For ‘The Faithful’, Our Icons Never Die
Elvis, Pope John Paul II, and Princess Diana walk into a documentary
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DOCUMENTARY
Kneel Before Fauci
Disney+ lionizes the good doctor in a ludicrous hagiography
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‘The Velvet Underground’ Above Ground
Another dispatch from the New York Film Festival
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The Documentaries of TIFF
Almost always Toronto’s strongest suit, this year’s docs flex again
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‘Turning Point’ Brings Home the Horror and Tragedy of 9/11
The ‘War On Terror’ was a failure
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The Bob Ross Wars
The Internet is going to war for the beloved artist after film alleges business rip-off
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Val Kilmer: Man of Mystery
Documentary is a window into one of Hollywood’s great eccentrics
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War Games Without Frontiers
A new, sometimes heartbreaking documentary about the cyclical struggle for peace in the Middle East
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J Balvin Tries to Become a Man in ‘The Boy From Medellin’
In an uninspiring doc, Reggaeton’s most apolitical star prepares for the biggest concert of his life
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‘Sasquatch’ is about Sasquatch…and Then it Isn’t
Don’t blame a cryptid for your weed murders
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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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