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Documentaries

Reviews of the best new documentaries. Return to all Movie Reviews.

An old man in glasses as seen from the side sits next to a woman in a darkened space

Screening at Venice: Mike Figgis’ ‘Megadoc’

This at-times intriguing portrait of Francis Ford Coppola’s creative process is never allowed to probe deeply enough.
By Siddhant Adlakha
A black-and-white photo shows a man sitting casually in a chair against a bare wall, holding a cigarette with one leg crossed over the other.

‘Make Me Famous’ Reminds Us That Ed Brezinski, and All Artists, Deserve Better

It’s about how our insistence on framing genius as a yes or no question reliably and efficiently destroys the human beings who make art.
By Noah Berlatsky
A person stands alone on a small, sunlit patch of ground surrounded by shallow water inside a vast underground cave, where thick tree roots dangle from a circular opening in the cave ceiling, connecting the forest above to the cavern below.

Screening at Tribeca: Robert Petit’s ‘Underland’

The Darren Aronofsky-produced documentary explores the emotional and symbolic weight of descending into the Earth.
By Siddhant Adlakha

Little Has Been Done to Address Campus Sexual Assault, Documentary ‘Red Red Roll’ Reminds

By Oliver Jones
In 'Who Lets The Dogs Out?,' director Brent Hodge niftily balances a tightrope equation of "how much is this a white paper and how much is this an entertaining movie," something he admits was a struggle

The Secret, Troubled History of ‘Who Let the Dogs Out?’

By Brendan Bures

What Can We Take Away From 2019’s Harrowing Oscar-Nominated Short Films?

By R. Kurt Osenlund
Alice Dwyer in The Invisibles.

‘The Invisibles’ Tells the Harrowing, Heroic True Stories of Four Holocaust Survivors

By Rex Reed

Netflix’s ‘Fyre’ Exposes Billy McFarland’s Real Co-Conspirator: The Press

By Oliver Jones
Director Chris Smith

‘Fyre’ Director Chris Smith Reveals How He Got the Inside Scoop on the Island Festival Disaster

By Daniel Schindel

Meet The “Independently Homeless” Guy Who Walked Every Single New York City Street

By Rex Reed
Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol at Studio 54.

Disco Died in Greed: ‘Studio 54’ Documentary Is Savage, Honest, Campy

By Rex Reed
Ultimate diva Maria Callas in a rare moment of repose.

‘Maria by Callas’ Charts the Downward Spiral of One of Opera’s Greatest Divas

By James Jorden
Meghan Markle with her wedding gown.

HBO’s New ‘Queen of the World’ Documentary Chronicles a Year in the Life of the Royal Family

By Michael Martin

A New Netflix Doc Presents Quincy Jones as an Agreeable Yoda, But No One Is Fooled

By Oliver Jones
IFC Films

‘Tea with the Dames’ Is 83 Minutes of Bliss

By Rex Reed
Briarcliff Entertainment/State Run Films

Michael Moore Plays the Hitler Card, Takes Aim at Trump, Sanders in ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’

By Rex Reed
Path of Blood documentary

The World Is a Hopeless Mess and ‘Path of Blood’ Proves It

By Rex Reed

The Mr. Rogers Documentary Is What the World Needs Right Now

By Oliver Jones

In ‘Always at the Carlyle’ Celebs Wax Ecstatic Over a Long-Lost NY Era

By Rex Reed
Fattitude, the documentary.

If You’ve Ever Made a Fat Joke, Fattitude is the Documentary For You

By Dominique Norman
Jane Goodall and Hugo van Lawick.

Goodall Says New Documentary ‘Jane’ Shows ‘Best Days of My Life’

By Emily Bicks
The bidding auction for Andy Warhol’sBrillo Box at Christie’s.

The Epic Journey of a $3M Warhol ‘Brillo Box’ Comes to HBO in New Documentary

By Alanna Martinez
Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, Venice Biennale, June 21, 1964.

Documentary to Explore Robert Rauschenberg’s Controversial 1964 Venice Biennale Win

By Alanna Martinez
A still from City of Ghosts.

‘City of Ghosts’ Is New, Haunting Documentary About Syria

By Thelma Adams
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