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Michael Caplan's documentary 'Algren' is an engaging tribute to a writer who championed the lives of hookers, hustlers and addicts.

Film Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde spotlights great new physical media for your library (or holiday shopping list)

Soul of a Farmer follows Patty Gentry on her Long Island farm and features appearances from Isabella Rossellini.

Release of Award-winning Documentary Feature Los Hermanos/The Brothers NEW YORK – First Run Features has acquired the award-winning documentary feature  Los Hermanos / The Brothers and will release it in theaters nationwide (via a mix of in-person and virtual cinema runs) starting Friday, May 14 in dozens of cities including Chicago, Los Angeles (Laemmle Theaters), Miami, New York (at Symphony Space), Washington, DC, as well as Akron, Buffalo, Kansas City, Sarasota, Winston-Salem, and many others. Directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, the film follows virtuoso Cuban-born brothe...

What’s New on DVD in May: ‘Rugrats,’ Jackie Chan, ‘Wojnarowicz,’ and More Theaters may be reopening, but physical media is forever — Alonso Duralde spotlights the best new DVDs and Blu-rays Alonso Duralde | May 6, 2021 @ 11:46 AM Nickelodeon Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones make a somewhat unusual couple in “The Sound of Silence” (IFC Films), a somewhat unusual film. And it’s not that Sarsgaard and Jones don’t have chemistry to burn; it’s that the movie operates at its own pace while diving deeply into the Sarsgaard character’s obsessions with the thrums and throbs a...