Playlist

Altered states: listen to our new playlist inspired by Ahmed El Maanouni's rapturous Moroccan concert doc

Spark a fire: listen to our new mix inspired by the Brazilian film’s radical approach to genre

Pieces of a man: the Portuguese filmmaker shares a mix of the music that has helped shape his films

In the groove: this year’s selection is also notable for its wealth of music, with films from Scorsese to Sciamma employing pop songs as narrative fulcrums

Pretty vacant: a series at BAM yields a varied mix of post-punk, minimalism, and smooth pop

Border crossing: Les Blank’s joyous celebrations of Tejano music and culture return to the screen

Tower of song: the Niger-set ”acid western” features a soundtrack that weds the ancient and the modern

Sensing a theme: listen to two curated mixes drawn from the composer's expansive body of work

Blues connotations: the music of the rural South in the rough-hewn documentaries of William Ferris

Chant down Babylon kingdom: a heady dub-heavy mix inspired by Franco Rosso's newly restored 1980 film