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Documentaries

prince
Matthew Belloni • July 15, 2024

Netflix’s Scramble to Save the Secret Prince Movie

The Oscar winner Ezra Edelman’s exhaustive 9-hour documentary is stranded over a surprising objection from the late music icon’s dueling estates: It’s too long.
The Editors • June 4, 2024
Beating the Odds: The Fight Against ALS
Julia Ioffe onstage with the subjects and filmmakers behind ‘For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign.’
A behind-the-scenes conversation with the subjects and filmmakers of the moving documentary ‘For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign.’
Peter Hamby • May 13, 2024
Pleading the 6th
january 6 trump riot
A bracing conversation with the filmmakers behind ‘The Sixth,’ the gritty new A24 documentary about what media coverage of the Capitol riot got wrong, the radical act of remembering, and how close we came to the brink.
The Mariupol bombardment was relentless, and it focused mostly on civilian infrastructure, on hospitals, schools, theaters, and residential buildings.
Julia Ioffe • December 27, 2023
20 Days in Mariupol
In conversation with Mstyslav Chernov, the Ukrainian videographer, about his Oscar shortlisted documentary, capturing the siege of Mariupol, the horrors of the invasion, and when and how the war ever ends.
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, imprisoned since January 2021, is the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary ’Navalny.’
Julia Ioffe • March 7, 2023
Surviving Putin
A gripping conversation with Christo Grozev, lead Russia investigator for Bellingcat, about his role in the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Navalny,’ sleeper agents in Europe, and why he can’t go home again.
‘Fire of Love’ narrator Miranda July, Director Sara Dosa, Producer Shane Boris and Puck’s Dylan Byers on stage at The Theater at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles.
The Editors • February 16, 2023
The Making of “Fire of Love,” a Volcanic Romance
Over two exclusive events, Dylan Byers and Julia Alexander interview the documentary filmmakers about turning hundreds of hours of archival footage into an explosive documentary love story.
harry & meghan
Julia Alexander • December 13, 2022
Netflix’s ‘Harry & Meghan’ Game Plan
News and notes from inside the streaming industry: The surprising data, and strategy pivot, behind Netflix’s two-part documentary series with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Director Meg Smaker
Matthew Belloni • December 11, 2022
The One Film Academy Voters Should Watch
The troubling arc of Meg Smaker’s “Jihad Rehab,” from Sundance sensation to swift cancellation, represents an alarming trend for all filmmakers. But there’s a way to make amends this week.
Ted Sarandos and Icarus director Bryan Fogel
Matthew Belloni • December 4, 2022
Netflix Doesn’t Want the Sequel to One of Its Most Important Movies
Icarus was a landmark, award-winning, zeitgeist-shifting film for Netflix. But even the genre obsessive Ted Sarandos has evolved his thinking as the financial picture has darkened.
Larry David
Matthew Belloni • March 1, 2022
Larry David Just Shelved His Own Documentary Before It Aired
As if a plot point from Curb, the HBO star determined that a two-part film about his life, set to debut today, wasn’t up to snuff yet.