Heart of a Dog
"Heart of a Dog" was released to theaters on October 21, 2015 and received widespread critical acclaim. Based on 70 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 96% approval rating from 83 reviewers, with an average score of 8/10; the website's critical consensus reads, "Of a piece with much of director Laurie Anderson's idiosyncratic output, "Heart of a Dog" delves into weighty themes with lyrical, haunting grace." Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating in the 0–100 range based on reviews from top mainstream publications, calculated an average score of 84, based on 20 reviews. The film was nominated for Best Documentary at the 31st Independent Spirit Awards, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on December 1, 2015.