Young people coming of age in the Fab Four’s shadow rolled their eyes at the band’s boomer bona fides. The “Anthology,” now back after 30 years, changed all that.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘Zodiac Killer Project’: Hooked on True Crime
Charlie Shackleton explains how he would have made a film had he won the rights to a book on a murderer. The result is a fascinating look at a whole genre.
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‘Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter’ Review: When Fame Recedes
A documentary tracks the highs and lows of the 1990s fitness guru, now a food delivery driver in Las Vegas.
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‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Review: The Only Way Out
A documentary about Sara Shahverdi, the first woman elected to the council of her village in Iran, is propelled by her no-nonsense resourcefulness.
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‘Selena y Los Dinos’ Review: Still Dreaming of You
In this look back at the singer Selena, the director Isabel Castro presents home video footage and photographs that have not been seen in other documentaries.
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A.I. Video Is Threatening Our Ability to Trust Documentaries
A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself.
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Eddie Murphy Addresses ‘S.N.L.’ Feud in “Being Eddie” Documentary
The comedian’s long-running feud with the late-night sketch show is a topic in the new Netflix documentary “Being Eddie.”
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In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life
“Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.
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‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis
The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.
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‘Being Eddie’ Review: Eddie Murphy Looks Back
A self-aware and soft-spoken Eddie Murphy plays docent to his own career in a new documentary.