Dawson City: Frozen Time
New York Times Critic's Picks
•
2h 0m
Directed by Bill Morrison • Documentary • 2017 • US • English
Featuring Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates
Part fever dream, part historical record, this is the bizarre true story of some 533 silent film reels, buried for almost 50 years in a sub-arctic swimming pool, deep in the Yukon permafrost. Filmmaker Bill Morrison deftly combines excerpts, including rare Hollywood features, with historical footage, photographs, and interviews, to explore the history of Dawson City, a Canadian Gold Rush town.
Up Next in New York Times Critic's Picks
-
Denise Ho - Becoming the Song
Directed by Sue Williams • Documentary • 2020 • US • English and Cantonese with English subtitles
Featuring Denise Ho"Denise Ho – Becoming the Song" profiles the openly gay Hong Kong singer and human rights activist Denise Ho. Drawing on unprecedented access, the film explores her remarkable jo...
-
Diamantino
Directed by Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt • Comedy • 2019 • Portugal, France, Brazil • Portuguese with English subtitles
Starring Carloto Cotta, Anabela Moreira, Margarida MoreiraWinner of the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, "Diamantino" follows a soccer hunk as he goe...
-
Eden
Directed by Amos Gitai • Drama • 2001 • Israel, France • English
Starring Samantha Morton, Danny Huston, Arthur MillerSet in 1940s Palestine, Samantha and her husband Dov, both of American descent, have immigrated due to their Zionist convictions. Dov is a communist and architect. He dedicates ...