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You may have noticed that the website has been dormant lately. This has been due to inadequate ad revenue and my unavailability to write reviews, conduct interviews, etc., for the last two years. Fort…
You may have noticed that the website has been dormant lately. This has been due to inadequate ad revenue and my unavailability to write reviews, conduct interviews, etc., for the last two years. Fort…
Tags:All the Beauty and the Bloodshedlaura-poitras
This month's new documentaries to watch at home and in theaters include the latest Oscar-nominated film by Laura Poitras.
Tags:Gunther's MillionsLowndes County and the Road to Black Power
This month's new documentaries to watch at home and in theaters include works celebrating Black History Month and profiling a millionaire dog.
Tags:brett-morgenCinema Eye HonorsMoonage Daydream
Among this year's winners at the Cinema Eye Honors, Moonage Daydream expectedly and deservedly was recognized for Best Sound Design.
We talk to director Alex Pritz about his collaboration with the Uru-eu-wau-wau in his making of The Territory, especially after COVID-19.
Tags:January 6thJoe BerlingerMadoff
This month's new documentaries to watch at home and in theaters include works by Joe Berlinger, the Naudet brothers, and Sierra Pettengill.
Tags:Nonfics Poll
Here are some of the individual ballots submitted to the 2022 Nonfics poll of the best documentaries of the year.
Tags:Nonfics Poll
Here are the 50 best documentaries of 2022, ranked according to the results of the 10th annual Nonfics year-end poll.
Tags:The Territory
We talk to The Territory filmmaker Alex Pritz about how Bolsonaro's election inspired the documentary and how his defeat will impact the story going forward.
Tags:AfghanistanHillary ClintonIn Her Hands
Netflix released the trailer for In Her Hands, a film executive produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton about Afghanistan politician Zarifa Ghafari.
Tags:The Territory
Director Alex Pritz talks about the film's two most memorable moments and the challenging decision regarding one of them.
Tags:CowCritics Choice AssociationCritics' Choice Documentary Awards
Other major contenders of the Critics Choice Documentary Awards this year include 'Navalny' and 'Moonage Daydream.'
Tags:The Territory
We talk to filmmaker Alex Pritz about his award-winning first feature, The Territory, and how Darren Aronofsky became a producer of the documentary.
Tags:BebaRebeca Huntt
We interview Rebeca Huntt about her feature directorial debut, the extraordinary self-portrait documentary Beba.
Tags:Critics Choice AssociationCritics' Choice Real TV Awards
Winners of the 2022 Critics Choice Real TV Awards include the second season of Cheer and documentaries about Bill Cosby and Playboy magazine.
Tags:documentalHumphrey Jennings
For June 2022, we spotlight programs showcasing Humphrey Jennings documentaries and LGBTQ+ films for Pride Month.
Tags:Critics Choice Association
This year's Critics Choice Real TV Awards nominees include Martin Scorsese and Malcolm Venville's 'Theodore Roosevelt' and two Joe Berlinger true-crime series.
Tags:Andrea ArnoldCow
We also talk about the making of Arnold's documentary debut and why it's more fun if she doesn't explain what it's about.
Tags:OscarsSummer of SoulThe Queen of Basketball
Also a remake of a documentary won in two categories at the 94th Academy Awards.
Jonas Poher Rasmussen's animated Danish film has a chance to become the winningest documentary ever.
Tags:ListsSundanceSundance 2022
Our six picks from this year's festival likely include some of the best documentaries of 2022 overall.
Tags:Black History MonthdocumentalDownfall
This month's highlights include Black History Month programming, the origin of Kanye West, and the return of 'Jackass.'
Tags:Fire of LovescientistSundance
Sara Dosa's feature documentary chronicles the life, love, and professional passion of volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft.
Tags:deathLast Flight HomeOndi Timoner
Ondi Timoner's most personal film documents the intentional death of her 92-year-old father and invites us to experience the sadness and the togetherness of it all alongside her and her family.
From the Doc Talk archives, here is a look at some entertaining but also politically charged documentaries of the 2012 SXSW Film Festival.
From the Doc Talk archives, here's a list of the best documentaries that screened at the 2012 Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
Tags:Lists
Here are the nonfiction films we're looking forward to at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and beyond.
From the Doc Talk archives, Christopher Campbell reviews the basketball documentary during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Tags:Frederick Wiseman
From the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, Christopher Campbell chats with Wiseman about 'Crazy Horse.'
Tags:Nonfics Poll
Below are some of the submitted best-of lists that contributed to the 2021 end-of-year Nonfics poll (* = still unreleased in the US; ** = released in the US last year). Christopher Campbell @thefilm…
Tags:documental
This month's highlights include the surprise return of 'Cheer' and a spotlight on the films of Lee Grant.
Tags:Oscars
Your guide to this year's five Oscar shortlists recognizing documentaries.
Tags:Critics Choice AssociationFlee
The Critics Choice Association continues to spotlight documentaries this year -- or at least one -- with two nominations for 'Flee' at its main awards.
Tags:documental
This month brings the best documentary of the year to theaters and a streaming showcase of works by women filmmakers.
Tags:Becoming CousteauBiographyLiz Garbus
Liz Garbus' documentary on the life of Jacques Cousteau is more about the present and the future than the past.
Tags:Space Tourists
Christopher Campbell reviews Christian Frei's multi-narrative look at the commercialization of space travel.
Tags:Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Questlove's first feature wins big at the 2021 Critics Choice Documentary Awards.
Tags:Viktor Kossakovsky
From True/False 2012, here's a review of Viktor Kossakovsky's inventive globe-trotting documentary.
Tags:health careList
From the Doc Talk archives, here's a list of documentaries concerning health care that were released around the 2012 presidential election.
From the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, here's a brief review of Tristan Patterson's award-winning documentary.
Tags:documental
This month, some of the year's best nonfiction films become available on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and more of your favorite streaming services.
Tags:Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
It's a big year for directors making their documentary feature debut.
John Hoffman and Janet Tobias' film of Dr. Anthony Fauci stresses the importance of graphic storytelling in biographic media.
Tags:197130 for 30Critics Choice Association
Winners of the 2021 Critics Choice Real TV Awards also include the docuseries 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark' and '30 for 30.'
Tags:A Glitch in the MatrixDavid Gelbjeffrey-friedman
This month, we're highlighting LGBTQ+ documentaries and a new film about Wolfgang Puck from the director of 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi.'
Tags:Critics Choice AssociationCritics' Choice Real TV Awardsheidi-ewing
The HBO true-crime series 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark,' 'Murder on Middle Beach,' and 'The Vow,' and the Disney+ and National Geographic nature series Secrets of the Whales all received two nominations.…
Tags:Apple TV PlusBillie EilishMusic
The filmmaker discusses taking the verite approach for 'Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry.'
Tags:ava-duvernayCharlotte CookCollective
We highlight this year's nonfiction film Oscar nominees and where to watch them now.
Tags:OscarsShort Film
All ten of this year's ten semi-finalists are available to watch online now!
Tags:filmmakingkeanu-reevesSide By Side
From 2012, here's Christopher Campbell's interview with Keanu Reeves about producing the filmmaking film 'Side by Side.'
From 2011, Christopher Campbell interviewed Wim Wenders in promotion of his Oscar-nominated 3D documentary 'Pina'
Tags:Oscars
Your guide to this year's four Oscar shortlists recognizing documentary features.
Tags:holocaustMisha and the WolvesPoppy Dixon
From the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, we review Sam Hobkinson's astounding stranger-than-fiction documentary about a controversial Holocaust memoir.
Tags:A Glitch in the MatrixanimationRodney Asher
Rodney Ascher's heady film exploring simulation theory might make you wonder if any documentary subjects are truly real.
From the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, we review a documentary about an organization that frees Yazidi women from ISIS enslavement.
From the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, we review the biographical documentary about legendary diver and shark expert Valerie Taylor.
Tags:COVID-19Nanfu WangSundance
From the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, we review Nanfu Wang's latest documentary, which chronicles the COVID-19 pandemic as only she can.
Tags:Misha and the WolvesSundance
We are thrilled to premiere the first one-sheet for one of this year's hottest Sundance documentaries.
Tags:Beats Rhymes and LifeMichael RapaportMusic
From the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviews Michael Rapaport's documentary about A Tribe Called Quest.
From the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviews Steve James' documentary about the Chicago-based organization CeaseFire.
Tags:disasterDoc Talknatural disaster
This Doc Talk column was originally published on the now-defunct movie blog Cinematical on January 20, 2010. Many of the links from that time are no longer active, but we've attempted to keep as much …
Tags:Slamdance Film Festivalsuperheroes
From the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviews Michael Barnett's documentary about real-life superheroes.
Tags:AssassinsRyan White
In the second part of our interview with Ryan White, we discuss the ending of his film and how it went differently than expected.
Tags:AssassinsRyan White
In the first part of our interview with Ryan White, we discuss how he came onto this film and why many distributors wouldn't.
Tags:Lists
Here are the nonfiction films we're looking forward to at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and beyond.
Tags:Barry PoltermannFrank AndersonThe Life of Reilly
From 2007, Christopher Campbell reviews Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson's record of Charles Nelson Reilly's one-man show.
From the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviews Andrew Rossi's documentary about the New York Times' Media Desk.
Tags:Doc Talkeducational
From 2011, Christopher Campbell wonders if nonfiction films can still be used for teaching -- and if they ever should have been.
Tags:Nonfics Poll
Below are the submitted best-of lists that contributed to our 2020 end-of-year poll (* = still unreleased in the US; ** = released in the U.S. last year). Christopher Campbell @thefilmcynic Found…
Tags:filmmakingHollywoodTales from the Script
From 2010, Christopher Campbell reviews the screenwriting documentary.
Tags:Doc Talkeugene-jareckiThe House I Live In
From 2012, Christopher Campbell briefly reviews Eugene Jarecki's documentary about the prison industrial complex.
Tags:Conan OBrien Cant StopSXSW
From the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviews Rodman Flender's Conan O'Brien tour documentary.
Tags:into-eternityMichael Madsen
Covering from the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviews Michael Madsen's eerie film about the safety of nuclear storage.
Tags:end-of-year-pollNonfics Poll
We've ranked 100 films based on votes from documentary critics and filmmakers.
Tags:horrorScience-FictionTribeca Film Festival
From the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviews Paul Davids' documentary about filmmakers and effects artists who grew up as sci-fi fanboys.
Tags:Buena Vista Social ClubFreedom RidersNational Film Registry
The 2020 selections by the Library of Congress include six nonfiction films chosen for the cultural and historical significance.
Tags:Alex GibneyTaxi to the Dark Sidewar on terror
From 2008, Christopher Campbell reviewed Alex Gibney's Oscar-winning documentary concerning the death of an innocent Afghan taxi driver.
Tags:margaret-brownMusic
From the archives, one of Christopher Campbell's very first documentary reviews, covering Margaret Brown's 2004 Townes Van Zandt documentary.
Tags:crowdsourced documentaryKevin MacdonaldLife in a Day
From the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Campbell reviewed the crowdsourced documentary produced by Ridley Scott.
Tags:Africabaltimoreheidi-ewing
From 2005, here is one of the first documentary reviews by Christopher Campbell, covering one of the first documentaries by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
Tags:jessica-yu
From 2007, here is an early documentary review from Christopher Campbell of an original nonfiction feature by Jessica Yu.
Tags:Julien Temple
From the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, Christopher Campbell interviews Julien Temple.
From the Doc Channel Blog archives, here's an interview with Temple about 'London: The Modern Babylon.'
From 2005, Christopher Campbell reviews the music doc about New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane.
Tags:grey-gardensTabloidThe Imposter
From the Doc Blog archives, Christopher Campbell argues that it's improper to criticize documentary characters in a review.
From the Doc Talk archives, Christopher Campbell highlights a concern regarding documentaries wanting to get laughs at the expense of their subjects.
Tags:BelushiBill HaderCarrie Fisher
R.J. Cutler's impeccable archival film combines audio and visual elements to create an outstanding biography.
Tags:into-the-abyssToronto Flim FestivalWerner Herzog
From the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, a review of Werner Herzog's Death Row documentary.
Tags:Andrea BlaugrundMusicpunk
From the Doc Talk archives, here's a brief review of Andrea Blaugrund's documentary about punk rock dads.
Tags:Critics' Choice Documentary Awardsdawn-porterdick-cavett
The Critics Choice Association recognized Kirsten Johnson's film with two awards while also honoring 'My Octopus Teacher,' 'Mr. Soul!,' the Beastie Boys, and more.
Tags:Climate ChangeHuluI Am Greta
Nathan Grossman follows Greta Thunberg in her work spreading awareness of climate change.
Tags:Iraq WarTribeca Film Festivalwar
From the archives, originally published in 2006, Christopher Campbell reviews the Iraq War vet documentary 'When I Came Home.'
Tags:Iraq WarPatricia FoulkrodThe Ground Truth
From the archives, originally published in 2006, Christopher Campbell reviews the Iraq War documentary 'The Ground Truth.'
Tags:Fire in Paradisenatural disasterRebuilding Paradise
The 2018 Camp Fire's devastation of Paradise, California, and its aftermath are depicted in two documentaries that go perfectly together.
From 2013, this Doc Talk column looks at how the Oscar-nominated film tried something new.
Tags:Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Netflix leads the pack in a unique year for the entertainment industry and the world.
Tags:Netflix
This month's additions include a feature documentary about the Paralympic Games and a docuseries on immigration with unprecedented access to ICE agents.
Tags:Biography
A phenomenal outline of Melvin Van Peebles' prolific and varied life.
Tags:Interview
From the archives, we interviewed one-half of the Ross brothers about their hit documentary.
Tags:i-am-not-your-negroListsMucho Mucho Amor
This month's new additions include a film about a legendary, gender non-conforming, cape-wearing TV psychic, a series about Michael Jordan, and the return of 'I Am Not Your Negro.'
Our ongoing list of the best documentaries of 2020 includes 'The Painter and the Thief,' 'Athlete A,' 'On the Record,' and more.
Tags:AwardsCheerCritics' Choice Real TV Awards
Other documentary series winners include the Netflix titles 'Cheer,' 'The Last Dance,' and 'Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich.'
Netflix's popular cheerleading series topped all programs with five nominations.
Tags:Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeSweetgrass
A look back at two films, released in 1925 and 2009, that follow sheep herding migrations.
Tags:Athlete ABonni CohenCutie and the Boxer
This month we spotlight the latest from Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, who again turn their attention on the sexual assault of young women.
Tags:Documentary ClassicsHBO MAX
The new streaming service is chock full of classic and essential nonfiction films and docuseries.
A short documentary set during the Persian New Year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic is another reminder that we're all in this together.
Tags:Matt SweetwoodThe Beer Jesus from America
After nonfiction films end, life goes on and change happens. But what comes next doesn't always matter for the real stories at hand.
Tags:A Secret LoveBlackfishI Am Divine
This month's new additions include a gay love story, a celebration of Divine, and one of the most impactful documentaries of all time.
Tags:Al Franken: God SpokeCapturing the FriedmansMan on Wire
We break up the best of the first decade of the 21st century by genre.
A report from the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
Tags:BerlinConcert FilmsJulian Schnabel
From 2008, a look at Julian Schnabel's concert film starring Lou Reed performing his 1973 album 'Berlin.'
Tags:archivalBing LiuCrip Camp
We talk to 'Crip Camp' sound supervisor Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach about his work giving a fuller life to the archival footage seen in the Netflix documentary.
Not only will younger viewers enjoy these 11 titles, but they'll also learn a lot while possibly becoming nonfiction cinema fans in the process.
Tags:Barak GoodmanChris Durranceendings
Filmmakers Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance discuss how their documentary 'Slay the Dragon' wound up with a very different ending than expected.
Tags:Doc AllianceGianfranco RosiItalian documentary
Doc Alliance is donating almost half of the purchase price on select Italian documentaries to North Italy hospitals. We recommend what to start with.
Tags:Barak GoodmanChris Durrancegerrymandering
'Slay the Dragon' directors Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance discuss their attempt to make an anti-gerrymandering documentary that's not politically biased.
Tags:Circus of BooksMiles DavisNetflix
This month's top documentary additions include the return of 'Senna' and a personal film about a family-run pornography shop.
Tags:Michael MooreRoom 237Sherman's March
A discussion of the nonfiction films that make us laugh.
Tags:Benjamin BermancelebrityCOVID-19
Benjamin Berman's follow-up to 'The Amazing Johnathan Documentary' is titled 'The Follow-Up,' and it's a very dark satire for our times.
Tags:Doc TalkMichael MooreThe Cove
A look back 10 years ago, when going to see Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam's 'The Sun Behind the Clouds' meant solidarity with Tibet.
From the archives, a look at the first great documentary of 2011.
Tags:Crip Camphistorical veriteInterview
We interview filmmakers Nicole Newnham and James Lebrecht about the making of their new Netflix documentary.
Tags:Crip CampInterviewJames Lebrecht
Filmmakers James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham discuss the necessary irreverence of their new film and the name that they gave it.
Tags:animalsChris MetzlerChris Smith
Netflix's documentary series presents a menagerie of untamable characters.
Tags:Andrew RossiKate NovackMeToo
Director Kate Novack ('The Gospel According to André') folds history on itself with this concise collage of a short film honoring "Dora" and all women.
Tags:Chantal Akermanchris-markerOvid
We recommend 50 favorites from one of the best documentary streaming outlets, including many by McElwee, Akerman, and Marker.
Tags:Brian GerstenJohnny CarsonShort Film
Brian Gersten presents a short documentary about the time Johnny Carson created a run on grocery stores for bathroom tissue.
Tags:Streaming
Your guide to where to find classic and must-see new nonfiction films streaming free or with a subscription.
Tags:Amy BergInterviewWest of Memphis
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker discusses her film investigating the Robin Hood Hills child murders and working with producer Peter Jackson.
Junting Zhou documented his experience while visiting his family in Guangzhou, China, during the COVID-19 crisis.
Tags:animationDoc NYCfilmmaking
Kevin Schreck's documentary chronicles the history of how Richard Williams lost control of his pet project, 'Arabian Knight.'
Tags:end of the worldShort Film
Watch a short documentary about Robert Fitzpatrick, a man who predicted the end of the world would occur in 2011.
Tags:Hulu
We recommend what to watch on the streaming service, including many of last year's best films, some of them also recent Oscar nominees.
Tags:propagandawarWith the Marines at Tarawa
A celebration of the 1945 Oscar winner for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Tags:InterviewLeviathanlucien-castaing-taylor
Another interview from the Documentary Channel archives.
Tags:dawn-porterInterview
From the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Dawn Porter discusses her documentary 'Gideon's Army.'
Tags:Don't Look BackHarlan County USALists
These films hook us immediately, for better or worse.
These exceptional films focus on true cases of murder, drugs, identity theft, art forgery, kidnapping, and the mishandling of justice.
Tags:Barack ObamaCrip CampNetflix
This month's top documentary additions include 'Crip Camp,' from executive producers Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
Tags:Alex Gibneyalex-winterFisher Stevens
Our guide to the best-sounding nonfiction films we've heard about coming out this year.
Tags:American FactoryAwardsHoneyland
This is the first time a film has been nominated in both the feature documentary and foreign language film categories.
Tags:Kathryn BosticPharrell WilliamsThe Black Godfather
One-fifth of this year's semi-finalists come from documentaries.
Here is how everybody voted.
Tags:American FactoryApollo 11Awards
100 films ranked from the votes of critics and filmmakers.
Tags:Field of VisionNetflixOp-Docs
9 out of the 10 are available to stream online right now.
Your guide to this year's Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Feature and where to watch all the contenders.
Tags:Angelina JolieArnold SchwarzeneggerGolden Globes
The HFPA doesn’t honor nonfiction anymore, but if they did…
With the latest installment of the 'Up' documentaries in theaters, the director gets personal about his 55-year involvement in the landmark project.
Tags:Elizabeth at 90NetflixRichard Cawston
The hidden 1969 film 'Royal Family' is receiving a lot of attention now thanks to 'The Crown.'
Tags:DisneyDon HahnOllie and Frank
Disney chronicles its own return to prominence courtesy of 'Beauty and the Beast' producer Don Hahn.
Tags:American FactoryApollo 11Awards
The Critics Choice Association recognized the Moon-landing film with five awards while also honoring Peter Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Frederick Wiseman, and more.
Tags:lauren-greenfieldthe-queen-of-versailles
Also: the tease of schadenfreude, the film’s relationship to reality TV, knowing when to end an ongoing story, and more.
Tags:John FordpropagandaThe Battle of Midway
John Ford's film was one of the first to win in the newly created Oscar category for Best Documentary in 1943.
Tags:Free SoloLeaving NeverlandOur Planet
Oscar-winning documentary 'Free Solo' won seven Emmy Awards, including those honoring directing, cinematography, and editing.
Tags:American FactoryAubrey KeithErik Stoll
The new Netflix feature documentary is essentially a sequel to an Oscar-nominated film from 2009.
Tags:Amazon AlexaAsk Dr. RuthBenjamin Berman
Both 'Ask Dr. Ruth' and 'The Amazing Johnathan Documentary' begin the same way. Even if accidental, the semi-trend has significance.
Tags:Edward WattsFor SamaSyria
Waad al-Kateab shares her family's experiences holding out in Aleppo in this harrowing documentary.
Tags:Free SoloHale County This Morning This EveningHomecoming
This year's Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature is now up for seven Emmys.
Tags:InterviewJeff BealJohn Chester
The Emmy-winning composer also discusses how the documentary form found him and shares some favorite documentary scores.
Tags:Broadcast Television Journalists AssociationConversations with a KillerCritics' Choice Real TV Awards
The two Netflix documentary series received multiple nominations from the Broadcast Television Journalists Association for the inaugural event.
Tags:Becoming BondDrunk HistoryFraming John Delorean
Nonfiction films taking a humorous approach in their storytelling are mimicking the Comedy Central series' lip-synced reenactment technique.
Tags:Apollo 11archivalDawson City Frozen Time
Some of the best documentaries in recent years consist almost entirely of vintage material.
Tags:Capitalism A Love StoryFree SoloFyre Fraud
This month's new additions include Oscar winner 'Free Solo' and fellow box office hit 'Three Identical Strangers.'
Tags:amazon-100amazon-primeJig
This month's new additions to Prime Video include the latest documentary by Alex Winter and one of the films parodied in the new season of 'Documentary Now!'
This month's list includes Oscar winner 'Period. End of Sentence,' a divisive Errol Morris film, and a portrait of the last man on the Moon.
Tags:animal-lovechris-markerLGBT
From showcases of young love to partners mourned, these films span a wide range of styles in their deconstruction of the romantic.
Tags:A Night at the GardenBlack SheepEnd Game
Short-form Academy Award nominees are now in theaters and will be availableon VOD later this month.
Tags:Andrew McConnellGarry KeaneGaza
Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell brilliantly but heartbreakingly show us what everyday life is like in the Gaza Strip.
Tags:american-mastersLewis ErskineMiles Davis
Stanley Nelson offers a rich introductory portrait of the jazz legend, whose life story is history.
Tags:healthcareLuke LorentzenMexico
Luke Lorentzen's documentary about a family-operated ambulance service presents an emergency situation of its own regarding the ethical dilemmas of Mexico City's healthcare system.
Tags:actingAnton YelchinBiography
Garret Price's film is not just a tribute to the late actor. It's also a posthumous gift from Yelchin himself.
Tags:Andrea Crostaendangered speciesfish
Director Richard Ladkani and producer Leonardo DiCaprio re-team with 'The Ivory Game' investigator Andrea Crosta to try to save the vaquita.
Tags:AfghanistanEmelie Coleman MahdavianFatima Hussaini
Hassan Fazili, Fatima Hussaini, and their children chronicle their escape from Afghanistan and pursuit of asylum in this uniquely intimate nonfiction road movie.
Tags:journalismnationalismneo nazis
Before he found posthumous fame as the author of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Stieg Larsson's mission in life was to expose the rise of right-wing extremism.
Tags:journalismkim-longinottoLetizia Battaglia
Kim Longinotto's portrait of Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia celebrates the powers of love and art in contrast to the intimidating force of the Cosa Nostra.
Tags:Benedetta BarziniBeniamino BarreseDocumentary
Former fashion icon Benedetta Barzini reluctantly receives the documentary treatment courtesy of her filmmaker son.
Tags:Free SoloHale County This Morning This EveningMinding the Gap
In addition to being nominated for Best Documentary Feature, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg film is in contention for Best Original Song.
Tags:educationgangsKiller Mike
The Netflix series works best when the Run the Jewels rapper is front and center.
Tags:Chris SmithFyreFyre Festival
Hulu and Netflix both have new documentaries about the failure of the Fyre Festival. They're best watched together or else not at all.
Tags:Bing LiuFree SoloHale County This Morning This Evening
'Minding the Gap' and 'Free Solo' won the most awards at this year's big event honoring nonfiction filmmaking.
Tags:Alex Gibneyalex-winterdisneynature
Documentary releases aren't often known well in advance, so we've done our best to highlight the best films we've heard about coming out this year.
Tags:amazon-100amazon-primeEx Libris
This month's new recommendations include 'Fahrenheit 11/9,' 'The Act of Killing,' 'Tchoupitoulas,' and Frederick Wiseman's 'Ex Libris: The New York Public Library.'
Tags:Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?Minding the GapRBG
Here is how everybody voted.
120 films ranked from the votes of 50 critics and filmmakers.
Tags:Field of Visiongordon-quinnjeffrey-friedman
Seven of the 10 documentaries are streaming online now.
Tags:Free SoloMinding the GapOscars
Your guide to this year's Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Feature and where to watch all the contenders.
Tags:Hearts and MindsMonterey PopNational Film Registry
This year's nonfiction selections include Peter Davis' Oscar winner 'Hearts and Minds' and D.A. Pennebaker's concert film 'Monterey Pop.'
Tags:alex-winterbill-morrisonchris-marker
We talk to the 'Panama Papers' director about his love for documentaries and a bunch of specific nonfiction films he highly recommends.
Tags:amazon-100amazon-primeBowling for Columbine
This month's additions include another classic music doc, a couple of Oscar nominees, and a drug-filled Christmasy story.
Tags:AwardsDanny GloverHale County This Morning This Evening
The HFPA doesn’t honor nonfiction anymore, but if they did…
Tags:De PalmaErrol MorrisNetflix
This month's most notable addition is an adaptation of John Grisham's nonfiction book 'The Innocent Man.'
Tags:America to MeBing Liuchicago
We review the first five episodes of Steve James' necessary high school docu-series, which deals with the issue of racial equity.
We have just one additional recommendation this month, but it's a big one. RBG, the biographical documentary about US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that just won the Critics' Choice Docume…
'Free Solo' and 'The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling' were also big winners at the 3rd annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.
Tags:and Hale County This Morning This EveningBing LiuBisbee 17
Other big titles include 'Bisbee '17,' 'Shirkers,' and 'Hale County This Morning, This Evening.'
Tags:Distant ConstellationIstanbulShevaun Mizrahi
Shevaun Mizrahi has made a personal film showcasing a handful of residents of a Turkish retirement home, but like many works of art, it's not for everyone.
Tags:Her Master's VoiceMcQueennick-broomfield
This month's list includes the greatest Thanksgiving documentary of all time.
Tags:barbara-koppleFilmworkerJiro Dreams of Sushi
New additions this month focus on Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Pixar, Johnny Cash and the most famous sushi chef in the world.
Tags:InstagramJonathan Ignatius GreenSocial Animals
The acclaimed documentary is out on video in December. The film also has a cool new poster for you to share on your own social media accounts.
Tags:America to MeCinema Eye HonorsRBG
Nominees have been announced for the Audience Choice, Heterodox, and two broadcast program awards, while the short film shortlist and crop of recognized "Unforgettable" subjects were also unveiled.
Tags:americaFrederick WisemanMonrovia Indiana
Is Frederick Wiseman putting us through the biggest waste of time or the most poignantly political film of the year? Yes.
Tags:Alexandria BombachAmal Clooneyhuman-rights
Alexandria Bombach ('Frame by Frame') follows Nadia Murad in her work spreading awareness of the Yazidi genocide.
Tags:AwardsBisbee 17gotham-awards
Winners will be announced on November 26th.
The latest from Oscar nominee Nathaniel Kahn ('My Architect') is a documentary masterpiece about Poons, Koons, dots, and balloons.
Tags:amazon-primeCrips and Bloodshoop-dreams
If you’re a Prime member, you’ve got plenty to watch for "free" this month.
Tags:AwardsBill NyeCritics' Choice Documentary Awards
The BFCA and BTJA will honor the 'Fahrenheit 11/9' director at this year's Critics' Choice Documentary Awards on November 10th.
Tags:20 Feet from StardomListsMaking a Murderer
Because people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.
Plus a handful of Showtime original documentaries.
More than 125 years worth of nonfiction film classics.
Tags:306 HollywoodElan BogarinJonathan Bogarin
Elan and Jonathan Bogarin make a marvelous debut with this fanciful yet unfeigned portrait of their grandmother.
Tags:Alexandria Ocasio-CortezBarack ObamaDonald Trump
Michael Moore's latest covers Trump, the Parkland school shooting, the water crisis in Flint, and the impending demise of democracy in America.
Tags:maxim-pozdorovkinrobotsThe Truth About Killer Robots
Maxim Pozdorovkin ('Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer') delivers a fascinating but unfocused look at the threat of robots on our lives and livelihood.
Tags:DenmarkHeartboundJanus Metz
Janus Metz and Sine Plambech continue to follow the stories of Thai women who migrated to Denmark for marital bliss.
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Because people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.
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Robert Greene explores a town's travesty in a way that will have you thinking differently about historical reenactment.
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If you’re a Prime member, you’ve got plenty to watch for free.
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Thanks to 'Minding the Gap' and 'Crime + Punishment,' it's finally time to do this.
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Julien Faraut's film of Gil de Kermadec's film of McEnroe in his prime treats the tennis pro as the wild beast he was.
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Chris Paine changes his focus from electric cars to the future of AI and why we should welcome our inevitable robot overlords.
If you’re a Prime member, you’ve got plenty to watch for free.
The Naudet Brothers document another tragedy involving terrorism, this time focusing on tales of survival.
Because people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.
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Because people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.
David Chang’s latest program is as accessible and enjoyable as documentary series get.We don’t review a lot of cooking shows on Nonfics. Maybe never before. There are so many of them, and a lot are go…
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Stanley Nelson’s film about historically black colleges and universities shows the true importance of education.
Short-form Academy Award nominees hit theaters this week.Among the thousands of documentary shorts released and screened at festivals last year, only five could be nominated for an Academy Award. Fort…
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The Australian documentary poorly presents a complex issue.Who knew Australians were so divided on kangaroos? The national icon is beloved as a symbol and despised as an entity. For those of us unawar…
Check out the award-winning documentary now on home video.
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Documentary ReviewThe episodic series unfortunately satisfies neither.There’s a big difference between true crime and issue films. True crime focuses on singular incidents involving a minimal scope of…
Now you can see how everybody voted.Below are the 31 submitted best-of lists that contributed to our 2017 end-of-year poll.Christopher CampbellFounding Editor, Nonfics(See longer list at Thrillist)1. …
The HFPA doesn’t honor nonfiction anymore, but if they did…Out of all the reasons not to take the Golden Globes seriously, my first choice is the fact that they’re still one of the only major movie aw…
Only one-third of these titles will be nominated for an Academy Award.Congratulations to the 15 documentary features shortlisted for the Oscar this week. The Academy announced the titles advancing to …
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From the jolly to the depressing, here are the essential nonfiction holiday films.
The documentary is also shocking in its sunny disposition.
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The director of ‘Marwencol’ gives us a behind-the-scenes ticket to the Teatro Povero di Monticchiello.An early review of Spettacolo suggests the film is decades too late in showcasing the small Tuscan…
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Sabaah Folayan and Sabaah Jordan give us an insider’s experience of the Ferguson protests.
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Dolores Huerta finally gets a documentary of her own.Joe Arpaio never appears on screen in Dolores, but he’s there in spirit, particularly in the final act when Dolores Huerta is seen as the catalyst …
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100 Must-See Documentaries Streaming on Netflix This MonthBecause people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.‘Chasing Coral’ (Netflix)One perfect double feature is ruined this month, as Ga…
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Brian Knappenberger’s latest documentary involving the Internet is his most concerning yet also his least satisfying.Freedom of the press is a hot topic right now, particularly as the White House is f…
If you’re a Prime member, you’ve got plenty to watch for free.‘Approaching the Elephant’This month, we have to say goodbye to Ross McElwee’s Bright Leaves, which is a shame because it went so well wit…
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100 Must-See Documentaries Streaming on Netflix This MonthBecause people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.As it turns out, the docs we mentioned last month as having positive buzz are a…
If you’re a Prime member, you’ve got plenty to watch for free.Finally, the second installment of Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Paradise Lost trilogy is being made available on Amazon Prime, joini…
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Kitty Green’s unique new film is positively problematic.The word “meta” is being used a lot to describe Casting JonBenet, and of course it is a meta documentary but so are most. The less boring way to…
100 Must-See Documentaries Streaming on Netflix This MonthBecause people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.There are not many documentaries added to the Netflix 100 this month. Only the …
The latest from Disneynature is a huge disappointment.Disney’s current run of nature documentaries has never been known for its originality. The first release from Disneynature, itself a brand begun t…
If you’re a Prime member, you’ve got plenty to watch for free.‘Only the Young’Five excellent documentaries were added to Amazon Prime over the past month, including the nonfiction teen movie Only the …
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Because people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.This month brings a kind of special event to Netflix with the release of the new documentary miniseries Five Came Back. Because it’s abou…
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You’ll want to watch all 10 films, but these are our favorites.The Islands and the WhalesChicago’s DOC10 Film Festival is more of a showcase. All of its curated titles are screened only once, and noth…
100 Must-See Documentaries Streaming on Amazon Prime This MarchIf you’re a Prime member, you’ve got plenty to watch for free.Six of the documentaries on our list are no longer available free with Prim…
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Making Holocaust jokes in the Age of Milo.
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It’s not personal. But it will often look that way.One of the biggest problems with documentary criticism is the reviews that go after what a film is about rather than how it’s about it. Criticism can…
Because people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.Paris is Burning is back on Netflix! That’s so excited I just had to lead with it. We love the movie and were happily recommending it to …
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Nominated film The White Helmets is directly effected by the order.The White HelmetsWhen the Oscar nominees were announced last week, a notable theme was evident in the category for Best Documentary (…
Some characters are worth following no matter the film quality.
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Jonathan Olshefski’s debut is incredibly timely and timeless.I hate to be the guy who compares Jonathan Olshefski’s Quest to Boyhood, if only because I’m the guy who tells people if they like Boyhood …
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Catherine Bainbridge follows up Reel Injun with similar good intentions.If “Native Americans in pop music” makes you think of the guy in the headdress in the Village People, then you need to see Rumbl…
And 10 other documentaries were nominated today, too.The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards were announced this morning, and as hoped, O.J.: Made in America was included among the contenders for Bes…
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We could tell immediately this would be one of our favorite documentaries of the year.
An excellent documentary tracks a very complex industry.
Or maybe it’s the other way around?
Some of them never will happen, and that’s for the best.It has been almost two years since the last time I went through the slate of documentary remakes in the works, so this is long overdue. The thin…
Because people say there are no good movies on Netflix anymore.A new year has arrived, and with it Netflix has introduced some more great documentaries to its streaming library. And will add a few mor…
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New works by Wiseman, Walker, James and more.NOBODY SPEAK: HULK HOGAN, GAWKER AND TRIALS OF A FREE PRESSIt’s not easy to make a most anticipated documentaries of the year list. Fiction films are easy …
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The best of Doc Alliance is streaming free for the last time.One of the best documentaries of 2016, Sergei Loznitsa’s The Event, is again available to stream for free on the Doc Alliance website. Sadl…
Now you can see how everybody voted.CamerapersonChristopher CampbellFounding Editor, Nonfics1. Cameraperson2. O.J.: Made in America3. Kate Plays Christine4. Weiner5. Under the Sun6. Zero Days7. 13th8.…
101 nonfiction releases ranked by critics and pros.The previous three years we conducted this poll of critics, filmmakers, and other documentary industry folk, we saw a clear winner from a mile away. …
The 2016 Library of Congress doc picks and where to see them.Each year, the Library of Congress selects 25 American films to add to the National Film Registry, and today we received announcement of th…
The HFPA doesn’t honor nonfiction anymore, but if they did…The Golden Globes have now gone 40 years without an award for best documentary, the last winner being 1976’s Altars of the World. Since then,…
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This year’s shortlist for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar is one of the best I’ve ever seen. Almost all of the 15 semi-finalist titles are must-see films, many are among my favorites of the year an…
Compared to last month, there aren’t a lot of additions to the Netflix 100 listing for December. Morgan Spurlock’s Rats, surprisingly one of my favorite docs of the year (read my review at Film School…
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Last night was the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, which I was proud to be a part of, and it was a wonderful night for makers and lovers of nonfiction film. We honored D.A. Pennebaker an…
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A few days ago, the Cinema Eye Honors announced this year’s list of “The Unforgettables,” the most memorable documentary subjects of the year. It’s a shame that Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol are not…
Netflix continues to add a lot of great new docs of their own to their streaming service, and that combined with the return of a number of favorites plus a grouping of World War II classics adds up to…
The Academy of Arts and Sciences has unveiled the 2016 shortlist of 10 finalists in contention for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. And half of them are available to stream online right now. The …
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Despite what the headline may have you thinking, Gleason is not a comedy. Not at all. But it does have a good amount of laughs for a documentary chronicling a man’s deteriorating health from ALS. Dire…
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Any documentary about an artist needs to show you his or her work and make you appreciate their craft, even if you don’t have a taste for what they do. That’s the minimum of expectation for a film lik…
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This year, the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association join together for the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. I am honored to be a part of the …
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Danny Glover is best known as an actor, in such movies as The Color Purple, The Royal Tenenbaums and the Lethal Weapon series, but he’s also a great humanitarian. And as a result of his social conscie…
Netflix may not be holding onto a lot of their classic documentaries — Hoop Dreams is gone again! — but this fall they’re adding a handful of very good originals. This week sees the debut of Ava DuVer…
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We review the 2015 documentary about the iconic Los Angeles-based food critic Jonathan Gold.
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The Lovers and the Despot is the kind of documentary that tends to be praised for being “like a spy thriller.” As in its story plays out like one in a fiction film. Maybe this doc will receive that co…
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If you ever want to become acquainted with the documentary scene of another part of the world, Doc Alliance is your best friend. And this month they’re set on sharing with us the nonfiction cinema of …
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We’re still four months away from the 2017 Cinema Eye Honors, but the contenders for the nonfiction awards are already being shortlisted. Some of them, anyway. This week, Cinema Eye announced 10 semi-…
This month we only had to say goodbye to one documentary on the Netflix 100: Samsara. It’s too bad, but maybe you can find it on the big screen somewhere someday, which is a preferred experience for t…
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Kate Plays Christine marks a monumental leap for filmmaker Robert Greene (Actress). And for American documentary, as well. I don’t know for certain that I love it, and I don’t think I like the ending,…
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With the Summer Games now over, it’s time for Olympics lovers to turn their focus to Pyeongchang, where the next Winter Games will take place in 2018. But that’s a while to wait, so for now we can tak…
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This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the August Coup, a failed coup d’état attempt in the Soviet Union just months before the communist country’s collapse. In honor of the occasion, we are proud…
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This month we’ve added three essential documentaries to the Netflix 100 list, all of them from last decade. First there’s Davis Guggenheim’s Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth, which is a worthy film…
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From 2016, we review Barbara Kopple's film of the titular frontwoman for The Dap-Kings and her battle with cancer.
Earlier this month, IndieWire posted a list called The 20 Best Trailers of the Last 20 Years. Sadly, and surprisingly, there wasn’t a single documentary on it. So, I felt it my duty to offer a supplem…
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In late 2009, an unprecedented cyber-attack caused the destruction of about 1000 centrifuges at an Iranian nuclear facility. The culprit was malware software that affected the computer system controll…
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Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady are masters of a certain kind of observational documentary. They especially shine above all the gimmicky exposition films out there, never more apparently than with the an…
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While not as terrible a loss as we had last month, July brings five significant departures from our list of recommended documentaries on Netflix. Actually, there are more films associated with two of …
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All great artists have the occasional failure, and unfortunately the Oscar-winning documentarian Jessica Yu has another one with Misconception. The filmmaker best known for In the Realms of the Unreal…
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Penny Lane's film about notorious charlatan John Brinkley is pretty crazy.
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This is another bad month for documentary-loving Netflix subscribers. A good amount of great films have expired from streaming, but only one doc has been added that I can vouch for and recommend. That…
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Jeff Radice's documentary about the legendary pitcher Dock Ellis strikes out visually but is still worth a watch.
Five great documentaries have been added to Netflix this month, including one that has been here before, Oscar nominee Dirty Wars. The others are new to the streaming service and include some of our f…
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Mark Craig profiles the lesser-known astronaut Gene Cernan in this fascinating documentary.
been looking forward to this documentary, the latest from Beauty Day director Jay Cheel, for a long time. Now How to Build a Time Machine is about to make its debut at Hot Docs, and there’s this new …
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The latest curated event from our friends at Doc Alliance is called “Sail the Documentary Waters!” and there are some really great films available through this program. This week, they’re able to offe…
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The heroes of the documentary Welcome to Leith are a handful of white supremacists. That’s not to say they’re presented as the “good guys” in the lens of the filmmakers, though it’s also not always cl…
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Eight recent documentaries we’re excited about are new to Netflix Watch Instantly, so they lead off this month’s incarnation of the Netflix 100. Two of them, Finder’s Keepers and Stray Dog were on our…
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This week’s special event program at Doc Alliance is called “The Search for Freedom,” and it’s a selection of five fairly new titles screening at this year’s One World Romania, an annual human-rights …
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Weekly premiered the above new clip for the new baseball documentary Fastball, and it’s very appropriate that this film on pitching is narrated by Bull Durham and Field of Dreams star Kevin Costner. …
a new documentary from Dinesh D’Souza (2016: Obama’s America) just in time for the election, and this time its focus is on Hillary Clinton. Will that be embarrassing if Bernie Sanders gets the nomina…
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off its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures has a fresh new trailer ahead of its HBO premiere. The biographical documentary about photographer Robert Ma…
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Over the weekend, the Czech Lion Awards (the Czech Republic’s Academy Awards) were held in Prague, and the honor of best documentary film went to Jana Sevcikova’s Lean a Ladder Against Heaven. And we …
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It may not have won the Oscar, but The Look of Silence is now streaming on Netflix, and of course that means it’s been added to our Netflix 100 list. While the exposure from an Academy Awards spotligh…
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Distributor Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to the latest film by Gianfranco Rosi, Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare). The documentary just won the top prize (Golden Bear) at the Berlin Film Fe…
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In a way, Becoming Mike Nichols isn’t much more than the equivalent of an Inside the Actor’s Studio episode for directors. And yet it’s still far more enjoyable and focused than a lot of biographical …
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I first met Aaron Aites and his partner, Audrey Ewell, in 2011 when they asked me to participate in an early preview of footage compiled for their crowdsourced film 99% — The Occupy Wall Street Collab…
With Amazon competing heavily with Netflix for the market for streaming content, as well as with the rest of the independent film world for acquisitions (see Amazon and Netflix’s activity at Sundance …
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The following post was originally published on the Documentary Channel Blog on February 14, 2013. At six years old, it may seem too soon to call Crazy Love a classic. But I’ve always stressed t…
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Porter’s Trapped is one of the docs we didn’t get a chance to see during Sundance, but it’s still one our most anticipated of the year. Especially after it won a Special Jury Prize for Social Impact …
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Only two classic documentaries on our Netflix 100 list expired this month, Man on Wire and Kurt & Courtney. However, there is another, Jesus Camp, which leaves the streaming service on February 21…
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I can’t help but be curious about any documentary programmed in the “midnight” section of a film festival. I’m always looking for works of nonfiction that try out different forms, and a lot of these k…
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If there’s one theme that immediately stands out in this year’s Sundance Film Festival program, it’s gun violence. Not the way it was in the 1990s when every indie wanted to be a Quentin Tarantino mov…
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The Sundance Film Festival traditionally kicks off the year in nonfiction cinema. While its fiction (narrative) programs can be hit or miss, the documentaries are always worth paying attention to. Mos…
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The nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards were announced this morning, and there are actually more documentaries nominated than usual. No, we didn’t see Amy recognized for editing nor is there another …
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This was not a poor year for nonfiction cinema, though it may have seemed that way because of what was most popular. Not everyone likes to see so many music documentaries flooding the market, even if …
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It’s a new year, and with it comes changes to the Netflix 100. These aren’t specific to 2016, however, just the usual handful of titles dropped and handful of titles added, most of them dependent on w…
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Welcome to the 3rd Annual Nonfics Year-End Poll. Most of the contributors to this feature are critics and/or editors and/or journalists. There are also some film festival programmers and filmmakers in…
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For those of us who are fans of both documentary and Star Wars, Alexandre O. Philippe’s The People Vs. George Lucas is an essential film. This Wednesday evening, I’m excited to be moderating an online…
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Clay Tweel is a name that should be known to any documentary fan. After serving as an associate producer on Seth Gordon’s The King of Kong, he went on to direct his first feature, the surprisingly sha…
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Nominees for the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards were announced this morning, and I’d like to share the results relevant to this site. I know it probably seems random to highlight these particular …
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The last time the Golden Globes gave out an award for best documentary was in 1977, when Lew Ayres’s Altars of the World won. The category has been retired for longer than I’ve been alive (I was born …
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As requested by readers, here is a ranking of the 15 films shortlisted for the next Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in order of what’s most essential viewing (this isn’t necessarily a ranking of be…
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It’s not often that I’m glad a documentary loses my interest. Almost There is a film that benefits from having a few sluggish spots, because they allow for the sudden changes and pickups that follow t…
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This month saw more essential films added to Netflix Watch Instantly than leave, though there were some sad departures of the expired variety. As we warned last month, Leviathan was indeed one of them…
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The competition for the next Oscar for Best Documentary Feature is heating up. This year’s 15 titles shortlisted for the award have just been unveiled by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Scien…
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This Oscar-winning documentary presents an interesting but sometimes troubling relationship between the film's footage and its subject.
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Nominees for the 31st annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced this week, and as usual nonfiction works are limited to their own specific categories, but at least there are two of them. Al…
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The Cinema Eye Honors have announced the nominees for their 9th annual nonfiction film awards, the winners of which will be named on January 9, 2016. Here they are:Outstanding Achievement in Nonfictio…
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New York City is often romanticized in the movies. These films show us the real Big Apple.
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We’re seeing a minor trend lately of documentaries nostalgically revisiting criminal cases of the 1990s, some of them acknowledging that it was the early days of cable news and reality television, and…
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More classic documentaries and other nonfiction favorites have expired from Netflix Watch Instantly in the past month, the most notable being Martin Scorsese’s concert film The Last Waltz. Two other l…
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The Academy of Arts and Sciences has unveiled the 2015 shortlist of 10 finalists in contention for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. Among them are films with heavy subjects, including rape, murde…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the 124 titles submitted this year for qualification for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. Below is the full list of nonfiction films acc…
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It would seem like this week was the perfect time to debut Back in Time, the crowdfunded documentary focused on the Back to the Future movies and their fans. Wednesday was “Back to the Future Day,” an…
Hello, Nonfics readers! I would like to invite you to be a patron of Nonfics through Patreon. We are looking to move away from advertisement-based funding to reader-supported funding. We think that in…
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The nominees for the 25th annual IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards were announced this morning, and among the nonfiction films recognized are Approaching the Elephant — one of my favorite documentari…
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the new blurb-filled trailer for In Jackson Heights, the latest from Frederick Wiseman. Here’s a very brief synopsis via Zipporah Films:Frederick Wiseman’s 40th documentary IN JACKSON HEIGHTS is abou…
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Peter Kunhardt has produced a number of documentaries with similar titles — Gloria: In Her Own Words; JFK: In His Own Words; Teddy: In His Own Words; Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words — and now he’s ge…
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Little Girl Blue is a new documentary on Janis Joplin from Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil) and producer Alex Gibney (Magic Trip) with narration by Cat Power. Here’s the offic…
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It’s always great to see nonfiction films nominated for Oscars outside the ten specifically designated documentary slots. One of the other categories where they can occasionally be found is Best Forei…
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I’ve been asked not to review Particle Fever, which is currently screening at the New York Film Festival under the Applied Science umbrella of its Spotlight on Documentary program. The reason bein…
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Chantal Akerman, the brilliant Belgian director best known for the feminist film classic Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, has died suddenly at age 65. She made that masterpiece wh…
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Kurt Kuenne’s best-known film is Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, which is famous for being possibly the most gut-wrenching documentary of all time. He made a lot of people weep with …
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As expected, there was a terrible purge of great documentaries from Netflix Watch Instantly this month, thanks to the streaming service losing its deal with Epix. That loss combined with the expiratio…
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a trailer for Kent Jones’s Hitchcock/Truffaut, which is currently playing the fall festival circuit before hitting theaters on December 2, first in NYC, followed quickly by Los Angeles and then a nat…
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With Les Blank gone, I now consider Bill Ross and Turner Ross to be our finest documentarians of Americana, albeit in a style all their own. First they gave us 45365, a small-town symphony depicting a…
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documentary on the legacy and fandom of Back to the Future has shaped out to be better than I’d initially anticipated. Here’s the official gist of Back in Time:The documentary film Back in Time is, a…
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Moore has a new movie, Where to Invade Next, and this teaser doesn’t give us a clue as to what it’s actually about. So, here’s the synopsis from the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival catalog:M…
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I have nothing negative to say about Alex Winter’s Deep Web, except maybe that the title is a bit misleading. The documentary is not about the Deep Web so much as a small section of it. It’s about the…
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Netflix is continuing to lose great documentary titles, and it’s not adding as many essentials as it used to. Is this service going downhill? Maybe, and the big news that it’s ended its longtime deal …
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More than 11 years following the release of Super Size Me, documentary filmmakers around the world are still copying Morgan Spurlock’s concept. The latest is Australian actor Damon Gameau (best known …
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Spotlighting student life and the education system.
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The success of any music act is obviously dependent on their having hit songs, but it’s the story behind a band that makes them truly notable. The Who might have slipped out some popular tunes at thei…
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When famous people aren’t giving Nonfics their documentary recommendations directly, they’re using them to guest-curate collections over at SundanceNow Doc Club. And we’re happy to share their lists o…
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When famous people aren’t giving Nonfics their documentary recommendations directly, they’re using them to guest-curate collections over at SundanceNow Doc Club. And we’re happy to share their lists o…
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When famous people aren’t giving Nonfics their documentary recommendations directly, they’re using them to guest-curate collections over at SundanceNow Doc Club. And we’re happy to share their lists o…
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Not all comic book movies are about superheroes or fantastical made-up stories.
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There are plenty of scary documentaries. Most of them have to do with scary subject matter, such as the threat of nuclear weapons (Peter Watkins’s The War Game and Lucy Walker’s Countdown to Zero …
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This isn’t quite a review of The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, because I’ve already done a capsule review of the documentary, back during this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, for Movies.com. Since then,…
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Rather than update our original list of the Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. And to…
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The question of distinction between “reality” TV series and “documentary” TV series (or “docu-series”) has been asked for many years. At least since early 2008, when a member of the DBSTalk forum perf…
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Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein are in the business of making documentaries about maternity. Beginning with their collaboration on Epstein’s 2008 feature The Business of Being Born, which tackles a rather…
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While the Primetime Emmys get all the prestige, it’s the News & Documentary Emmys that interest us more here at Nonfics. There are more awards given to nonfiction films, of course, but also the br…
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The 2015 Primetime Emmy nominations were announced today, and here are just the contenders in the nonfiction (documentary and reality programs) categories:Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Pro…
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Ten years ago, one of the hottest nonfiction films in America was a “checkbook documentary” titled Born Into Brothels. Checkbook documentary is my term for any documentary that, especially at film fes…
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We joke about Internet addiction in the West. We lovingly called our BlackBerrys “CrackBerrys” when we still used BlackBerrys. We make movies about literally falling in love with our smartphones. But …
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Rather than update our original list of the Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. And to…
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Small towns are a big deal these days, particularly for documentaries focusing on the disappearance of that part of America. But most of those films are focused on places that are shrinking, where pov…
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One of my top five undistributed documentaries of 2014 is finally hitting theaters in limited release today, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to give Evaporating Borders another look and properly revie…
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This is a bit short notice for anyone looking to submit by tomorrow’s Earlybird Deadline, but we’ve just partnered with the Atlanta Film Festival to provide our film-making readers with a discount cou…
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Wiseman’s most reflexive work to date is naturally all about ways of seeing.
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Not every documentary has to call attention to its own craft. Although nonfiction cinema is always reflexive, there are films that get away with more heightened meta-ness while others drown in their o…
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Rather than update our original list of the 100 Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. An…
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This interview was originally published on the Documentary Channel blog on April 18, 2013.This Saturday marks the second anniversary of Tim Hetherington’s death. The Oscar-nominated co-director of Res…
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Look through any list of the greatest nonfiction books of all time and you’ll find few that have been made into movies, especially those that aren’t biographies. Most of them don’t involve stories in …
Rather than update our original list of the 100 Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. An…
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I used to offer a disclaimer when recommending Nick Broomfield documentaries, noting that I believe him to be a genius filmmaker but acknowledge that he’s also an acquired taste. This isn’t something …
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Get to know your home!
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As April leaves us with this one last day, it’s appropriate to end the month’s theme of environmentalism with a look at films that very well could change your mind about something regarding alternativ…
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From 2014, this list looks at great films about terrible tragedies for Mother Earth.
Hollywood loves to remake documentaries because “directors of docs are allowing so much drama to be put into their stories that you experience them like a narrative.” That’s a ridiculously redundant r…
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There’s a fun documentary hitting VOD next week titled Just About Famous. It’s your typical convention profile, but the attendees are all celebrity impersonators, so it’s almost like you’re watching a…
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a huge fan of Jeanie Finlay’s The Great Hip Hop Hoax, her latest music doc, Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, has been one of my most anticipated for a while. You can see my post on its Indiegogo cam…
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This interview was originally published on the Documentary Channel Blog on January 10, 2013. Almost 50 years ago, Canadian filmmaker Paul Almond, while employed by Granada Television in the UK, int…
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The Oscar-winning actress is a big fan of documentaries.
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We review the documentary focused on Brandy Burre, an actress best known for her role on the TV series 'The Wire.'
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In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, the final spirit that visits Ebenezer Scrooge is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. This spirit shows Scrooge visions of a future, if not the future. Mainly th…
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Rather than update our original list of the 100 Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. An…
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This list goes to 11.
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We lost one of the finest, most notable members of the documentary community last month when Bruce Sinofsky died of complications from diabetes on February 21. His legacy is tremendous, and the filmma…
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This essay was written by Christopher Campbell in December 2010 (before the founding of Nonfics) for a Master’s film studies class at NYU.
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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We lost one of the most important documentarians of all time last night, and he deserves a post. I don’t have the words to do Albert Maysles’s life, work, influence and legacy justice. I don’t have an…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Rather than update our original list of the 100 Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. An…
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Get to know pioneers in politics, civil rights, comedy, and more.
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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This post was originally published on the Documentary Channel Blog on February 14, 2012.I can’t immediately think of any genuinely romantic documentaries nor many nonfiction films that follow love sto…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Nonfics is now a newsletter! Please support documentary criticism by subscribing here: nonfics.substack.com. Two weeks ago we brought you a list of 10 great black history films, all of them doc…
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another expedition to the end of the world and encounter the next important climate change documentary with Antarctic Edge: 70° South, for which we’re happy to premiere this new trailer. The document…
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Nonfics is now a newsletter! Please support documentary criticism by subscribing here: nonfics.substack.com. It’s February, and that means it’s Black History Month again. Naturally, a site devo…
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Rather than update our original list of the 100 Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. An…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Another word for minimalism is essential, and that’s fitting because The Russian Woodpecker has a minimalist poster design and is also an essential film. The powerful documentary, directed by Chad Gra…
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In 2015, we looked back at 30 years worth of programming to name our favorites of the festival.
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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This list is coming out much later than it did last year. The longer it’s taken me to compile and post, though, the more I’ve come to be sure of what movie moments I remember strongest and most fondly…
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Today’s announcement of the Oscar nominations brought some deep feelings from yours truly. My favorite doc of 2014, one that I’d been sure was the frontrunner for the win, let alone a nomination, was …
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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The 8th annual Cinema Eye Honors were held last night, and Citizenfour was the big winner with four awards, including the top prize for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking. 20,000…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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As a member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, it is my duty and honor to share the nominations for our 2014 awards. While I’m a bit disappointed that no documentaries are up for Best Picture, I…
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Rather than update our original list of the 100 Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. An…
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2014 is the year documentaries began to take over. At least this seemed to be the case. The most acclaimed fiction film of the year, Boyhood, has primarily been praised for its nonfictional element of…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Welcome to the 2nd Annual Nonfics Year-End Poll. We’re not going to continue calling it a “critics poll” because (just as we did last year) we’ve invited non-critics to take part. Most of the contribu…
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This year’s crop of 25 additions to the National Film Registry includes a wide variety of musicals, war movies, teen comedy, stoner comedy, animation, horror, Western, indie, experimental, early works…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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What Might Have Been Nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Documentary of 2014?Another year of Golden Globes nominations, another year of documentaries being excluded from this prominent awards even…
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
The 28 titles in the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Competitions were announced last week — 16 in the U.S. program and 12 in the World section. I think this crop sounds even better than last …
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next Disneynature film takes us to Sri Lanka to watch some anthropomorphized langur monkeys living in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa. As always with this brand, the new documentary, by Mark Linfield…
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This year’s 15 titles shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature were announced today, and there aren’t a whole lot of surprises. Sure, I’m disappointed that there’s once again no …
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Most people don’t get to see documentaries until they arrive on a home video platform of some kind, whether it’s DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, iTunes, TV, Netflix streaming, etc. Join us every Tuesday for a look…
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Rather than update our original list of the 100 Best Documentaries on Netflix whenever a film expires or is added, we’d like to post a new version each month to keep things tidy and less confusing. An…