While documentary work has defined the visual language of Hawai‘i cinema for decades, a rise in narrative filmmaking in recent years signals an evolution in Hawai‘i-based storytelling—helmed by a burgeoning generation of filmmakers actively engaged in collective world-building through narrative fiction, particularly from a Native Hawaiian lens. Selected by Doris Duke Theatre programmer Taylour Chang, … Continue reading Hawai‘i Shorts on the Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel celebrates Pride Month during June with a host of extraordinary queer-themed films, including a new installment of their Queersighted series focusing on taboo-breaking artists. Criterion will also present a trio of outré underground classics from John Waters, and a retrospective dedicated to the nonfiction trailblazers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, whose films have … Continue reading Criterion Channel celebrates Pride Month