Documentaries of the Week

Life in Stills

At 96, Miriam Weissenstein and her grandson Ben run the Photo House in Tel Aviv, a legendary shop founded by her late husband Rudi, whose archive of nearly one million negatives documents Israel’s defining moments. When the building is threatened with demolition, the two join forces to save it. Their campaign becomes an intimate portrait of memory, photography, and the bond between generations.

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Shih

Paola Shih, a young Taiwanese-Venezuelan woman raised far from her roots, returns to Taipei to live with her father Jimmy after twenty years of separation. Filmed with quiet intimacy by directors Rafael Ortega Velderrain and Bruno Zaffora, the documentary follows the slow, tender reconstruction of a bond long left dormant. As the two share the rhythms of daily life in a small Taipei apartment, buried truths about the past surface, reshaping what it means to be family.

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Springtime

In the Serra Cavallera mountain range in Ripollès, Catalonia, Carme and her family live according to the seasons, performing the same demanding tasks that generations of women before her have always carried out. The film observes their daily life with quiet respect, tracing one full year from the cold of winter to the renewal of spring.

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96 Pounds of Dynamite
TMDB: 10/10 | Year: 2026

Diagnosed at birth with a rare condition that was expected to kill him, Chad “Shorty” McDaniel embraces humor, grit, and a competitive spirit to live the life others said he would never have and shatter assumptions about disability.

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Bizarrofilia
TMDB: 10/10 | Year: 2024

Argentina is a country with an extensive and varied cinematography. Within this enormity, there is a rare, atypical… bizarre cinema. Bizarrofilia aims to investigate the origin and meaning of the word “bizarre”, how the passage of time implies reinterpretations of some works, and focuses on the contemporary production of films that aim to distance themselves from any mimetic representation of reality… although in a country like ours reality always surpasses fiction.

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Atonal Glow
TMDB: 10/10 | Year: 2022

The emergence of a musical prodigy in Georgia

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The Pigeon People
TMDB: 10/10 | Year: 2023

It takes you deep into Arizona’s underground pigeon racing scene as racing rivals prepare for and compete in the Grand Canyon Classic - a 350-mile pigeon race from Utah to Arizona that crosses over the Grand Canyon.

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Bowery
TMDB: 9/10 | Year: 2022

A compelling portrait of New Yorkers living on the streets as they struggle with mental health, addiction, and the onset of a global pandemic. This powerful documentary offers an unfiltered, at times mesmerizing glimpse into life on the margins, drawing viewers into the raw, human stories behind a deepening crisis.

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Cap sur El Cap
TMDB: 9/10 | Year: 2023

Seb Berthe dreams of climbing the Dawn Wall, the most difficult route in the world. To get to the foot of El Capitan, in the United States, Seb has no intention of taking a plane! Quickly, a team of 6 climbers, 2 sailors and a dog forms to take up a challenge and realize a dream: to reach the Americas on a sailboat to climb the legendary walls of Yosemite! It is by experiencing the long pace of sailing that they cross the Atlantic, then on board a dubious Mexican jalopy van that they learn to know each other. When they arrived at the foot of El Capitan, the team supports Seb in his extraordinary challenge. His push on the Dawn Wall becomes a collective climb. At the same time, everyone prepares to take up his own challenge and the feat takes place where no one is looking. The commitment and authenticity of a team that barely knows each other is reminiscent of the atmosphere of the first epic stories of vertical exploration.

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The Murder of Rachel Nickell
TMDB: 6.0/10 | Released: 2026-06-04

A young mother is killed in broad daylight on London’s Wimbledon Common — in front of her toddler. This documentary examines the yearslong murder case.

Poldi
TMDB: 6.8/10 | Released: 2026-06-04

Footballer, entrepreneur, fan favorite and true community hero — Lukas Podolski reflects on his journey and what comes next in this intimate documentary.