How the documentary “Still” uses footage from its subject’s films and TV shows to tell its story.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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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.
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‘Unfinished Business’ Review: Skimming the Surface of Women’s Basketball
Unfortunately, this documentary about the W.N.B.A. and the New York Liberty hits the rim and then bounces out — it’s only close to good.
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Yogi Berra on the Field: The Case for Baseball Greatness
A new documentary argues that the Yankee catcher was not just a malaprop-prone, beloved celebrity but also a legend of the game.
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‘The Melt Goes on Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons’ Review
A new documentary explores the artist’s sly conceptual works, and what it means when white people try to own something Black.
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‘Anxious Nation’ Review: The Kids Aren’t All Right
Young people discuss their troubles with anxiety and panic in this unfocused advocacy documentary.
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‘Slava Ukraini’ Review: Tour of a War-Torn Nation
The French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy travels to different parts of Ukraine in this dispatch-documentary, shot in the second half of 2022.
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‘King Charles, the Boy Who Walked Alone’ Review: Reflections on a Monarch
A sort of cinematic advance man for this week’s coronation, the documentary makes a show of seeking balance but often tips its hand in favor of Charles.
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‘Nuclear Now’ Review: Oliver Stone Makes the Case for Power Plants
The director’s new documentary considers our complicated relationship to nuclear energy and argues that it is our best hope against climate change.
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‘Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah’ Review: The Show Must Go On
A documentary about the country star, whose mother and singing partner, Naomi Judd, died last year, mostly fails to kindle unguided emotions.
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‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Review: The Nitty-Gritty Beyond ‘Tutti Frutti’
This documentary presents the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ’n’ roll” as a man of contradictions.