documentary Archives

If you lived through the 1990s in America, you probably remember Girls Gone Wild, and many of you might wish you didn't. Before the spread of social media and easy access to online porn, Joe Francis' multi-million dollar "Girls Gone Wild" franchise, a series of videotapes sold on late-night television that featured young spring breakers baring[...]

The documentary from Ketchup Entertainment covers Mignola's rise in the comics industry, his studio, demonstrations, comic book conventions, and the talent behind the first two Guillermo del Toro live-action franchise films in 2004's Hellboy and 2008's Hellboy II: The Golden Army that starred Ron Perlman The two spoke to Bleeding Cool about how they feel[...]

SCALA!!! is perhaps the most unexpected and welcome documentary about recent Film History to come out in years, a celebration not only of cult movies and a legendary London movie theatre but also of a bygone time (Full disclosure: I spent a lot of time as a kid in London going to the Scala Cinema[...]

The fan-owned Legion M released the trailer for the crowdfunded documentary William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill, a comprehensive look at the life of the legendary Canadian actor and Star Trek icon whose career spans eight decades Shatner developed a prolific career across film and television since his debut in 1951's The Butler's Night[...]

Degrassi, a longtime favorite television series in Canada and abroad, is getting a documentary made about it by WildBrain The three-part documentary has yet to receive an official title, but we know that it will include exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews The documentary will dive into Degrassi lore and the teenage experience with its creators,[...]

The father of two Oscar-nominated actors in Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen's final TV series to date was Hulu's Shut Eye before moving on to documentaries in 2022's The Bond & 2023's Uncharitable. Gyllenhaal spoke to Bleeding Cool about the documentary based on the Dan Pallotta book of the same name, gaining traction as a TED[...]

His latest project is the crowdfunded documentary called To Boldly Go, which is described as "part travelogue, part history lesson, part 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'" Joining the project is Deep Space Nine star Terry Farrell, who played Jadzia Dax in the Paramount syndicated series. Terry Farrell in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Image courtesy of Paramount To Boldly[...]

TIME Studios and Kanopy have come together to release a new mini-documentary this week, as they have one focused on Dungeons & Dragons The film is called Adventure Never Ends: A Tabletop Saga, and it was released totally free on YouTube today for anyone to watch The doc chats with several well-known members of the[...]

The stories compiled in this 11-part documentary series tell the complete stories of all the finished series from The Original Series to Enterprise Touting itself as "an unauthorized and unfiltered" series, the independent nature of Nacelle's project paints a full picture of the franchise, flaws and all While it's not the first Star Trek documentary,[...]

Lilith Games are marking the 10th Anniversary of their company in a special way as they have released a new mini-documentary this morning The company that brought you games such as Rise of Kingdoms, Dislyte, and AFK Arena, is marking the occasion with a unique look back at their own history, as well as their[...]

King of Wuxia is a new documentary about the career and life of director King Hu, who singlehandedly redefined the wuxia genre in Cinema when he made the seminal Come Drink with Me for Shaw Brothers in 1966 He transformed a movie genre from studio quickies to a more prestigious and lucrative level, in full[...]

We chatted with the director, Tracy Droz Tragos, and editor, Meredith Perry, about their feature documentary film, PLAN C, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival The documentary focuses on a long-time goal for access There are people out there you wish you had known about (and supported) a long time ago[...]

BBC Studios and ESL FACEIT Group have officially released their CS:GO esports documentary Game & Glory for people to enjoy this week The doc covers the journey to the CS:GO Major Championship in Brazil back in 2022, showcasing the efforts of certain players in the tournament and their quest to become champions on one of[...]

Wild Arrow Media and Good Deed Entertainment have released a new documentary on retro video game speedrunning called Running With Speed This series caught our eye a few years ago when it was mentioned by a few different Twitch streamers that they were taking part in a documentary about the competitive gaming genre But with[...]

A new Adam Curtis documentary from the BBC is always a major cultural event His latest, Russia 1989-1999: Traumazone, is another timely commentary on current events, so imagine my surprise when I discovered he used clips from a movie I wrote And imagine my ambivalence when I realized that his using my movie might have[...]

 We have learned today that The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon, a two-hour documentary special that will cover the former WWE Chairman's rise and recent fall, will premiere on VICE on Tuesday, October 18 at 8 pm. Image courtesy of WWE The Wrestling Observer broke the news this afternoon that we won't have to wait too much longer[...]

HBO has entered the arena of Princess Diana documentaries with the HBO Original documentary film The Princess, an "intimate and immersive look at the life of Princess Diana", directed by Academy Award nominee Ed Perkins (Black Sheep, Tell Me Who I Am) and produced by Lightbox, Academy Award-winning Simon Chinn (Man on Wire, Searching for Sugar[...]

An upcoming timely documentary, End of the Line, on the crisis with the infrastructure and system of the New York City subway is headed to video-on-demand on June 14th Award-winning filmmaker Emmett Adler's feature documentary is a character-driven political drama about the New York City subway crisis and a long-overdue reckoning on infrastructure VOD platforms[...]

HBO Documentary Films presents Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker James Jones (Mosul), debuting Wednesday, June 22 (9:00 p.m ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Photograph by Courtesy of HBO Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with[...]

Netflix has released the first trailer, poster, and image from the upcoming documentary about Jennifer Lopez called Halftime.

HBO Documentary Films' The Janes, directed by Oscar® nominee Tia Lessin (HBO's Trouble the Water) and Emmy® nominee Emma Pildes (HBO's Jane Fonda in Five Acts), debuts Wednesday, June 8 (9:00-10:45 p.m ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The Janes celebrated its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Photo[...]

Counterculture icon George Carlin is featured in a new two-part documentary from Emmy winners Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio called George Carlin's American Dream, set to debut on HBO with back-to-back nights starting on May 20th and May 21st at 8 p.m Both episodes will be available to stream on HBO Max on May 20th[...]

Andy Kaufman, one of the most revolutionary avant-garde comedians of the '70s and '80s, will be featured in an upcoming documentary by director Alex Braverman and will be produced by Morgan Neville Best known for his work in the early seasons of Saturday Night Live and Taxi, Kaufman, who died in 1984 from cancer, was[...]

Like saying Bill Cosby performed in residence in Philadelphia for a number of years. The Tinder Swindler is a British true-crime documentary film directed by Felicity Morris released on Netflix on the 2nd of February Following the release of the film, Tinder permanently banned Leviev from its platform Variety reported that Netflix is planning to make[...]

The documentary will include interviews mixed with the Bond archive material MGM previously worked with Ventureland and Eon on another project in the award-winning Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 Directing will be Mat Whitecross with John Battsek producing As the third-highest franchise of all time, the Bond films currently combine for $7.9[...]

They would like to show you the trailer for the documentary about the man whose laid-back approach to art inspired numerous armchair Rembrandts to pick up a brush and enjoy The Joy of Painting But as there almost always is, there is a deeper story behind the joy Bob Ross mostly painted landscapes, mountains, lakes,[...]

Directed by Gracie Otto, the documentary shows a who's who of the music industry mixing contemporary interviews from the likes of The Police, Earth, Wind and Fire's Verdine White, Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, and Jimmy Buffett, Monsterrat natives who worked with them, archival interviews from the likes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Rolling[...]

Abrams will be beaming up to the UFO bandwagon – or should that be "bandsaucer?" – to produce a new 4-part documentary exploring our fascination with Unidentified Flying Objects for Showtime He will be Executive Producer through his production company Bad Robot The show will simply be titled UFO lest anyone has trouble remembering what[...]

A&E is asking viewers to strutter over to their latest two-part documentary on the legendary rock band KISS called KISStory Producing will be Leslie Greif, who did the same for lead singer Gene Simmons' reality TV series Family Jewels for the network Greif's Big Dreams Entertainment will produce with Critical Content, whose Jenny Daly will[...]

 The second is a series of biographies on WWE's greatest legends of all time, and they're kicking it off tomorrow night with a two-hour documentary on arguably their greatest legend, Stone Cold Steve Austin. Biography: Stone Cold Steve Austin with kick-off A&E and WWE's new series of legends documentaries, courtesy of WWE. In an exclusive interview with[...]