In this look back at the singer Selena, the director Isabel Castro presents home video footage and photographs that have not been seen in other documentaries.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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A.I. Video Is Threatening Our Ability to Trust Documentaries
A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself.
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Eddie Murphy Addresses ‘S.N.L.’ Feud in “Being Eddie” Documentary
The comedian’s long-running feud with the late-night sketch show is a topic in the new Netflix documentary “Being Eddie.”
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In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life
“Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.
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‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis
The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.
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‘Being Eddie’ Review: Eddie Murphy Looks Back
A self-aware and soft-spoken Eddie Murphy plays docent to his own career in a new documentary.
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65 Movies to See This Winter, From ‘Wicked: For Good’ to ‘Zootopia 2’
An obsessed table-tennis player (“Marty Supreme”) and musicians in a Neil Diamond tribute band (“Song Sung Blue”) are among the season’s screen gifts.
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Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.
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‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’: An Extraordinary Voice (and Film)
The film captures the friendship between an Iranian filmmaker and a Gaza City resident. They never actually meet but speak movingly via video calls.
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‘Caterpillar’ Review: Risking Their Sight to be Seen Anew
The latest documentary from Liza Mandelup (“Jawline”) concerns a man who seeks to change the color of his eyes — permanently.
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‘The White House Effect’ and the Value of Letting Footage Speak for Itself
This film uses archival clips and documents to examine the way climate change evolved from nonpartisan topic to divisive issue.
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
In this month’s picks, a chilling true-crime entry, a movie about an execution equipment manufacturer and a devilish doc from the “Exorcist” director William Friedkin.