Thoughtful New Insights from Jeff and Mark Bezos

Summit's first content release focuses on an intimate dialogue with predictions for the future

For their first Sessions video release, the team behind Summit have shared a conversation from their most recent Los Angeles ideas festival, hosted back on 4 November. For it, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his TED talk-delivering brother Mark Bezos traverse everything from early inspiration to their hopes for the future. The hour-long piece includes family photos and anecdotes that are both humanizing and empowering. …

Another Side of Grace Jones in New Documentary “Bloodlight and Bami”

In filmmaker Sophie Fiennes’ latest documentary, “Bloodlight and Bami,” the auteur follows icon Grace Jones. For five years, Fiennes captured Jones’ charm and power, but also insights into her rarely seen sides—for example, time at home with family in Jamaica. Even Grace Jones super-fans will find something new here. As Anna Cafolla puts it, “There is never a question though as to which side is …

Archivist Rick Prelinger’s Filmic Glimpse of Demolished New York

A captivating urban history lesson crafted from old home movies and even “process plates” from commercial films, “Lost Landscapes of New York” is an archivist’s vision of a demolished NYC. Rick Prelinger has assembled a filmic piece that explores the complexity of NYC’s developments—revealing many well-known areas before their contemporary development. From neighborhood street views in Harlem and Williamsburg to a ride through Grand Central …