Nonfics

04/07/2025

This Week in Documentary: In the latest Nonfics newsletter, we highlight our updated list of the best films of 2025, the new feature 'Jaws @ 50,' Disney's classic 'People & Places' shorts, and more. Check it out here:

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - July 4-July 10, 2025

02/07/2025

We are now halfway through the year, and it's time to update our list of the best documentaries of 2025 so far. See what six additional documentaries have been added to the ranking of 15 favorites here:

We look back at the first half of the year and choose our favorite 15 doc releases.

28/06/2025

This Week in Documentary: we highlight new films about Jayne Mansfield (directed by her daughter) and Ocean Ramsey and highlight the work of D. A. Pennebaker, docs about artists, and docs about The Rolling Stones, plus we spotlight upcoming airings of 'The Queen' and 'Paris is Burning.'

Read all about it in our latest newsletter here:

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - June 27-July 3, 2025

20/06/2025

In this week's newsletter, we review new films about Marlee Matlin, Barbara Walters, and trans history and identity. We also highlight upcoming broadcasts of 'F for Fake,' 'Man with a Movie Camera,' and 'Union,' plus a new streaming home for 'Charlie Victor Romeo.'

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - June 20-26, 2025

13/06/2025

This week, we highlight new films about Sally Ride, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, photojournalist Sheila Turner Seed, and the Ohio State athletic department sexual abuse scandal. Also: old films about Cory Booker and Timothy “Speed” Levitch.

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - June 13-19, 2025

06/06/2025

This Week in Documentary

Highlights include a new nature film starring Sir David Attenborough, a feature about New York City slumlords, the nonfiction work of Chantal Akerman, and the streaming premiere of the biggest box office documentary hit of the year.

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - June 6-12, 2025

30/05/2025

This week's Nonfics newsletter highlights a new film starring U2's Bono and a series about a corrupt mortician. We also recommend an old foodie doc, the nonfiction library of A24, and, for sad reasons, the films of Marcel Ophüls & Sacha Jenkins.

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - May 30-June 5, 2025

23/05/2025

This Week in Documentary

Highlights include new films about Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman, and Blue Dog painter George Rodrigue, plus a new series about the Tylenol poisoning murders from the '80s. Also, Sports Emmys winners 'Mountain Queen' & 'The Turnaround.'

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Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - May 23-May 29, 2025

20/05/2025

Ahead of this week’s release of the two-part film ‘Pee-wee as Himself,’ we talked to director Matt Wolf about the challenges of making a celebrity documentary where the subject was guarded and then unexpectedly died before filming was completed.

The director talks about the challenges of making a documentary about a guarded subject who also unfortunately died before filming could be finished.

16/05/2025

This Week in Documentary: Highlights include new films on the Deaf President Now student protests, Elaine Gray's house by the sea, and Polaroid founder Edwin H. Land, plus another series where Stanley Tucci eats his way through Italy.

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09/05/2025

This week's documentary highlights include films about The Zombies, Italian cooking legend Marcella Hazan, the 2022 Filipino presidential election, and concerns about the future of cinema. Also, the work of Sarah Ema Friedland and a new streaming service for underserved artists.

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - May 9-May 15, 2025

07/05/2025

We reviewed Agnès Varda's 'The Gleaners and I' for its 25th anniversary and considered its democratically voted status as one of the best documentaries of all time:

Why Agnès Varda's 2000 documentary is considered one of the best films of all time.