documentary
‘Fallen Idols’ Team on Aaron Carter’s “Cautionary Tale” and Nick Carter Fan Loyalty
The second night of Investigation Discovery’s Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter docuseries wasted no time before diving into Aaron Carter’s mental health struggles and deeper into the allegations of sexual assault against Backstreet Boys frontman Nick Carter. The final two episodes of the four-part docuseries featured interviews with Aaron Carter’s ex-girlfriend, Lina Valentina, and […]
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Docs That Rock This Emmys Season: From ‘The Beach Boys’ to ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’
The Beach Boys (Disney+) This documentary follows the group’s family beginnings as their songs epitomizing the California dream drive their rising fame. It features never-before-seen footage and interviews with resident Beach Boys erratic genius Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and Bruce Johnston and includes input from Janelle Monáe, Lindsey Buckingham, Ryan Tedder […]
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‘American Nightmare’ Directors on the Trial by Media Suffered by the Misnamed “Real-Life Gone Girl”
American Nightmare follows the story of Denise Huskins and partner Aaron Quinn, the victims of a home invasion in 2015 in Vallejo, California, that resulted in Huskins’ kidnapping. However, the couple was quickly accused of staging it all, with Huskins being labeled “the real Gone Girl.” Directors Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris (The Tinder Swindler) […]
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‘The Jinx — Part 2’ Revealed a Twist in the Robert Durst Saga — What’s Next?
If the first The Jinx series had released as a binge-watch, everything about the Robert Durst story would be different. “He would have been in Cuba,” director Andrew Jarecki explains of Durst, while reflecting on the docuseries’ 2015 beginning, during a chat about its 2024 ending. The New York real estate heir had been suspected […]
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How to Bring Back a Mammoth
For Netflix’s Life on Our Planet, cinematographer Jamie McPherson had to capture action that simply wasn’t there. In the eighth episode, titled “Age of Ice and Fire,” McPherson framed this shot of cave lions facing off against woolly mammoths. Some creatures from the series went extinct millions or even hundreds of years ago, but not […]
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‘The Jinx’ Filmmakers Look to Cleanse Themselves of Robert Durst With Part 2 Finale
Andrew Jarecki admits that it’s bizarre and surprising he has been telling Robert Durst’s story for so long. Across two decades, The Jinx director has explored the true-crime tale of the New York real estate heir who was suspected of three murders across his life, which ended in 2022 at age 78 not long after […]
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‘The Falling Sky’ Review: A Vivid Portrait of an Indigenous People’s Urgent Fight for Survival
Premiering in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the documentary spends time with the Yanomami people of the northern Amazon as they prepare for a sacred ritual and monitor the incursions of illegal miners.
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‘Black Twitter: A People’s History’ Review: Hulu Docuseries Is a Compelling Primer on a Social Media Movement
The three-part show chronicles an online revolution from playful memes to politics and beyond.
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David Beckham Reveals Director Was Initially Mad at Him Over Netflix Doc’s Viral “Be Honest” Moment
David Beckham joined director Fisher Stevens, producer Josh Battsek and editor Michael Harte at an Emmys For Your Consideration event for their Beckham documentary Sunday night, as the soccer star revealed some behind-the-scenes details of his viral “be honest” moment. Beckham quickly became a meme — and the subject of a Super Bowl commercial — […]
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Hot Docs: Nishta Jain’s ‘Farming the Revolution’ Takes Top Jury Prize
Nishta Jain’s Farming the Revolution, a film about Indian farmers rising up against new laws, picked up the best international feature documentary prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Friday night. The top jury prize win at the festival means Jain’s film, which world premiered at Hot Docs, will qualify for consideration […]
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How ‘The Jinx’ Landed Robert Durst Pal Nick Chavin for ‘Part Two’
[The following story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of The Jinx — Part Two.] In The Jinx — Part Two, John Lewin, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney investigating whether Robert Durst killed Susan Berman, recalls the moment he knew he might get a key witness to turn on his close friend. Nick […]
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Jordan Peele Making a Black Cowboy Series That Pledges to Rewrite Wild West History
Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele is making a documentary series that promises to overturn the public perception of the Old West. The Get Out writer-director will executive produce a project for Peacock “which dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy” and expand on themes explored in his 2022 thriller Nope (which is also streaming on Peacock). […]
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