Some ecstatic and very dark truths about the Internet and technology from Werner Herzog.

With unequaled access to the artist’s work, this terminally tasteful and conflict-averse film vividly showcases the hellfire horrors of the art through powerful lenses that magnify every brushstroke.

The little cool filmmaker who could.

Two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple follows singer Sharon Jones on her journey through cancer and recovery, catching glimpses of a stalwart trouper knocked off balance.

Framed as a video journal, Gleason is a thought-provoking documentary that tracks football player Steve Gleason’s arduous struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Renowned self-help speaker and author Tony Robbins is a walking contradiction. He is at once an absolute embodiment of egoistic, swaggering American capitalism and a seemingly selfless soul devoted to helping others live better lives.

A riveting feat of guerilla filmmaking, revealing much about systems of power in China and the formidable tactics of its burgeoning activist culture.

A documentary that busts a few myths about the romance genre and the people who read and write it.

About as open and probing as a documentary gets, this is a revealing look at an unparalleled entertainer’s professional and personal life.