Category: Documentary Films and Programs

French Documentary ‘On the Adamant’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival

The New York Times – Movies:
Christian Petzold’s “Afire” took the runner-up award at this year’s Berlinale, where geopolitical crises in Europe and Iran loomed large.
In the Wild Tale of ‘Cocaine Bear,’ an Apex Predator Is the True Star

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The horror-comedy is based on a real story from 1985, but the director Elizabeth Banks and writer Jimmy Warden gave their furry lead a different ending.
‘A House Made of Splinters’ Review: Home Is Where the Hope Is

The New York Times – Movies:
This film, an Oscar nominee this year for best documentary feature, has an aching sensitivity for the children in a Ukraine shelter.
‘Black Bear,’ ‘Sharp Stick’ and More Streaming Gems

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‘The 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Bite-Size Global Tales

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This year’s selections include a film about the disappearance of a sibling and one about the appearance of 100,000 walruses.
‘The First Step’ Review: Van Jones Battles for Bipartisanship

The New York Times – Movies:
This well-meaning documentary follows the liberal commentator as he works with both political parties to pass a criminal justice reform bill.
Netflix Shuns Live Sports but Embraces Sports Documentaries

The New York Times – Business:
Unlike many of its rivals, Netflix has not pursued showing live games. Instead, it has invested in series on professional auto racing, tennis and now golf.
Tom Ford Talks Gucci, Cocaine and Influence

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
And other juicy morsels from Tom Ford, Giorgio Armani and Santo Versace in a new fashion documentary.
‘Last Night in New York’ Review: A Social Chronicler Explains Himself

The New York Times – Movies:
A slew of well-off New Yorkers, many of them not very nice, sing the praises of their “Boswell,” David Patrick Columbia, in a new documentary.
‘Mixtape Trilogy’ Review: Powerful Music, but a Less Powerful Film

The New York Times – Music:
A scholar, an architect and an Indigo Girls superfan talk about the musical artists that inspire them in Kathleen Ermitage’s documentary.
‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Review: A Trailblazer Gets Her Flowers

The New York Times – Music:
This documentary tries to do justice to a six-decade career in 95 minutes, which proves challenging.
‘Love in the Time of Fentanyl’ Review: Heartbreak, Death and Hope in Vancouver

The New York Times – Movies:
To combat the overdose crisis, a group that includes former and current users open a safe consumption site where shooting up does not have to mean death.