A nearly wordless meditation on the building blocks of civilization — stone and concrete — Viktor Kossakovsky's documentary Architecton is a dazzling sensory overload.

The director’s historical film, which focuses on an unlikely hero, receives its first official U.S. showing at New York’s Film Forum after its 2019 release in France.

The film discusses the historical rise of Christianity from its origins in ancient Palestine to its significant influence in Europe by 1000 AD. It explores the factors that contributed to Christianity ...