A series of films about the annual CrossFit Games, enthusiastically embraced by the niche fitness community, have become surprise hits on streaming platforms.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback’ Review: Fully in the Building
Elvis Presley’s 1968 TV special showcased the king of rock ‘n’ roll in his unadulterated glory. A new documentary shows how it happened.
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‘Untold: Hall of Shame’ Review: Cheaters Never Prosper
An infamous sports-world doping scandal is related with insight in this compelling, albeit slight, Netflix documentary.
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‘The Last Waltz’ With Robbie Robertson Is One of Rock’s Great Docs
The film capturing the Band’s final performance in 1976 is a showcase for the group’s main songwriter and guitarist, Robbie Robertson. And for some, that was a problem.
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‘Sound of the Police’ Review: The Silence and the Fury
This documentary dives into the nation’s outrageous history of the policing of Black citizens by touching on the 2022 killing of Amir Locke.
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‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ Review: A Patchwork Record of the Armenian Genocide
This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories.
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‘King Coal’ Review: A View From Appalachia
A coal miner’s daughter turned filmmaker profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life.
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‘All Up in the Biz’ Review: Showtime’s Biz Markie Documentary
Biz Markie created hits like “Just a Friend” and influenced a wide range of rappers, many of whom remember him fondly in this Showtime documentary.
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‘The Eternal Memory’ Review: A Love That Lasts When Recollections Fade
This documentary from Maite Alberdi looks at how a couple faces one partner’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
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Rodriguez, Singer Whose Career Was Resurrected, Dies at 81
Two albums in the early 1970s went largely unnoticed in the United States, but not overseas. Then came the 2012 documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.”
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Jess Search, a Force in the Documentary Genre, Dies at 54
As one of the leaders of Doc Society, she supported countless filmmakers, with an emphasis on underrepresented groups and unconventional stories.
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‘Charm Circle’ Review: Welcome to Queens
In this tender and funny documentary, Nira Burstein films her parents in their house in Queens without making excuses about their unsettled lives.