Prince Documentary Is ‘Dead in the Water’ After Four Years of Production Due to ‘Dramatic’ Factual Inaccuracies
A six-part Prince documentary for Netflix is on pause after reps for the late artist's estate claimed 'dramatic' factual inaccuracies.
A six-part Prince documentary for Netflix is on pause after reps for the late artist's estate claimed 'dramatic' factual inaccuracies.
Laurent Bouzereau makes it clear from the outset of his HBO doc about Faye Dunaway that he was not interested in creating another vanity project'
A New York Times documentary traces how the comedian's actions were shielded by the comedy world, and it asks key questions about his return.
The future of Toronto's Hot Docs Festival appears more dire than ever after president Marie Nelson departs the struggling organization
JoJo Siwa is reuniting with "Dance Moms" creator Jeff Collins to create a new docuseries looking at the star's personal and professional life.
Timothy Treadwell ventured into the Alaskan wilderness to live among its grizzly bears. He returned yearly, until his death by one of creatures he sought to protect and, on some level, to become.
Alex Honnold has a dream: to climb the 3,000-foot El Capitan wall without a rope. The doc is gripping — but what about its daredevil hero? This Oscar-winning doc is a nail-biter.
Wisconsin director Mark Borchardt attempts to film his fraught horror movie "Coven." With a crew made up of friends and family members.
"Truffle Hunters" is a heavenly delicacy meant to be savored, a true meditation on nature and food.
In upcoming documentary “Bribe, Inc,” one of the key characters is a whistleblower known as Figaro, so named because he requested journalists contact him via an ad placed in…
When Gary Hustwit took his latest documentary “Eno” to Sundance in January 2024, he wasn’t riddled with anxiety about whether or not the doc about musician Brian Eno would find…
In Netflix’s “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” Russian rooftopping couple Ivan “Vanya” Beerkus and Angela Nikolau mount some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers without a safety net…
Paramount+’s “Mafia Spies” unravels a hidden conspiracy between the CIA, the Chicago mob and Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack to assassinate Cuba’s Communist leader Fidel Castro at a…
A six-part Prince documentary for Netflix directed by Ezra Edelman is “dead in the water” after representatives for the late artist’s estate claimed a first cut of the film was…
A documentary following the life of Hawaiian musician Don Ho is in production from Aaron Kaufman, who co-directed the Ukraine documentary “Superpower” alongside Sean Penn. Verdi…
Tara Moore’s “Legacy: The De-Colonized History of South Africa,” which opens the 45th edition of the Durban Intl. Film Festival on July 18, is the South African-born, U.S.-based…
Cohen Media Group will give “Merchant Ivory,” a documentary about the professional and personal partnership of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant and their…
Congolese documentary filmmaker Nelson Makengo, whose feature debut, “Rising Up at Night,” won the Special Jury Award at Swiss doc fest Visions du Réel this year, is producing the…
Our list of the must-watch documentaries of 2022.
By Pat Saperstein
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