The 2024 Nantucket Film Festival kicks off today on the island. For the next six days, a series of events and screenings will show be open to all. Here are five movies you can’t miss.

 

ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE LOST TAPES

Featuring over 70 hours of previously unheard interview footage from the 1960s, this documentary offers an intimate take on the late actress and her personal life. The film has already made a splash at Cannes and the Tribeca Film Festival, and will be available to stream on HBO Max in August.

 

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4TH DEMENTIA

This darkly comedic short film stars Caroline Aaron as a woman with dementia searching for her husband in alternate dimensions.

 

DEVO

Last year saw A24’s splashy re-release of Stop Making Sense, the celebrated Talking Heads concert film. Now it’s time for another influential ’80s alternative band to get its due: Devo. The documentary — which marks the first time the band has agreed to trace their history — got rave reviews at Sundance.

 

SATISFIED

Blinded by the glitz and glam of red carpets, we forget how difficult the entertainment industry can be. This documentary follows Tony Award-winning actress Renée Elise Goldsberry as she begins working on the then-new musical Hamilton, through the show’s transition to Broadway.

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NEVER LOOK AWAY

Actress Lucy Lawless (best known as TV’s Xena) makes her directorial debut with this documentary about CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth.