The Contestant
By Jeffery Berg May 1, 2024
The bizarre 1998 Japanese phenomenon that established the template for reality TV in the 21st century.
The bizarre 1998 Japanese phenomenon that established the template for reality TV in the 21st century.
Why isn’t this singer-songwriter more well known today? This is the question the documentary sets out to answer.
Perhaps one of the year’s most visually distinct films via its unorthodox approach to musical storytelling.
Absurdist filmmaker Quentin Dupieux is back with a film he wrote in six days and filmed in secret.
Director Jessica Hausner’s baleful satire is animated by deadpan mockery of upper-middle-class Euro groupthink.
An informative and moving documentary that delves into the many difficulties of spending a long time in outer space.
J.A. Bayona’s approach to the famous 1972 Andes plane crash is a classic Hollywood tug-on-the-heartstrings affair.
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman offers a window into the lives of Jon Batiste and his partner Suleika Jaouad at an incredibly fraught time.
The behind-the-scenes making of CBS’s misguided and ill-fated two-hour variety show The Star Wars Holiday Special.