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AUSTIN, TX: The 33rd annual SXSW Conference and Festivals is winding down this weekend — as is the 26th edition of the SXSW Film Festival, which your correspondent was lucky enough to spend the past week or so covering. I made an effort to split my viewing, as equally as possible, between the festival’s fiction […]
Apple may have more than a few documentaries on tap for its upcoming streaming video service. Variety has learned that Apple has a “first-look” deal with Imagine Documentaries, the production company from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. The move will give Apple the chance to snap up non-fiction works before other companies can jump in. […]
TV presenter Stacey Dooley performed a quickstep to a cover of Kylie Minogue’s hit Dancing in her Striclty Come Dancing debut last Saturday. Her impressive performance with her professional dance partner Kevin Clifton earned them 24 points. How to watch Stacey Dooley’s BBC Three series In her documentaries, Stacey investigates current affairs affecting young people […]
One of these years, I’m just gonna go all in and only go to the Tribeca Film Festival’s documentaries. It’s not that the New York-based fest – which came to a close yesterday – doesn’t have narrative titles worth seeing (watch this space later today to hear about some of those). But their non-fiction slate […]
Francois Duhamel/Netflix One of the great things about Netflix is that it has brought thoughtful, compelling documentaries to a much wider audience — something filmmakers could only dream of a decade ago. And with binge-worthy titles like Netflix original “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond” and Oscar-nominated “Last Men in Aleppo” a click away, you […]
Nature documentaries have brought so much joy in the world, like David Attenborough’s god-tier voiceovers and Benedict Cumberbatch’s inability to say “penguin.” Today, Niantic’s throwing its safari hat in the ring with a Pokémon Go trailer narrated by the inimitable Stephen Fry. The short cinematic shows off some of the new Pokémon that have joined the mobile augmented reality […]
Our shorthand notions of a “Sundance” movie – small-ish, character-driven comedy/drama, usually directed by an earnest first-timer or up-and-comer, and with a cast of indie regulars, screen newcomers, and/or stars looking for recognition as Serious Actors – are almost all tied to the narrative features of the fest’s Dramatic, Premiere, and NEXT competitions. But nearly […]
AMC Networks “Blue Planet II” premieres in the US on Saturday, January 20 at 9 pm ET. For the series, producers spent more than 6,000 hours underwater over four years, visiting 39 countries on 125 expeditions. The footage they captured is breathtaking, heartbreaking, and stunning. Earth’s oceans make life possible. They’re the reason that when […]
It’s easy enough to find concert movies or music documentaries online, but watching them across various services is kind of a pain. Jazz legend Quincy Jones wants to help with that. Along with a French TV producer, Jones is launching Qwest TV. For between €7.49 and €9.90 per month ($ 8.83 – $ 11.68; the […]
Nearly 20 years ago, a program started inside Folsom Prison where some of California’s most hardened convicts would invite members of the public to join them in group therapy sessions. The new documentary The Work examines a recent edition of this program, and an intense new trailer reveals what happened. Watch The Work trailer below. Critics and audiences who […]
