One-Sided HBO Documentary Convicts Woody Allen
Film about abuse charges doesn’t pretend to be impartial
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DOCUMENTARY
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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Makes Sense
Spike Lee directs David Byrne in the concert film ‘American Utopia’
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Doing ‘Time’
A Louisiana family faces the injustices of the prison system in this spare, lyrical documentary
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‘Driving While Black’: a Vital Documentary
The automobile has always represented freedom and mobility. But the reality for Black Americans is a lot more complex.
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Herb Alpert: the BFG Interview
As a new documentary about him comes out, we talk to the famed trumpeter, philanthropist…and painter
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Report from the Vinyl Nation
A record collector reviews a movie about record collecting
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‘Class Action Park’: Amusing Ourselves to Death
HBO Max documentary about legendary 1980s New Jersey playground brings back the pain
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‘High Score’ Plays it Safe
Fun Netflix docuseries about video-game history underplays the dark side of the industry
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The Beat Goes On
Documentary revives the reputation of the Go-Go’s, one of the great bands of the 80s
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