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This Week in DocumentaryWe highlight a new film from Oscar winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, a long-over...
12/09/2025

This Week in Documentary

We highlight a new film from Oscar winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, a long-overdue feature about Roberto Clemente, a short on “gay-death-profiteering," Creative Arts Emmy winners, the work of Chantal Akerman, and the 40th anniversary of Shirley Clarke's final masterpiece.

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - September 12-18, 2025

Ben Proudfoot's feature debut, The Eyes of Ghana, is fortunately exactly what you should expect it to be: another joyous...
06/09/2025

Ben Proudfoot's feature debut, The Eyes of Ghana, is fortunately exactly what you should expect it to be: another joyous film showing his love for people and their passions.

Read our review of the documentary, which just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival:

The feature debut of two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot continues to show his passion for the passionate and furthers his collaboration with composer Kris Bowers.

While not entirely balanced, 'Torn: The Israel-Palestine Poster War On NYC Streets' promotes empathy for all by focusing...
06/09/2025

While not entirely balanced, 'Torn: The Israel-Palestine Poster War On NYC Streets' promotes empathy for all by focusing on the human element of war and other conflicts.

Read our review of the documentary, which is now in theaters:

While not entirely balanced, Nim Shapira's documentary promotes empathy for all by focusing on the human element of war and other conflicts.

This Week in Documentary:Highlights include new documentaries about the history of Black television, the American Southw...
05/09/2025

This Week in Documentary:

Highlights include new documentaries about the history of Black television, the American Southwest, the Hungarian government, the Israel-Palestine poster war in NYC, and romance scams. We also celebrate some classic doc anniversaries ('The Celluloid Closet' is turning 30!) and the 125th birthday of Elizaveta Svilova.

Find write-ups on those and more, plus our daily doc calendar and previews of upcoming films on John Candy and Francis Ford Coppola, in our latest newsletter linked below.

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - September 5-11, 2025

This Week in Documentary We highlight the work of Alain Kassanda, Bonnie Friedman, Ken Burns, Marcel Łoziński, and Heidi...
29/08/2025

This Week in Documentary

We highlight the work of Alain Kassanda, Bonnie Friedman, Ken Burns, Marcel Łoziński, and Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, plus Labor Day films including 'Union,' the 25th anniversary of 'Dark Days,' and a new feature about Vice Media.

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - August 29-September 4, 2025

This Week in DocumentaryWe highlight Spike Lee's three Hurricane Katrina docs, including a new one premiering next week....
22/08/2025

This Week in Documentary

We highlight Spike Lee's three Hurricane Katrina docs, including a new one premiering next week. Also: a Sundance winner heading to PBS, a feature about a competitive eater, and the best music doc of the year.

Check out our latest edition here:

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - August 22-28, 2025

This Week in DocumentaryHighlights include new series about Atlanta's Magic City strip club, 'The Biggest Loser,' Chris ...
15/08/2025

This Week in Documentary

Highlights include new series about Atlanta's Magic City strip club, 'The Biggest Loser,' Chris Hemsworth's quest to live longer, and the Dallas Cowboys, as well as a film about independent Russian journalists.

Check out the latest edition here:

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - August 15-21, 2025

This Week in DocumentaryWe highlight new films about Jeff Buckley, Sudan, and the L.A. male exotic scene, and a new seri...
08/08/2025

This Week in Documentary

We highlight new films about Jeff Buckley, Sudan, and the L.A. male exotic scene, and a new series about JFK Jr. Also, the best Black documentaries of all time (according to the Black Movie Hall of Fame), and Werner Herzog's 'Grizzly Man' at 20.

Read our latest edition here:

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - August 8-14, 2025

For its 20th anniversary, we look back at Werner Herzog's 'Grizzly Man,' examining why it's not just a classic documenta...
06/08/2025

For its 20th anniversary, we look back at Werner Herzog's 'Grizzly Man,' examining why it's not just a classic documentary but one of the best of the 21st century (per the recent New York Times poll):

Werner Herzog's 2005 masterpiece encapsulates so much of what nonfiction cinema has become during its "Golden Age."

This Week in Documentary - we recommend new works by Margaret Brown and Victor Kossakovsky, highlight some football docu...
01/08/2025

This Week in Documentary - we recommend new works by Margaret Brown and Victor Kossakovsky, highlight some football docuseries, and celebrate the Criterion Channel debut of one of our favorite films of the year. Read all about it in the latest newsletter:

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - August 1-7, 2025

This Week in DocumentaryWe recommend the latest from Oscar winner Mstyslav Chernov and Oscar nominees Traci Curry, Joe B...
25/07/2025

This Week in Documentary

We recommend the latest from Oscar winner Mstyslav Chernov and Oscar nominees Traci Curry, Joe Berlinger, and Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady. Other highlights include a new series about Paralympians and a film about BTS fans.

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - July 25-July 31, 2025

This Week In DocumentaryWe highlight new films about Billy Joel, Shari Lewis, and the fight against anti-trans laws, plu...
18/07/2025

This Week In Documentary

We highlight new films about Billy Joel, Shari Lewis, and the fight against anti-trans laws, plus two features directed by and about life and death for persons with disabilities, the Emmy nominees, and the return of Mariana van Zeller's 'Trafficked.'

Check out the latest edition here:

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - July 18-July 24, 2025

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