaries, Christopher Guest, comedy documentary, comedy history, contemporary art, documentary film, documentary review, Eric Idle, fame, Fernwood 2 Night, Fred Willard, Johnny Carson, Martin Mull, Monty Python, mortality, music history, musical comedy, Neil Berkeley, Netflix, Norman Lear, painting, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD, satire, Seth MacFarlane, Steve Martin, television history, The Fabulous Furniture, The History of White People in America, The Larry Sanders Show, The Tonight Show, Tom Waits, Waiting for Guffman, Wendy Haas, Who Is Martin Mull?

A star-studded meditation on mortality is also very funny

Two Highlights From the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 16, 2026October 15, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Alice Bailey Johnson, All of a Sudden, Andor, art and empathy, arthouse cinema, Birgit Minichmayr, British cinema, Cannes Film Festival, capitalism, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, dementia, Drive My Car, elder care, Emeric Pressburger, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, female friendship, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, French cinema, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Hard Truths, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, Japanese cinema, JoBeth Williams, Kate OFlynn, Marion Bailey, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Mike Leigh, Miles Teller, mortality, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, nursing homes, NYFF 2026, Paul Jesson, Pedro Pascal, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, social realism, social workers, surrealism, Tao Okamoto, Tender Loving Care, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Virginie Efira, Widow's Bay

The probable last film from a British legend and the latest work from a Japanese master brightened this year’s edition of this festival of festivals.

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Does Living Longest Make You ‘The Oldest Person in the World’?

September 16, 2026September 15, 2026 Brooke Berman 0 Comments aging, aging gracefully, Brooklyn, documentary, documentary film, Emma Morano, Guinness World Records, health, Italy, Jamaica, Kane Tanaka, legacy, life and death, longevity, memoir, mortality, Sam Green, Sister André, supercentenarians, Susannah Mushatt Jones, The Oldest Person in the World, Time, Violet Brown

Sam Green’s moving decade-long doc goes beyond supercentenarians to become something far richer than a study of longevity

Comedy Streaming TELEVISION

Louis CK Gets ‘Ridiculous’ and Grumpy

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments #metoo, aging, American comedy, cancel culture, comedians, comedy special, humor, Louis C.K., mortality, Netflix, Netflix comedy, New York City, Pop Culture, Ridiculous, social commentary, Stand Up Comedy, Streaming, Television Review

First Netflix special for 9 years is entertaining but limited

Featured Stories

Featured Stories FILM

Paweł Pawlikowski Drives Us Through a Decimated ‘Fatherland’

October 24, 2026October 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

Postwar Germany views itself through the monochromatic portrait of the Mann family

Comedy DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories

But ‘Who is Martin Mull?’

October 21, 2026October 26, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0

Featured Stories FILM Netflix Streaming

Perpendicular Lives Intersect in ‘Possible Love’

October 20, 2026October 26, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0

Anime Featured Stories TELEVISION YouTube

‘The Knights of Guinevere’ Takes Us Into the Backrooms of Not-Quite-Disney

October 19, 2026October 22, 2026 William Schwartz 0

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