This charming documentary aims to peek under the smile of a groundbreaking television star.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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Summer Movies 2023: ‘Barbie,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.’
Barbie springs to life, Indy swings into action and Spidey slings new webs. Here are 107 films for movie lovers of all tastes.
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‘Victim/Suspect’ Review: When the Accuser Becomes the Accused
A reporter investigates cases in which sexual assault survivors were arrested on charges of false reporting in this cogent documentary.
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‘The Taking’ Review: This Land Is Not Your Land
Monument Valley embodies the Old West. But the fantasies presented in Westerns obscure its darker history and the lives of the Navajo people who inhabit it.
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‘Museum of the Revolution’ Review: Sheltering in an Abandoned Utopia
This quiet documentary observes three unhoused women from different generations who live among the remains of an unfinished museum in Belgrade.
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‘Queenmaker’ Review: Society Blogger to Self-Made Celebrity
The chronicler of the post-9/11 New York social whirl who is at the center of this documentary was no Manhattan insider but rather a student in Illinois.
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‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’ Review: Mistreated
The tumultuous life and death of the model, actress and tabloid superstar is related with little insight in this facile Netflix documentary.
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Making a Michael J. Fox Movie With Michael J. Fox’s Movies
How the documentary “Still” uses footage from its subject’s films and TV shows to tell its story.
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‘It Ain’t Over’ Review: When Yogi Berra Saw a Strike, He Hit It
The baseball player, known for his quirky malapropisms, was perpetually underestimated. But a new documentary proves he was a phenomenal talent.
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‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Review: Hiding in Plain Sight
The “Back to the Future” star time-travels through his career in this documentary, charting his experiences learning to live with Parkinson’s disease.