documentary Archives

While probably best known for his role of Bryan in the Fast & Furious franchise, Walker was an avid motorsports enthusiast. I Am Paul Walker, a documentary directed by Adrian Buitenhuis (which aired on television earlier this year) aims to tell the story of the man behind those blue blue eyes The doc featured interviews including Fast & Furious actor[...]

Paramount Network's six-part original docuseries 'Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story' has an official trailer and a Monday, July 30th premiere.

Directed by Christopher Dillon (God Grew Tired of Us), based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer, and narrated by Natalie Portman (who also serves as a producer), the documentary is a sometimes harrowing look at where your food comes from. One of the true stars of the documentary is Frank Reese and his heritage birds[...]

In his HBO documentary Believer, named after one of the band's popular tracks, Reynolds tackles the touchy subject of what he calls spiritual abuse LGBTQ+ young people experience. "I'm not doing this for any purpose other than my heart and the universe tells me to do this," he told Entertainment Weekly who got the exclusive trailer drop[...]

We also want to thank our partners at Hulu on this deal and the team at Left/Right." – John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions The Weekly is a narrative documentary news program that will feature one or two of The New York Times' biggest and most important visual stories each week[...]

Credit: Love, Gilda Though the Tribeca Film Festival is known for (obviously) being a film festival, the 2018 edition opened with a touching documentary on an influential female comedian best known for her ground-breaking work on the small screen Director/producer Lisa D'Apolito's Love, Gilda premiered at the Beacon Theater as the kick-off to the popular film festival,[...]

Needless to say, the cinematic giant surrounded himself with a cast of people both in front of and behind the camera who played their parts to complete his projects. This new documentary from director Tony Zierra (Carving Out Our Name, My Big Break) profiles one Leon Vitali, actor in Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon who would end up working for[...]

The famed festival is set to open on Wednesday, April 18, with the world premiere of Lisa D'Apolito's Gilda Radner documentary Love, Gilda; and closing on April 29 with the world premiere of The Fourth Estate, Oscar-nominated director Liz Garbus' doc that The New York Times' coverage of the first year of Donald Trump's presidency. https://youtu.be/BcHYRrUI7w8 Best of all? Bleeding[...]

April 23, 2016: Sign painted on a building in Lower Manhattan for the annual, landmark "Tribeca Film Festival" in 2016 in New York, photo by Christopher Penler/Shutterstock.com. With a little more than a month to go before the famed film festival, Netflix has released their feature film and documentary feature selections for the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival[...]

Credit: (left) Kathy Hutchins – Shutterstock.com / (right) SundanceTV A murder takes place in front of five dozen witnesses — seems pretty much a slam dunk case, right? Yet over 30 years later, the case remains unsolved because apparently No One Saw a Thing: also the title of Blumhouse Television's six-episode true crime documentary series for SundanceTV. Israeli documentarian[...]

For the upcoming expanded re-release of the Patrick Meaney-directed documentary, Chris Claremont's X-Men, I was given the opportunity to interview both Meaney and Chris Claremont himself to talk about the documentary, the X-Men, and the kind of comics the world needs. © Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons BC: I'll start with Mr[...]

With Robert Kirkman covering the history of comic books, AMC is going to another heavy-hitter to tell the story of science fiction: James Cameron, with his new series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction.

Making Fun: The Story of Funko is a new documentary about the history of the company that in the last few years has become one of the most popular toy brands in the world We were shown some footage from the film at Funko Fundays at SDCC this past July, and now we have a[...]

Credit: Netflix Netflix continues to bolster its already impressive slate of documentaries and docu-series going into 2018, announcing a lineup of new documentary shorts for the first part of the new year From Eastern European street traders and dedicated medical visionaries to an inspiring archer and a psychedelic pioneer, the streaming service looks to continue diversifying[...]

Netflix is setting its sights on the corporate world and global food production with new doc series Rotten and Alex Gibney’s Dirty Money.

Actor Will Smith's next adventure has him hosting National Geographic's upcoming event series One Strange Rock from Darren Aronofsky.

Amazon's next sports project is an as-yet-untitled series highlighting English soccer team Manchester City over the course of the 2017-2018 season.

John Oliver is teaming with fellow 'The Daily Show' alum Wyatt Cenac for a new docuseries set to premiere on HBO in Spring 2018.

The director finds himself in front of the camera as the focus of Spielberg, HBO's feature-length documentary that means to show fans more of the personal side to the man behind some of their favorite films. Directed by award-winning documentarian Susan Lacy (American Masters) and produced by Lacy, Emma Pildes and Jessica Levin, Spielberg is set[...]

The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri sparked a movement and a nation wide debate about how racial minorities are treated in America. https://youtu.be/upiJnjJSerwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Whose Streets? – Official Trailer (https://youtu.be/upiJnjJSerw) This documentary promises to take an unflinching look at the situation, and that is likely going to cause a[...]

An Inconvenient Sequel shows how far we have fallen, how far we need to go, and that we won't get anywhere unless we educate others. Title: An Inconvenient Sequel Director: Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk Summary: A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how[...]

Fans of Tim Burton's 1988 classic dead-undead-dead comedy have taken up the cause of producing a documentary about the groundbreaking special effects and production woes behind the film And they need your help to make their project happen! Documentary For The Recently Deceased just launched their crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo two days ago, and has already hit 9%[...]

When does comedy become harmful? It's a line that we've been talking about for years and a new documentary is looking to see where that line got harmful In this case it comes down to the The Simpsons and the character of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Comedian Hari Kondabolu has decided that he's had enough of this[...]

With a panel that included filmmakers Allan Amato and Olga Nunes, as well documentary subjects Bill Sienkiewicz, David Mack, Jason Shawn Alexander, Megan Hutchinson, and Dave Crosland, it was a panel that definitely should not have been missed. Filmmakers Allan Amato and Olga Nunes Temple of Art is a documentary film about, as described by Nunes, why[...]

A documentary that follows the history of the Chinatown Fair Arcade in New York City from its inception, the highs, the lows, and the culture that followed it The nerd culture has always put a lot of its identity into the things it is into whether that is an arcade or a subset of fandom[...]

Michael Moore has been working on a new documentary called Fahrenheit 11/9 and you have three guesses as to what it's going to be about The documentary has been bought by The Weinstein Company to secure the worldwide rights for the film despite it still being in the production according to Deadline The "11/9" refers[...]

Score is a documentary about the composers that make our movies great by bringing these amazing pieces of music to life The documentary has a wide range of people they have interviewed from Hans Zimmer to John Williams to Junkie XL to Danny Elfman The best part, however, appears to be behind the scene footage[...]

When the story of Andre Kajilch was discovered by actors Greg Grunberg (Star Wars, Heroes)  and Clare Kramer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), they were so moved by his courage and determination to tackle some of the most grueling endurance races in the world that they knew that they wanted to support him and his efforts through[...]

credit//Guerrilla Games Dutch company VPRO has just released a 45-minute documentary that goes behind the scenes at Guerrilla Games to show us all the cool tricks they used to make Horizon Zero Dawn look amazing Honestly, this is pretty amazing as it shows you exactly how the world is rendered so that your vision of what lies ahead[...]

Which makes it the perfect subject for a documentary looking at the game's development, influences, and all the intricate details that went into make it a reality You can check out the hour-long documentary below, and if you feel included to help O'Dwyer make more, you can help him at his Pateron. Danny O'Dwyer has[...]