At a time when America looks like it's tearing apart at the seams, there’s something altogether reassuring — even downright inspiring — about Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary,Even a native New Yorker like myself, born and bred to despise Boston’s sports franchises, clean streets, comparatively lower crime rates and whiff of historical superiority, cannot deny how much Beantown impresses under Wiseman’s seasoned gaze, revealing sides of itself that few viewers outside the city may be...
These words mean something nowadays, especially in what feels like an increasingly divided and unjust nation. But Wiseman, who at the age of 90 has delivered one of his most political films yet, has never been a director to take people purely at their word.