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‘Robert Wilson And The Civil Wars’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on April 17, 2026My first takeaway after watching this 41-year-old documentary is that Robert Wilson is a terribly bland screen personality. That may be a surprise to anyone familiar with his wildly out-there work as an avant-garde theatre artist. For anyone not […]
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‘Lorne’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on April 17, 2026I expected to like Lorne. The director is Morgan Neville. The subject’s usual elusivity would seem to make him intriguing. And all of last year’s plethora of Saturday Night Live documentaries and specials were better than they needed to be. But […]
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‘Lorne’ Review: Morgan Neville’s Lightweight Documentary Sees Lorne Michaels as the Last True Guardian of Show Business as We Know Itby David Ehrlich on April 17, 2026Morgan Neville’s “Lorne” is a documentary about Lorne Michaels. It’s also — more acutely — a documentary about how hard it is to make a documentary about Lorne Michaels.
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‘Lorne’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on April 17, 2026
I expected to like Lorne. The director is Morgan Neville. The subject’s usual elusivity would seem to make him intriguing. And all of last year’s plethora of Saturday Night Live documentaries and specials were better than they needed to be. But […]
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‘Robert Wilson And The Civil Wars’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on April 17, 2026
My first takeaway after watching this 41-year-old documentary is that Robert Wilson is a terribly bland screen personality. That may be a surprise to anyone familiar with his wildly out-there work as an avant-garde theatre artist. For anyone not […]
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Lorne Review: Live from New York, It’s an Evasive Doc Subject!by Jason Gorber on April 17, 2026Lorne (USA, 101 min.) Dir. Morgan Neville Prod. Morgan Neville, Lauren Belfer For the last few years, Oscar winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) has been on a tear. He’s looked in depth at the careers of musical legends […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on April 17, 2026If this newsletter is late this week, we can thank Focus Features for releasing another documentary in theaters and not allowing critics to see it via screener link. On the one hand, I’m happy that some companies still see box office viability of […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on April 17, 2026
If this newsletter is late this week, we can thank Focus Features for releasing another documentary in theaters and not allowing critics to see it via screener link. On the one hand, I’m happy that some companies still see box office viability of […]
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How Do You ‘Inadvertently’ Get Lorne Michaels to Be Your Next Documentary Subject? Morgan Neville Explainsby Kate Erbland on April 16, 2026The prolific documentarian has long had the “SNL” creator on his dream subject list. As he tells IndieWire, getting that to happen? Well, it’s kind of a funny story.
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‘The Loving Story’ Is Necessary History Strengthened By Extraordinary Footageby Christopher Campbell on April 15, 2026If you wrote an original romantic screenplay called The Loving Story and the main characters were named Mildred and Richard Loving, that’d seem pretty cheesy. But there’s nothing bogus about the “epunymous” title of an incredibly essential […]
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IDA Statement on Open Letter Opposing the Warner Bros./Paramount Mergerby ida-admin on April 14, 2026
IDA Statement on Open Letter Opposing the Warner Bros./Paramount Merger ida-admin Tue, 04/14/2026 – 14:38
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‘Stolen Kingdom’ Trailer: A New Documentary Explores the Wild World of Disney World Thieveryby Wilson Chapman on April 14, 2026Exclusive: The documentary from Joshua Bailey profiles the Disney World urban exploration community, including a 2018 robbery case of an old animatronic.
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Werner Herzog’s 3D Masterpiece Gets an IMAX Comebackby Jim Hemphill on April 13, 2026Herzog and restoration producer James Stewart discuss the awe-inspiring 2010 documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” which looks and sounds better than ever in a new 6K reconstruction.
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The 2 most important questions every filmmaker should askby Penny Lane on April 12, 2026says these are the 2 most important questions for every filmmaker:1. What is the audience expecting from this film? 2. What am I going to do with those expectations?I love this formulation. These questions should be front of mind at every stage of […]
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Cannes 2026: Directors’ Fortnight Lineup Could Include Kantemir Balagov, Radu Jude, Sarah Arnold, NEON Doc and Quentin Dupieux Surpriseby Jordan Ruimy on April 11, 2026
With the Cannes Film Festival fast approaching, attention is now shifting to one of its most closely watched parallel sections: the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight), which is set to unveil its lineup on Tuesday. While final […]
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‘Trust Me: The False Prophet’: Netflix’s New Docuseries Goes Undercover in FLDS Cultby CT Jones on April 10, 2026
After leader Warren Jeffs went to prison for abusing minors, a man stepped in to fill his place. But a couple of filmmakers brought him down
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on April 10, 2026Just when you thought awards season was over, it’s started back up again. For nonfiction, the season is year-round because of the blurring of film and television that allows certain titles to compete for Oscars and Emmys and everything in between. […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on April 10, 2026
Just when you thought awards season was over, it’s started back up again. For nonfiction, the season is year-round because of the blurring of film and television that allows certain titles to compete for Oscars and Emmys and everything in between. […]
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