As an introduction to the work of Robert Downey Sr., the documentary is instructive and makes you want to visit his irreverent films. As a celebration of a father-son relationship, it’s sublime.
Why did the surge of Black-centered films from the late 1960s through the 1970s fade away?
Walking a tightrope between whimsy and outrage, this incisive documentary delves into the past and troubling present day of Kaua’i, Hawaii.
An absorbing documentary about how one of the most popular Broadway musicals was transformed into a hit movie.
This new work from Bill Morrison would not have existed had an Icelandic fishing boat not discovered four reels of 35mm film underwater.
Like Citizen Kane, David Fincher’s film is a puzzle that toys with time structure, interlocking past and present events with precision and wit.
DOC NYC may be America’s biggest documentary film festival, but its quality happily matches its quantity.
An intense and—to a certain point—confrontational interview that works as an essential documentary about filmmaking.
The clip and talking-head-fest is a compilation of R-rated reveals, and note the subtitle. It really is a history lesson as well as a catalog of the nude and famous.