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  1. respect the classics
    Tom Petty’s Daughter on the Ambitious Future of His Legacy“I’d love to see a museum dedicated to my father. I think that’s an undertaking that will take a great deal of time.”
    By Devon Ivie
  2. reunions
    Lea Michele Heads to HBO … for a Spring Awakening Reunion DocumentaryPremiering next year.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  3. the law
    Tiger King 2 Goes 2 Far for Carole Baskin, Who Is Suing NetflixNetflix claims Baskin signed nine appearance releases in 2019.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  4. documentaries
    A New Janet Jackson Doc Will Examine the Infamous Justin Timberlake IncidentMalfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson investigates the “racial and cultural currents that collided” in the 2004 Super Bowl incident.
    By Justin Curto
  5. treasure!
    Treasure Hunters Doc Will Adapt a New York Mag Piece That Was Pure GoldAnd they’re calling all treasure seekers.
    By Rebecca Alter
  6. movie review
    Cousteau and Me‘Becoming Cousteau’ charts the legendary explorer’s life, but it strikes a note of despair.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  7. trailer mix
    Kid Cudi Pulls Back the Curtain in A Man Named Scott TrailerComing to Prime Video on November 5.
    By Justin Curto
  8. q&a
    What Nuclear Family Left on the Cutting-Room FloorDirector Ry Russo-Young unpacks the challenge of turning the camera on her family’s most painful chapter.
    By Whitney Friedlander
  9. trailer mix
    Four Hours at the Capitol Trailer: ‘The Mob Is the Weapon’The HBO doc on the January 6 riots premieres October 20.
    By Zoe Haylock
  10. trailer mix
    What Happened to Brittany Murphy? Trailer Examines Another Fallen StarletThe two part docuseries comes to HBO Max October 14.
    By Zoe Haylock
  11. trailer mix
    Fauci Documentary Trailer: Don’t Shoot the Messenger“When COVID hit, he became this target.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  12. stand-up
    The (Unfortunate) Rise of the Docucomedy SpecialComedians keep taking all the wrong lessons from Gary Gulman’s masterful The Great Depresh.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  13. tv review
    Documenting Britney SpearsThree timely documentaries are capitalizing on the #FreeBritney interest, but is it appropriate to dig for more dirt at such a fraught turning point?
    By Jen Chaney
  14. decline of western civilization
    Penelope Spheeris on The Decline of Western CivilizationThe director reflects on her documentary’s long-lasting impact, 40 years later.
    By Anne Victoria Clark and Ashley Ray-Harris
  15. the law
    Britney Spears Responds to NYT Allegations, Calls for Jamie’s Immediate RemovalAfter her attorney made a new filing, Britney responded to the doc on Instagram.
    By Claudia Rosenbaum
  16. roll clip!
    Kanye West Raps ‘Two Words’ With Mos Def in First jeen-yuhs Documentary ClipThe three-part documentary will hit Netflix in 2022.
    By Justin Curto
  17. docs
    Tiger King 2 Is Happening for All You Cool Cats and KittensAlong with four new Netflix docs and a brief teaser.
    By Zoe Haylock
  18. documentaries
    Hulu’s Framing Britney Spears Sequel, Controlling Britney Spears, Is Out TonightWith “new allegations” from inside the conservatorship.
    By Zoe Haylock
  19. britney vs. spears
     Britney vs. Spears Trailer: “I Just Want My Life Back”Netflix’s take on #FreeBritney premieres September 28.
    By Zoe Haylock
  20. mama!
    Hey, Mama! How to With John Wilson Season 2 Debuts This FallShould’ve been called How 2 With John Wilson.
    By Rebecca Alter
  21. apologies
    CBS Is Changing The Activist Into a Documentary, Not a Competition“We got it wrong,” Global Citizen said in a statement.
    By Bethy Squires
  22. you oughta know
    Alanis Morissette Says HBO Doc Jagged Has ‘Facts That Are Simply Not True’“I ultimately won’t be supporting someone else’s reductive take on a story much too nuanced for them to ever grasp or tell.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  23. me too
    Alanis Morissette Speaks on Experiencing Statutory Rape in New Doc“Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.’”
    By Bethy Squires
  24. theranos
    A Deeply Creepy GIF Guide to HBO’s Elizabeth Holmes DocumentaryNot for the faint of heart. Or anybody who’s afraid of needles.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  25. theranos
    Why the Errol Morris Shade in Alex Gibney’s The Inventor Is So BrutalHere’s what lies behind those Interrotron shots.
    By Emily Yoshida
  26. trailer mix
    Watch Janet Jackson’s Janet Documentary Trailer, If You’re Nasty“This is my story, told by me. Not through someone else’s eyes.”
    By Devon Ivie
  27. take a look!
    New Reading Rainbow Documentary Will Give You Your Fill of LeVar BurtonWho needs a Jeopardy! hosting gig when you can hit the big screen?
    By Justin Curto
  28. wait what
    What Is Going On in Spike Lee’s 9/11 HBO Docuseries?NYC Epicenters 9/11–2021 ½ courted controversy before it even aired. Here’s what to know before watching.
    By Chris Vognar
  29. trailer mix
    Selma Blair Thought She Was Filming ‘the Final Days of My Life’ for Her DocWatch the affecting yet humorous trailer.
    By Devon Ivie
  30. everybody loves puppets!
    Lamb Chop to Steal the Show Once Again in Shari Lewis DocumentaryBy the director of Love, Gilda.
    By Justin Curto
  31. vulture sports
    A24, the Steph Curry of Production Companies, Is Making a Steph Curry DocRyan Coogler is also set to produce the doc, called Underrated.
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. movie review
    Val Doesn’t Know Who Val Kilmer Is, and That’s a Good ThingA moving new documentary about the elusive life and career of an endlessly fascinating actor.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  33. review
    We’re Still Getting Woodstock ’99 WrongHBO’s Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage documentary feels drunk on chaos.
    By Craig Jenkins
  34. documentaries
    Lena Waithe Is Gonna Make It (a Mary Tyler Moore Documentary) After AllThe documentary will be directed by James Adolphus.
    By Rebecca Alter
  35. parts unknown
    The Most Surprising Stories From the Anthony Bourdain Doc RoadrunnerMorgan Neville’s film, which includes extensive unseen footage of the chef, attempts to piece together a person and a tragedy.
    By Lisa Liebman
  36. documentaries
    Eddie Braun Attempts to Finish What Evel Knievel Started in Stuntman TrailerThe Disney+ documentary follows Braun as he attempts one of the most dangerous stunts of his career.
    By Cydney Lee
  37. some reservations
    Posthumous Anthony Bourdain Doc Used ‘AI Model’ of Chef’s VoiceHighbrow-despicable deepfake.
    By Emily Palmer Heller
  38. trailer mix
    Through Our Eyes Trailer Shows Social Issues From a Kid’s LensThe first documentary from Sesame Workshop.
    By Zoe Haylock
  39. trailer mix
    Madame X Is a Movie Star in Madonna Tour Film TrailerThe Madame X documentary hits Paramount+ on October 8.
    By Justin Curto
  40. trailer mix
    Don’t Blink and Miss Blackpink’s The Movie TrailerOut August 4 ahead of the band’s five-year anniversary on August 8.
    By Justin Curto
  41. trailer mix
    Pray Away Trailer Features Regretful Leaders of the ‘Ex-Gay’ Movement“A voice inside me said, ‘How can you do this to your own people?’”
    By Zoe Haylock
  42. mummies
    Iggy Pop Is Narrating a Documentary About King TutankhamunWas Steve Martin busy?
    By Bethy Squires
  43. trailer mix
    Relive the Fall of Butt Rock with HBO’s Woodstock 99 DocHell hath no fury like dehydrated Limp Bizkit fans.
    By Bethy Squires
  44. trailer mix
    Watch a Parade of Val Kilmers (and One Mark Twain) in the Val TrailerGo behind the scenes on Top Gun, Batman Forever, and more.
    By Bethy Squires
  45. unpacking genius
    Two Documentaries About Legendary Performers Touch the Surface of Their TalentA pair of films explore the artistic legacy of Alvin Ailey and Rita Moreno, but both demonstrate the limitations of trying to explicate genius.
    By Helen Shaw
  46. the streaming wars
    Beatles Documentary Get Back to Come Together on Disney+ in NovemberIt’s six-plus hours of footage.
    By Justin Curto
  47. tribeca festival
    Watch a Clip of The One and Only Dick Gregory Before Its Juneteenth PremiereAfter the Tribeca Festival, it makes its Showtime premiere on July 4.
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. trailer mix
    Anthony Bourdain Leaves No Parts Unknown in His Roadrunner Documentary Trailer“Travel isn’t always pretty. You go away, you learn, you get scarred, marked, changed in the process.”
    By Devon Ivie
  49. top dog
    This Val Kilmer Documentary Has Been Shooting for 40 YearsHe recorded “thousands” of hours of footage.
    By Devon Ivie
  50. dave chappelle
    Dave Chappelle’s New Documentary Will Close Out the Tribeca Film FestivalRadio City Music Hall will open its doors for the first time since the pandemic for the event.
    By Rebecca Alter
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