‘Free Solo’ Directors Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Set Amazon Plane Crash Survival Story as Next Doc (EXCLUSIVE) 'Free Solo' directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are working on a Nat Geo documentary about children who survived a plane crash in the Amazon By Addie Morfoot
Filmmaker Chris Smith on the Need for Scam Docs Like ‘Hollywood Con Queen’: ‘They Help Educate People’ Chris Smith talks about his latest docuseries examining Hollywood's 'Con Queen,' who impersonated some of the industry's biggest female execs
Kino Lorber Buys North American Rights to John Lennon and Yoko Doc ‘Daytime Revolution’ (EXCLUSIVE) Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to 'Daytime Revolution,' a doc about the week John Lennon and Yoko Ono hosted The Mike Douglas Show
Hot Docs Forum Winners Hope Prizes Will Propel Projects Into Distribution Elaine Epstein says that winning Hot Docs Forum's top First Look prize of Can $20,000 cash for her film 'Arrest the Midwife' is a 'game changer.'
MTV Documentary Films Acquires U.S. Rights to Sundance #MeToo Doc ‘Black Box Diaries’ (EXCLUSIVE) MTV will qualify doc for awards season consideration
‘Grizzly Man’ (2005) Timothy Treadwell ventured into the Alaskan wilderness to live among its grizzly bears. He returned yearly, until his death by one of creatures he sought to protect and, on some level, to become.
‘Free Solo’ (2018) Alex Honnold has a dream: to climb the 3,000-foot El Capitan wall without a rope. The doc is gripping — but what about its daredevil hero? This Oscar-winning doc is a nail-biter.
‘American Movie’?(1999) Wisconsin director Mark Borchardt attempts to film his fraught horror movie "Coven." With a crew made up of friends and family members.
‘Truffle Hunters’ (2020) "Truffle Hunters" is a heavenly delicacy meant to be savored, a true meditation on nature and food.
Film HamptonsFilm Unveils Its SummerDocs Slate Featuring ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story'(EXCLUSIVE) HamptonsFilm’s 16th annual SummerDocs series will feature three Sundance favorites: “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” “War Game,” and “Super/Man:The Christopher Reeve Story.”…
Film Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘The Invasion’ Picked Up for France Following Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) Atoms & Void, the Netherlands-based production and sales company run by Sergei Loznitsa and Maria Choustova, has closed a French sale on Loznitsa’s most recent feature documentary…
Film ‘Nasty’ Serves Up Punchy Portrait of ’70s Tennis Bad Boy Ilie Nastase Who Helped Define Era There’s a scene early in the documentary “Nasty,” a rollicking portrait of the ’70s Romanian tennis bad boy Ilie N?stase, where the Grand Slam champion’s mentor and longtime…
TV ‘Crip Camp’ Director Nicole Newnham Teams With NBC News Studios on a Doc About Secret Tunnel Dug Under Berlin Wall (EXCLUSIVE) Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nicole Newnham (“Crip Camp”) is at work on her next documentary — “Tunnel 29,” about a secret escape tunnel built under the Berlin Wall in 1962. The…
Film Animated Documentary ‘Red Zone’ From ‘A House Made of Splinters’ Producer Adds Co-Producers, Cinephil Selling in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) Jean-Francois Le Corre of Vivement Lundi!, a co-producer on Oscar-nominated “Flee,” and Marion Guth of a_BAHN have boarded the hybrid animated documentary “Red Zone,” from “Moon…
Film Doc About SI Swimsuit Issue Founding Editor Jule Campbell Is in the Works as Franchise Celebrates 60th Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE) The May 17 release of the 2024 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue celebrates the swimsuit franchise’s 60th anniversary. A new documentary highlights the woman who founded the issue…
Film Frank Sinatra Cannes Premiere Doc ‘My Way’ Boarded by Mediawan Rights, Teaser Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE) Mediawan Rights will rep international sales rights and has released a first teaser clip for “My Way,” a documentary about the iconic song that features a star-studded cast…
TV Paramount+ Lands ‘We Will Dance Again’ Documentary on Oct. 7 Music Festival Attack in Israel Paramount+ has landed the world premiere of “We Will Dance Again,” director Yariv Mozer’s documentary about the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel’s Nova Music Festival, which left…
Film Sergei Loznitsa Drops Trailer for Cannes Premiere ‘The Invasion,’ Talks Stakes of ‘War Between Russia and the Civilized World’ (EXCLUSIVE) Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa arrives at the Cannes Film Festival this week with his latest documentary, “The Invasion,” worried that the world’s attention has largely…
Lists The Best Documentaries of 2022 Our list of the must-watch documentaries of 2022. By Pat Saperstein
The 25 Best Documentaries About Hollywood, Ranked Variety editors ranked top documentaries about Hollywood -- films that examine productions gone out of control and key figures behind the scenes.
Best Political Documentaries to Watch Right Now Here are some of the best politically relevant documentaries to help make sure you're up to speed on the historical background of some of the most important issues.
Best True Crime Documentaries Here are 10 noteworthy true-crime documentaries dating back to the late 1980s.
2023 Oscars Best Documentary Feature Predictions The docs that made the short list for the Academy Awards, and who could take home the Oscar.
Doc Dreams ‘Boys in Blue’ Director Peter Berg on Capturing Tragedy in Real Time with Minneapolis High School Football Team Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin ? she was 29 at the time ? sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
‘The Vow’ Director Breaks Down Nancy Salzman’s Finale Reveal and How Prison Has Changed Her Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin ? she was 29 at the time ? sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Director Margaret Brown On What’s Next for the Clotilda Descendants Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin ? she was 29 at the time ? sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
Shaunak Sen on the ‘Blunt Power’ of Boredom in ‘All That Breathes’ and Finding Hope Through the Fog Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin ? she was 29 at the time ? sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!
‘A Sexplanation’ Director Alex Liu Unpacks the Failures of Sex Education in America Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin ? she was 29 at the time ? sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!