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Martin Scorsese's new Bob Dylan documentary isn't totally real, but the legitimate concert footage is incredible, and overall it might be one of Netflix's best offerings yet.
Cole Henry is a media theory and philosophy student at Georgia State University, as well as a freelance writer and editor. He is quite interested in every aspect of documentary cinema, and can usually be found reading, writing, running, adding items to his Criterion Collection shopping cart, and eating tacos.
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Martin Scorsese's new Bob Dylan documentary isn't totally real, but the legitimate concert footage is incredible, and overall it might be one of Netflix's best offerings yet.
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More than a decade after making 'The 11th Hour,' Leonardo DiCaprio and Leila Conners return with a rather optimistic climate change documentary.
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Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, and some wannabe pirates show us the irreparable damage to the planet in these five films.
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Now that HBO's hit fantasy series is over, it's time to get real with a behind the scenes look at the show's production from filmmaker Jeanie Finlay ('The Great Hip Hop Hoax').
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With co-director Andre Singer, Werner Herzog profiles the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union.
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Werner Herzog has made many movies, including 38 documentary features and shorts. Here, we focus on those.
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We are in the endgame now, so let's capture what we can, for our children to marvel at what once was.
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Netflix's new documentary series is a rallying cry for the whimpering mortality of nature.
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Narrated by Ed Helms, the latest nature documentary from Disney will especially delight younger viewers.
Tons of films offer help or information regarding what's best for your health. These are the most essential.
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The history, the heroes, and the scandals... And yes, we included Ken Burns' lengthy miniseries.
For Discovery Channel, Oscar-winning filmmaker Ross Kaufman ('Born Into Brothels') shines a spotlight on the importance of tiger conservation.
Mark Cousins ('The Story of Film: An Odyssey') studies the sketches and paintings of Orson Welles in order to better understand a man who has become near-mythic.
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Former US Marine Corps combat cameraman Miles Lagoze presents the footage that was never meant to be seen.
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Whether or not you like Talking Heads, the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, or the other performers in these documentaries, they're still essential viewing.
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The challenges faced by Bergman, Spielberg, Herzog, Coppola, Gilliam, and more famous filmmakers lay bare in these phenomenal making-of films.
Space is on our minds once again thanks to 'Apollo 11' and the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. Here are the greatest films on the subject.
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From chronicles of 19th-century murderers through the latest true crime work by Joe Berlinger, these are the best nonfiction film portraits of serial killers.