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‘Telemarketers’ Review: An HBO Doc From Muckrakers Who Made A Home In The Muck

'Telemarketers' drops a lot of bombshells in its three-episode run, but one of the biggest might be learning just how many people actually pick up calls from telemarketers. Spoiler: it's a lot.
By Casey Epstein-Gross

‘The League’ Review: This Black Baseball Doc Puts Crucial History Under Museum Glass

This documentary offers crucial context: getting your head around Satchel Paige’s strikeout rate matching Nolan Ryan’s is one thing; understanding that post-game segregation forced Paige to sleep on top of his suitcase is another.
By Oliver Jones

‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ Review: A Double Life Compellingly Explored

This funny, sad, meticulously researched and painstakingly detailed documentary is unmistakably real and inescapably touching.
By Rex Reed
Karen and Barry Mason

‘Circus of Books’ Is a Daughter’s Record of Her Parents’ Impact on the Porn Industry

By Paddy Johnson
The Beastie Boys in their youth, as seen in Beastie Boys Story

How ‘Beastie Boys Story’ Depicts the Rap Group’s Moral Awakening

By Zach Schonfeld

Take a Deep Dive Into the Knoedler Gallery Forgery Scandal With New Doc ‘Made You Look’

By Helen Holmes

The War-Torn Road the Heroes of ‘The Cave’ Took to the 2020 Oscars

By R. Kurt Osenlund
Rio Hope-Gund, Agnes Gund and Catherine Gund on the set of Aggie.

Why Agnes Gund Is Encouraging Other Collectors to Sell or Donate Their Art

By David D'Arcy
As far as documentaries go, there’s actually room for corporations to be connected to wildlife—even those that don’t initially seem connected to nature.

Corporate Storytelling and Brand Docs: The New Power Couple

By John A. Tures

Hong Kong Airport Protesters Are Using Art to Voice Dissent

By Helen Holmes
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei is pictured before a press conference in Athens on January 1, 2016. Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei paid on December 28, 2015 a holiday visit to refugees and migrants flocking to the Greek island of Lesbos, tweeting out photos and videos in appeals for their plight. / AFP / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Ai Weiwei Is Planning to Make a Documentary About Protests in Hong Kong

By Helen Holmes

In ‘David Crosby: Remember My Name,’ a Music Icon Reckons With the Bridges He Burned

By Oliver Jones

Q&A: Werner Herzog on Being Drawn to Gorbachev, a Leader Who Ended a War Where ‘Both Sides Won’

By Jordan Riefe
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

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
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
Path of Blood documentary

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

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
Robert Rauschenberg exhibition, Venice Biennale, June 21, 1964.

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

By Alanna Martinez
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