Documentary

Photo: Jeff Kreines In my recent Filmmaker conversation with Julia Loktev about the making of her monumental documentary, My Undesirable Friends, I cited the work of the late documentary filmmaker …

NEED TO KNOW Rosie O’Donnell shared a couple of Instagram posts on Tuesday, Aug. 19, after she watched Netflix’s docuseries Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser In one …

If you have a love of learning, MagellanTV is a streaming service to look into. Right now, you can sign up for a lifetime subscription to the documentary-focused service for …

Director Carol Bash and Robert Shepard, director of photography, on a set for the documentary, Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band. The documentary was made with the help …

“Having a drink is what cost me my entire family.” It is the first episode of Tommy Fury’s BBC documentary and he is explaining why his very public break-up with …

Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands Ruaridh Connellan/Expectation/BBC The documentary will feature footage of Ozzy Osbourne, wife Sharon and their children over the past three years It was just six …

In 2014, a sergeant at a California state prison sent James “JJ’88” Jacobs, who was 25 at the time, to “the hole” – solitary confinement in a 6-by-6 cell. One …

Charlie Sheen‘s infamous 2011 drug-fueled meltdown that led to his firing from CBS’ Two and a Half Men is the stuff of Hollywood legend. Now Netflix has revealed the first …

In 1969, the BBC scored a coup. The network tapped none other than Joan Crawford, one of the largest (or larger-than-life) film legends  to narrate a documentary — which the U.K.’s BBC …

“Pee-wee as Himself” offers a refreshing contrast to celebrity documentaries shaped by estate-approved image control. Director Matt Wolf approached the film as a gay man profoundly influenced by “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” …