Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became an Oscar-nominated film.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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Producers Guild Nominations Strengthen Oscar Odds for Five Films
“One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” “Frankenstein” and “Marty Supreme” have now been recognized by all three major guilds.
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5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a film sequel to a beloved franchise and a documentary about the plight of polar bears.
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Amos Poe, New York’s No Wave Film Pioneer, Dies at 76
He documented the punk and post-punk music scene in the East Village, leading an independent film movement that was proudly unprofessional.
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2026 Directors Guild Nominations: ‘One Battle,’ ‘Sinners’
The films of Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler have been competing all season. Also in the running are Guillermo del Toro, Josh Safdie and Chloé Zhao.
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‘Holding Liat’ Review: Hostage Situation
This unpredictable documentary follows a man and his family as they wait for news of his daughter and her husband, who were kidnapped in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
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Arthur Cohn, Film Producer With an Oscar-Winning Touch, Dies at 98
Six of his movies received Academy Awards, including the Italian drama “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” and the trade-union strike documentary “American Dream.”
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Rosa von Praunheim, 83, Dies; Captured Gay Life in Germany on Film
His first feature-length movie, in 1971, was called his country’s “Stonewall moment,” for jump-starting a gay-rights movement. He became a leading voice of it.
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He’s Chevy Chase, and He’s Still Like That
The famously prickly comedian found a sympathetic adversary in the director of a CNN documentary about him. Their conversation with a reporter was … spirited.
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He’s Chevy Chase, and He’s Still Like That
The famously prickly comedian found a sympathetic adversary in the director of a CNN documentary about him. Their conversation with a reporter was … spirited.
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
In this month’s picks, Sydney Pollack on Frank Gehry, Rob Reiner on Albert Brooks and Mike Figgis on Francis Ford Coppola.
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Robert Nakamura, ‘Godfather’ of Asian American Film, Dies at 88
In his work, he often returned to Manzanar, the camp in which he and his family, along with thousands of other people of Japanese descent, were interned during World War II.