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How to Watch Tonight’s ABC Special ‘9/11: United We Stand — 25 Years Later’ Online for Freeby Alexis Mikulski Ruiz on September 1, 2026The two-hour event will feature interviews with Michael Strahan, Derek Jeter, Pete Davidson, and more — here’s where to tune in
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Top 5 Q’s from the Q&A Tourby Penny Lane on August 30, 2026Greetings friends, Writing this from my Brooklyn garden, where I am sunning myself and admiring my flowers. It’s not until Year 3 of any garden I build that it really comes into its full glory, and I’m right on schedule here. There’s one year […]
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The Isaac Mizrahi Documentary ‘Unzipped’ Is the Ultimate ’90s Fashion Portrait — Watch the Trailerby Ryan Lattanzio on August 28, 2026Dougle Reeve’s 1995 documentary follows Mizrahi into his 1994 fall collection. Access was helped amply by the fact that they were dating at the time.
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Captain Newfoundland Explores the Lost Portal to Atlantis in New Clip from the Documentaryby Pat Mullen on August 28, 2026
Ahoy, comic fans! The story of the Maritimes’ beloved superhero Captain Newfoundland comes to the screen in a new documentary by Mike Feehan and Jamie Miller. Captain Newfoundland, premiering at the Atlantic International Film Festival in […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on August 28, 2026More documentaries need soundtrack album releases. I’m mostly talking about their original music scores. You can tell a studio knows it’s got a great documentary score because it releases the album commercially. Looking at the winners of the […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on August 28, 2026
More documentaries need soundtrack album releases. I’m mostly talking about their original music scores. You can tell a studio knows it’s got a great documentary score because it releases the album commercially. Looking at the winners of the […]
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‘The Cycle Of Love’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on August 27, 2026I needed a positive documentary after a week of watching 9/11 commemorations, depressing political films on the current state of the world, and a handful of disappointments, and The Cycle of Love arrived just in time. It still brought me to tears, […]
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‘Possible Love’ Trailer: ‘Burning’ Director Lee Chang-dong Returns with a Story of Documentary Filmmaking Gone Awryby Christian Zilko on August 27, 2026Netflix will release the film in theaters on Friday, October 23 following its Venice premiere.
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“LION” Cinematographer Sophie Darlington ASC on Crafting the Disney+ and National Geographic Documentaryby The Making Of on August 26, 2026In this episode, we welcome Sophie Darlington ASC, an award-winning cinematographer whose remarkable career has taken her around the world capturing wildlife and the natural world. In our conversation, she takes us behind the scenes of LION, sharing […]
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‘NAZA’ Documentary from ‘No Other Land’ Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor Sets North American Premiere at NYFFby Christian Zilko on August 25, 2026The documentary about Israeli military operations in Gaza will have its world premiere in Venice.
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‘The Fighting Lady’ & ‘With The Marines At Tarawa’ Are A Perfect Oscar-Winning Pairby Christopher Campbell on August 25, 2026With the Marines at TarawaOnce the Oscars began awarding two documentary-specific categories, the honored features and shorts could represent contrasting approaches to nonfiction cinema. There’s a big difference between telling a true story in a […]
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I was offered freedom from artistic compromise — and turned it down.by Penny Lane on August 23, 2026Last night, I had a dream someone offered to fund a remake of my 2016 film Nuts! with total creative freedom and whatever budget I need.This Dream Funder said, “I know there are things about Nuts! that didn’t come out exactly how you wanted […]
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The highly unfortunate closing of the Avenue A Two Boots, on filmby noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) on August 22, 2026Photo from May by Stacie Joy A documentary about the closing of the longtime Two Boots Pizza outpost on Avenue A is screening again tonight (Saturday) in Tompkins Square Park.”Tabby the Great and the Highly Unfortunate Closing of Two Boots Avenue […]
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DOC Institute Launches DOC Executive Accelerator Labby Pat Mullen on August 22, 2026
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Rama Rau will lead the inaugural edition of the DOC Executive Accelerator (DEA) Lab. Announced today by the DOC Institute, Rau will facilitate this new professional development program that aims to “strengthen the […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on August 21, 2026If you have a documentary coming out, I’m happy to include a mention in this weekly column’s daily listings. If you would like it reviewed or considered for review, email me a screener link. Maybe I’ll have the time and space and desire. If […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on August 21, 2026
If you have a documentary coming out, I’m happy to include a mention in this weekly column’s daily listings. If you would like it reviewed or considered for review, email me a screener link. Maybe I’ll have the time and space and desire. If […]
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Boeing Employees Allege Corporate Mandates Threatened Passenger Lives. Now, They Want Justiceby Elisabeth Garber-Paul on August 20, 2026
Netflix’s new documentary Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing features former Boeing employees who say the aerospace company took dangerous manufacturing shortcuts
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5 Questions From Tour + 5 Recommendationsby Penny Lane on August 19, 20265 Questions from Tour… What makes a great Q&A — and what ruins one? What’s the best and worst thing about Q&As? Does a Q&A ever make you feel very differently about a film? How many people is best on stage? Format? Vibe? I’m […]
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