Several interconnected vignettes make up “Chronicles From the Siege,” Abdallah Alkhatib’s harrowing, poignant, sometimes darkly hilarious dispatch from the frontlines of a violent blitz. The drama is shot with a documentarian’s...

A film of deceptive simplicity, Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’s investigative documentary “Who Killed Alex Odeh?” often struggles against its own straightforward style, but in the process, embodies the helplessness...

“Queen at Sea,” Lance Hammer’s first feature in 18 years, is a work of shattering gentleness and harrowing ethical dilemmas. Navigating such thorny topics as consent and autonomy in the throes...

Intense and intently observed, Teodora Ana Mihai’s “Heysel 85” chronicles the eruption of violence before a major soccer match in Brussels. Its setting is the real Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985,...

In Dawn Porter’s powerful documentary “When A Witness Recants,” Ta-Nehisi Coates presents — both as an executive producer and occasional subject — a stirring tale of American injustice, which he remembers...

A cross-cultural tale of grief and dance, Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!” stems from an intimate place, but ends up emotionally inert thanks to its style. Its key strength...

A tale of withdrawal that feels withdrawn in its telling, Lilian T. Mehrel’s debut “Honeyjoon” traces familial relationships in the wake of loss as a mother and daughter find their way...