Lamarr was fascinating, brilliant, and, until recently, underappreciated. Bombshell, through a wealth of archival footage and crisp storytelling, gives her genius its due.

Not your usual silver-screen documentary.

A fascinating documentary about Hedy Lamarr, an extraordinary woman who was so much more than the moviegoing public ever imagined.

It’s a rich portrait of a woman who was a head of her times, but also fell into the traps set for so many women in the midcentury.