Documentary Captures the Real ‘Hemingway’
Ken Burns’s film avoids hagiography as it weighs a writer’s virtues and flaws
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‘Hysterical’ Tells the Truth About Women in Comedy
More female comics are thriving than ever, but the playing field is still uneven
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Why ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Will School the Oscars
The Academy loves New Age high-concept documentaries
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‘The Last Blockbuster’ Ignores the Fact that Blockbuster Video was Terrible
It destroyed independent video stores, and censored movies
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Billie Eilish is a Little Blurry
The documentary of a modern popstar for the people, totally in control
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‘Nationtime’ and ‘Jazz On A Summer’s Day’
Time for two great reissued documentaries
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‘Last Chance U’ Season 6 is a Slam Dunk
The focus switches to college basketball in time for March Madness
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The Poetry of Biggie Smalls
Netflix’s Notorious B.I.G. documentary is a great origin story, but doesn’t talk enough about Biggie’s lyrics
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One-Sided HBO Documentary Convicts Woody Allen
Film about abuse charges doesn’t pretend to be impartial
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Rita Moreno and ‘Flee’ Highlight Sundance Documentary Offerings
Introverts have many choices at this year’s stay-at-home festival
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Sundance 2021: Totally Virtual, but Still Kicking
With opening night documentaries–and screening shut-outs–Sundance is as vital and aggravating as ever
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The Tragedy of Karl Edward Wagner
Documentary explores the decline of a cult horror and fantasy writer
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‘MLK/FBI’ Skips the Money Shot
Documentary about J. Edgar Hoover spying on Martin Luther King Jr. refuses to fully go there
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The Hijacker Next Door
New HBO documentary examines 50 years of the D.B. Cooper mystery
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Something’s Rotten in Romania
‘Collective,’ Alexander Nanau’s documentary about corruption in Romanian society, has lessons to impart worldwide.
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