Fire fights: highlights of this year’s festival, like Below the Clouds, Dead Man’s Wire, and Sacrifice reflected the anxious and violent status quo of our times
Field reports: films like Cover-Up, Landmarks, and The Voice of Hind Rajab pierced through the festival’s illusive bubble with lightning bolts of reality
War report: intimate and epic, My Undesirable Friends: Part One follows a small cohort of oppositional journalists in Putin’s Russia during the run-up to the military invasion of Ukraine
Video life: many of the best films at this year’s festival—including Blue Heron, God Will Not Help, and Dry Leaf—explored the imperfect nature of recollection
Charged as guilty: Roman Polanski‘s J'accuse, which dramatizes the infamous Dreyfus Affair, premiered to great acclaim in France—but soon led to further allegations of sexual abuse by the director
Seat yourself: three independent cinemas opening in New York City are betting that audiences still prefer collective experiences of art and urban space
