Four picks across television, film and podcasting that highlight a fundamental human fear: complete lack of control.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘Made in England’ Is a Tribute to Powell-Pressburger Films
“Made in England” is an essay film about the artists whose passion and cinematography deeply influenced the American director.
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A Movie About Brian Eno Is Never the Same Twice Thanks to Software
Thanks to a software program, the length, structure and contents of the movie are reconfigured each time it’s shown. It’s the only way the musician would agree to the project.
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‘Sorry/Not Sorry’ Review: Does Louis C.K. Get the Last Laugh?
Cara Mones and Caroline Suh’s earnest and frustrating documentary, produced by The New York Times, has a bitter punchline.
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‘Eno’ Review: Creativity, 52 Billion Billion Ways
A new documentary about the groundbreaking artist Brian Eno breaks its own ground, too.
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New Documentary About Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Exposes Contradictions for Young Women
A new documentary about the young women who dance for The Dallas Cowboys illuminates the deep contradictions at the heart of the profitable franchise.
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The Best Documentaries of 2024, So Far
“Spermworld,” “Onlookers” and “32 Sounds” are worth watching for the different ways they allow us to see the world.
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Jeremy O. Harris’s ‘Slave Play’ Documentary Is Fueled by Experimental Films
The playwright Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.” wears its intellectual references on its sleeve.
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A New Norman Mailer Documentary Explores His Thorny Legacy
“How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer” hits on an ingenious structure that avoids hagiography even as it includes friends and family.
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‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’ Review: An Altruistic Story
In Penny Lane’s newest film, she turns the camera on herself to document her experience donating a kidney to a stranger.
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‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ at 20: Revisiting the Fear and Anger
Michael Moore’s hit documentary isn’t a prosecutor’s brief but a political and emotional appeal, rooted in the ways in which the country’s burdens are unequally borne.
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Celine Dion Can Only Be Herself
The singer’s over-the-top sincerity and expressiveness were once seen as irredeemably uncool. In the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” they have become her superpowers.