Documentary Filmmakers Need to Stop Saying They Make Documentaries — Column
As big distributors avoid the most exciting documentaries out there, the word “documentary” itself seems to be part of the problem.
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Sundance 2023 Cinematography Survey: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 22 Docs at the Fest
Cinematographers with documentary films at the festival explain the camera, lenses, and look of their films playing in Park City.
‘The Stroll’ Review: Trans Sex Workers Recall a Lost New York in Haunting Documentary
Sundance: A bittersweet documentary tells the story of New York’s gentrification through the women who once worked the Meatpacking District.
‘Wildcat’ Directors Encountered the Biggest Obstacles to Completing Their Film Outside of the Rainforest
Melissa Lesh and Trevor Frost write about weathering brain surgery and mental health struggles — and the strength they found in each other to carry on.
‘Capturing the Killer Nurse’ Review: Just Go Watch Netflix’s Other Murderous Nurse Movie Instead
Documentarian Tim Travers Hawkins directs this month’s second Netflix offering about serial killer Charles Cullen. Too bad it’s already been bested by a far superior narrative feature.
Showtime Doc ‘Spector’ Proves Why We Don’t Need a Redemption Tour for Bad Men
On the one hand, musical genius. On the other, murderer. Where do the two halves meet? Can they ever?
Documentary Has a Diversity Problem — A New Movie Theater Is Trying to Solve It
Firehouse Cinema co-founder Jon Alpert says there are “too many Ken Burns movies, not enough others.”
Armie Hammer Docuseries Is for the Person Who Knows Nothing About Armie
Discovery+’s “House of Hammer” is for individuals who aren’t on social media.
‘Fragments of Paradise’ Review: Jonas Mekas Doc Is a Message from Beyond the Grave
Venice: The avant-garde filmmaker and promoter gets a loving, but not hagiographic, documentary.
Steven Spielberg and ‘Wall-E’ Inspired Mars Exploration Doc ‘Good Night Oppy’
Exclusive: The Telluride-bound documentary is a photorealistic journey to the surface of the red planet, but it’s just as much about the scientists behind the scenes.
Why Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s ‘Children of the Underground’ Holds Deeper Relevance Post-Depp v. Heard
Cowperthwaite knows her new docuseries is controversial: “We’re poking the dragon,” she tells IndieWire.
‘Children of the Underground’ Review: FX Docuseries Looks at Misinformation in Abuse Allegations
Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s latest tackles a complicated issue with appropriate nuance.
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