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Documentaries
it’s britney
Nov. 9, 2022
Britney Spears Saw the Documentaries and Thinks They’re the ‘Trashiest’ “I think the meanest part was the deception in claiming it was to help me!!!”
By Jason P. Frank
How Peter Jackson Broke Up the Beatles And used AI to make Revolver better than ever.
By Lane Brown
trailer mix
Sept. 27, 2022
Phil Spector Is a Creep on Trial in the New True-Crime Docuseries Spector “Phil Spector enjoyed bringing people to his home and locking them inside.”
By Rebecca Alter
father son and house of downey
Sept. 26, 2022
Netflix Hopes Robert Downey Jr., Sr. Will Win an Oscar The streamer is reportedly planning to push the Team Downey documentary for Academy Award consideration.
By Jennifer Zhan
trailer mix
Sept. 21, 2022
Helen Mirren Is Queen of Documentary Now ’s Season 53 Trailer The new season guest-stars Cate Blanchett, Alexander Skarsgård, and Nicholas Braun.
By Hershal Pandya
what a way to make a livin’
Sept. 9, 2022
By Justin Curto
documentaries
Aug. 25, 2022
Louis C.K. Doc to Follow His Return to Stand-up After Sexual Harassment Claims Paramount exec David Nevins calls it “a very interesting documentary, which I haven’t seen yet.”
By Rebecca Alter
The Aretha Franklin Documentary Producer Is Suing Neon ‘Amazing Grace’ took 40+ years to come out, only to be buried, per the lawsuit.
By Bethy Squires
sorry to bother you
Aug. 10, 2022
By Zoe Guy
trailer mix
July 27, 2022
By Bethy Squires
trailer mix
July 27, 2022
Freak Out! Over New Bowie Footage in Moonage Daydream The first estate-approved David Bowie film featuring his music is out September 16.
By Justin Curto
vulture recommends
July 7, 2022
By A.A. Dowd
heartbreak hotel
June 27, 2022
What to Watch While Coming Down From Elvis Movies, documentaries, and TV shows to watch after Baz Luhrmann’s megamusical about the King.
By Roxana Hadadi
clips don’t lie
June 17, 2022
No, J.Lo Didn’t Shade Shakira in Her Halftime Documentary She was only mad at the time constraints of their Super Bowl performance.
By Justin Curto
dramatization drama
June 10, 2022
Michael Peterson Feels “Pimped Out” by The Staircase He has “no sympathy” for documentarian Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, “any more than I would for a hooker who contracted an STD after peddling her ass.”
By Zoe Guy
Judd Apatow on Documenting the Legacy (and Fart Jokes) of George Carlin Talking with the filmmaker about his HBO docuseries on the legendary stand-up.
By Jason Diamond
XXXTentacion Doc Look at Me Heading to Hulu After Five Years The new trailer features an interview with abuse accuser Geneva Ayala.
By Justin Curto
stand-up specials
May 12, 2022
By Bethy Squires
we’re far from the shallow now
May 11, 2022
Teal Swan Documentary Will Usher in the Summer of Cults The Deep End airs on Freeform as part of its new docuseries slate.
By Morgan Baila
Oprah Says Doctor Once Told Her to ‘Embrace Hunger’ to Fix Thyroid Problem While reflecting on how fame has affected her experiences with health care.
By Jennifer Zhan
respect the classics
Apr. 28, 2022
This Brian Eno Documentary Will Be Ambient As Hell But will also employ “groundbreaking generative technology,” per his instructions.
By Devon Ivie
don’t be fooled by the rocks
Apr. 13, 2022
It’s Jenny From the Doc Now Jennifer Lopez’s new Netflix documentary, Halftime , will open Tribeca Film Festival.
By Ashley Shannon Wu
summer of soul
Apr. 13, 2022
Questlove Put the Soul Back in Summer, Inspiring New Harlem Festival of Culture Modeled after the Harlem Cultural Festival, the subject of his Oscar-winning documentary.
By Justin Curto
Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Documentary Is Driving Home 2 Disney+ driving home 2 u , out March 25, features new live arrangements of the album.
By Jennifer Zhan
Pamela Anderson Is Telling Her Side of the Story to Netflix A feature-length documentary by Ryan White is coming to the streaming service.
By Bethy Squires
swiper no swiping
Mar. 2, 2022
By Ashley Shannon Wu
what’s the deal with docs?
Mar. 1, 2022
Larry David Curbs HBO Documentary on His Life He reportedly “didn’t love” The Larry David Story , which was set to premiere Tuesday night.
By Justin Curto
The Kanye You Thought You Knew Jeen-Yuhs is the quintessential visual document of Ye’s career. It’s also an unnervingly neat read.
By Craig Jenkins
street justice
Feb. 9, 2022
‘The Tinder Swindler’ Is Banned From Swiping And, you know, scamming his matches out of millions.
By Ashley Shannon Wu
The Many Lives of Janet Jackson How many ways will her story be told without seeing the full picture?
By Shamira Ibrahim
How Many Languages Does Werner Herzog Speak? Years after he made a fake documentary about Loch Ness, the director explains how an outtake from the film took on a life of its own.
By Séamas O'Reilly
black lives matter
Jan. 31, 2022
Rest in Power and the Performance of Black DeathWhy was Jay-Z’s Trayvon Martin documentary so frustratingly hopeful?
By Carvell Wallace
sundance 2022
Jan. 25, 2022
By Rebecca Alter
The Life and Crimes of Robert Durst: A Timeline The subject of HBO’s The Jinx died a convicted murderer at 78.
By Nate Jones
trailer mix
Jan. 10, 2022
jeen-yuhs Walks to a February 16 Release on NetflixThe Kanye West trilogy, decades in the making, gets a teaser ahead of its Sundance premiere.
By Justin Curto
trailer mix
Dec. 15, 2021
By Bethy Squires
Charli XCX’s Documentary to Vroom Onto a Screen Near You New Shapes? Honey, more like new tapes. Charli’s got footage.
By Rebecca Alter
Hulu Pulls Astroworld: Concert From Hell Documentary After Criticism A Houston investigative news special was promoted on Hulu less than a month after the deaths of ten concertgoers.
By Rebecca Alter
respect the classics
Dec. 2, 2021
By Devon Ivie
respect the classics
Nov. 19, 2021
Tom Petty’s Daughter on the Ambitious Future of His Legacy “I’d love to see a museum dedicated to my father. I think that’s an undertaking that will take a great deal of time.”
By Devon Ivie
documentaries
Nov. 2, 2021
A New Janet Jackson Doc Will Examine the Infamous Justin Timberlake Incident Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson investigates the “racial and cultural currents that collided” in the 2004 Super Bowl incident.
By Justin Curto
movie review
Oct. 27, 2021
Cousteau and Me ‘Becoming Cousteau’ charts the legendary explorer’s life, but it strikes a note of despair.
By Bilge Ebiri
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