Tag: documentary
THE PYTHON HUNT Review: Gorgeous, Moving, and Incisive Documentary
It's almost hard to pin down exactly why Xander Robin's The Python Hunt feels so special. The ensemble documentary with stunning cinematography that draws the audience in with one thing and delivers an unexpected lesson by the end follows in...
First Look 2026 Review: IT GOES THAT QUICK, A Home Movie That Goes Beyond
It's sort of a continuation of a home movie. But categorizing the film as either a documentary or a narrative would be doing the film a disservice.
Opening This Week: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES Investigate, COUPLES WEEKEND Argues, SILENT FRIEND Enchants
Plus: 'The Python Hunt,' 'Neglected.'
OUR LAND Review: Two Competing Narratives
Lucrecia Martel shines a light on the daily struggles of Argentina's indigenous population.
Opening This Week: HOKUM Nonstop Frights, ODYSSEY Gripping Thrills, OUR LAND Tragic Truth
Also: The genre-defying 'The Devil Wears Prada 2.' Plus: 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime,' 'The Million Dollar Bet,' and 'Salt Along the Tongue.'
Friday One Sheet: KINDERGARTEN
The poster for this Quebec observational documentary on early childhood, through the titular jardin d'enfants (kindergarden), has at its centre a whimsical, but dense, illustration from France's Jean Millard. His work in watercolor and gouache (a water-based, opaque paint known for its...
THE DARK WIZARD Review: Dean Potter Climbed Every Mountain. And Then Found New Heights.
Filmmakers Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen unpeel the multi-layered life and legacy of Dean Potter, climber extraordinaire and extreme sports enthusiast.
Diagonale 2026 Review: WAX & GOLD Probes Memory and Myth of Ethiopia's Beloved Autocrat
Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann uses the spatial and historical layers of the Hilton Addis Ababa to examine how the legacy of Haile Selassie is constructed, negotiated and contested through personal memory, archival material and competing narratives.
THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST Review: Timely, Personal, Must-See Doc
To Daniel Roher, the documentary filmmaker behind 2022’s essential Academy Award winner, Navalny, AI (Artificial Intelligence) isn’t just an abstract construct or the latest technological wonder endlessly hyped by Silicon Valley CEOs, the mainstream media, and self-appointed tech influencers as...
Friday One Sheet: FACES OF DEATH
Exploiting on the one of the odder alleys of nostalgia, a modern remake of the American Mondo cult classic Faces of Death gets its turn in the meat grinder of capitalism.
SXSW 2026 Doc Roundup: CEREMONY, FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE, ONE ANOTHER, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
From Canada to Florida, from friendship to data points, four highly-charged documentaries made a mark at SXSW.
SXSW 2026 Review: THE MAN WITH THE BIG HAT, Digging Up a Quietly Influential Musician
Singer and songwriter Steven Fromholz's roots go deep and his influence goes wide.
SXSW 2026 Curtain Raiser: 21 Films To Get Excited About At This Year's Festival
Spring has nearly sprung, and in the film world that means that SXSW Film & TV Festival is finally upon us! 2026 marks the festival's 40th edition, and we've got a bumper crop of films to choose from. Screen Anarchy...
Berlinale 2026 Review: TRACES Follows Survivor Networks Documenting Wartime Sexual Violence
Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko, working with co-director Marysia Nikitiuk, examines the documentation of conflict-related sexual violence during Russia's war against Ukraine through the work of survivor and activist Iryna Dovhan.
Friday One Sheet: PHENOMENA
"A psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe." The poster for Josef Gatti's visual science documentary, Phenomena (not to be confused with the Dario Argento's insect telekinesis movie) is busy and strange. Just like the universe, which if you expand your...
ANDRE IS AN IDIOT Review: Richly Imagined, Deeply Affecting, Often Hilarious
Tony Benna's standout documentary follows advertising executive André Ricciardi as he confronts a fatal diagnosis.
Boston Underground 2026: Full Lineup Announced, Kenji Tanigaki's THE FURIOUS to Close Fest
Action, action, action! Kenji Tanigaki's The Furious will close this year's festival opposite Ben Wheatley's Normal, which is opening the event.
1000 WOMEN IN HORROR Trailer
Donna Davies' documentary, 1000 Women in Horror, arrives on Shudder on March 20th. The trailer has arrived, and you can check it out below. Celebrate Women's History Month with a New Documentary Exploring How Women Pioneers Revolutionized Horror Cinema...
Opening This Week: THE BRIDE! Goes Bold, DOLLY Fights Back, HEEL Rebels
Plus: 'Andre Is an Idiot' and 'Hoppers.'
