The Tower Theatre by Angelika

1 hr 38 min

Sofia works as a location scout for a TV pilot filming in New York City. It’s her job to find the homes, businesses, and exteriors where the show will be filmed. Driving around the city's different neighborhoods, she enters the private spaces of strangers to photograph their cozy apartments and eclectic shops, stepping into the fabric of their lives while trying to satisfy the demands of her erratic employers. Over a day filled with these encounters, Sofia witnesses moments of curiosity, vulnerability, and quiet tension until her work takes a sudden, personal turn. Drawing from her own experience as a location scout, writer-director Paula González-Nasser captures the poetry and costs of being a young creative. Her celebrated directorial debut The Scout crafts a contemplative exploration of urban disconnection, following one woman's journey through other people's worlds as she struggles to find her own.

1 hr 42 min

Following the finale of his TV series, filmmaker John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world's most widely used building material, appears as an ever-present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter. To tell this seemingly drab story, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to increase his movie's appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble—literally and figuratively—as he struggles to balance artistic freedom with the realities of the modern film industry.

3 hr 55 min

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur,” who exerts enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

1 hr 17 min

Shot at night from Tel Aviv rooftops, NAZA examines the systems behind Israel’s bombing of Gaza and the resulting civilian deaths. Its title is an Israeli military acronym used for the anticipated number of civilians killed in an airstrike.

1 hr 16 min · 78/100

This behind-the-scenes documentary takes a lighthearted look at the fashion industry through the launch of New York City designer Isaac Mizrahi's 1994 fall collection. The film explores the inspirations Mizrahi drew from to create the line -- which include Eskimos and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" -- while revealing the harried reality of mounting a major fashion show. Along the way, a number of bold-faced fashion icons and actors crop up, from John Galliano to Richard Gere.