Under the Sun
“A filmmaking coup.”— Los Angeles Times After years of persistent negotiations, the Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky was given permission by the North Korean government to make a film about a young girl...
View ArticleGenWex Presents: Documentaries Close-Up
Documentary films have the capacity to educate as much as they entertain, but do they have the power to incite real change? Join GenWex, the center’s young patron initiative, and a selection of...
View ArticleThe Lebanese Rocket Society
Through archival footage and materials, filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige uncover a lost chapter in modern history: the rise and fall of the Lebanese Rocket Society. In the early 1960s, a...
View ArticleMifune: The Last Samurai
“A lot of people try to imitate Mifune, but nobody can.”—Steven Spielberg One of world cinema’s biggest stars, Toshiro Mifune is best known for the 16 remarkable films he made with the director Akira...
View ArticleStarless Dreams
The unforgettable Iranian-produced documentary Starless Dreams immerses us into the lives of seven young teenage girls sharing temporary quarters at a rehabilitation and correctional center at the edge...
View ArticleBurden
Capturing the complex, mysterious, and enthralling qualities of legendary contemporary artist Chris Burden’s life, this documentary becomes a captivating document of its own. One of the most admired...
View ArticlePolyphonic Portraits of a New America
“An absolutely staggering work of art.” — Los Angeles Times on Now he’s out in public… Comprising two short films by acclaimed artist Natalie Bookchin, Polyphonic Portraits of a New America is a major...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Space
“If you think of Wall Street as capitalism’s symbolic headquarters… The Forgotten Space [shows] how the sea is capitalism’s global trading floor writ large.”— Slate Ninety percent of the world’s cargo...
View ArticleDavid Lynch: The Art Life
With Eraserhead , Blue Velvet , and Mulholland Drive , David Lynch has unquestionably become one of the most distinctive filmmakers—or artist in any medium—of our time. But the man himself has remained...
View ArticleObit.
“One of the few great films I’ve seen about writing.”— Filmmaker Magazine Every day, obituary writers deposit the details of extraordinary lives into the cultural memory—with each individual’s story...
View ArticleHarold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
“Truly charming…a terrifically moving human story!”— Vanity Fair Don’t miss this captivating, emotional account of storyboard artist Harold Michelson and film researcher Lillian Michelson: two unsung...
View ArticleMali Blues
“A zenith of the music documentary genre.”— Cinema Scope The West African country of Mali is the birthplace of the blues, a musical tradition that’s flourished in America since being carried here by...
View ArticleDawson City: Frozen Time
“Among the best films I saw...is a conjuring of the movie past… [that] hovers between memory and dream.”—A. O. Scott, New York Times , on the 2016 New York Film Festival The latest from Bill Morrison (...
View ArticleBronx Gothic
“Okpokwasili is quite simply a virtuoso, an exquisite singer, speaker, writer, mover, a siren who draws us to danger.”— Chicago Tribune Writer, performer, and choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili is one of...
View ArticleEscapes
“Hampton Fancher has worlds falling out of his sleeves. His irresistible voice, with all its surreal U-turns, has been spectacularly netted by Almereyda.”—Jonathan Lethem Directed by past Wex guest...
View ArticleWhose Streets?
“[This] outstanding and incendiary documentary about Ferguson does a tremendous end run around television and mainstream news outlets…It’s images aren’t leaked by law enforcement or stage managed for...
View ArticleAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
This highly anticipated sequel to An Inconvenient Truth follows Al Gore as he continues his decades-long battle against climate change. Wexner Center members may reserve two free tickets to the...
View ArticleEx Libris: New York Public Library
“One of the most important and original filmmakers working today.”—A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis, New York Times Over the course of 50 years and 42 films, Frederick Wiseman has become our most...
View ArticleBill Frisell, A Portrait
A regular on our stages, Bill Frisell is one of our era’s defining “musicians’ musicians” and a most idiosyncratic guitar hero. This documentary portrait traces the development of his music and...
View ArticleUnorthodocs.
GenWex, the Wexner Center’s young patrons’ initiative, invites you to enjoy a cup of coffee and talk documentary filmmaking on the last day of our epic new Unorthodocs. festival. Mingle with fellow...
View ArticleBombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Once named “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” Hedy Lamarr was synonymous with classic Hollywood glamour for her appearances in films such as Algiers (1938), White Cargo (1942), and Samson and...
View ArticleBeuys
“No one since Marcel Duchamp had so shaken up how we categorize art, and his legacy is crucial for an understanding of today’s scene, from Ai Weiwei to Marina Abramovic.”— Variety Even 30 years after...
View ArticleIn the Intense Now
“A remarkable film, one of the biggest political essays of the contemporary cinema.”—Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema Revisit the tumultuous revolutions of 1968—at times as if...
View ArticleLeaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy
Perhaps best described as a landscape sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy assembles ephemeral works out of raw, natural materials: ice, leaves, grass, twigs, and stone. Often his still photographs are the only...
View Article12 Days
In France, a psychiatric hospital has 12 days to bring a patient placed in its care to a hearing, where it’s decided if they must remain institutionalized or may be released. In making 12 Days ,...
View ArticleACORN and the Firestorm
“A withering chronicle of death by media.”— Salon This compelling new documentary delves into the fierce controversy surrounding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now during and...
View ArticleGrace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
As unconventional as its subject, the new doc Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami follows the iconic model, singer, and actress—known for her inscrutable persona and such innovative 1980s hits as “Private...
View ArticleBoom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
“In a world where Black people were not celebrated, he did it; he blew the roof off that sucker!”—Felice Rosser on Basquiat As a counterpoint to the countless saintly and iconic portraits of the...
View ArticleFilmworker
"Cinema would be much the poorer without Stanley Kubrick's legacy, but Filmworker emphatically proves that Stanley Kubrick’s legacy would be much the poorer without Leon Vitali.”—Jessica Kiang, The...
View ArticleLiv & Ingmar
“An anecdotal treasure chest for cinephiles, but more than that, it’s a beautifully told love story.”— Village Voice One of the greatest actors of our time, Liv Ullmann met Ingmar Bergman in 1965...
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