The 234 Apartment

Brian Stelter     (CNN Money) -- Since Inauguration Day, a documentary filmmaker has been embedded inside The New York Times, working on a film about the acclaimed news organization in the age of Trump. The project, produced and directed by Liz Garbus, is being financed by the Showtime network , according to multiple sources with knowledge of the deal. The tentative title, subject to change, is "The Fourth Estate." Showtime anticipates intense interest in the film, given the Times' many scoops and scrapes involving the Trump presidency. The sources said Showtime envisions a multi- night television premiere for the film sometime in 2018. One of the sources said it will air in four parts, the same way Oliver Stone's "The Putin Interviews" recently did. But first the Times film may go on the festival circuit. Garbus's two most recent films, "Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper," for HBO, and "What Happened, Miss S...

Walking around Borough Park must feel, to some, like time travel. Residents of the southwest Brooklyn neighborhood are predominantly Orthodox Jews , whose 18th-century traditions still govern everything from custody disputes to attire. In “Menashe,” filmmaker Joshua Z Weinstein turns his camera on this community, using non-actors to create a tender portrait of family. In addition to the fascinating everyday details of these characters’ lives, at the film’s moving core is a loving father who is struggling to negotiate the gap between community expectations and self-determination. The title character (played by real- life grocer Menashe Lustig ) is a gregarious, oafish type who can’t seem to catch a break. After his wife, Leah, passed away, his young son, Rieven (Ruben Niborski), has gone to live with Leah’s brother Eizik (Yoel Weisshaus), in keeping with tradition. The reasoning? According to Hasidic culture , a home is incomplete without a woman to raise children and tidy the househo...