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  1. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for Hulu’s New Hillary Clinton Documentary, HillaryThe four-part docuseries premieres March 6.
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. swiftiverse
    Netflix Crowns Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana With Release DateSwifties, assemble.
    By Charu Sinha
  3. time’s up
    Oprah Steps Away From Russell Simmons Accuser Doc, Pulls It From Apple TV+“First and foremost, I want it to be known that I unequivocally believe and support the women.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  4. surviving r. kelly
    The 12 Biggest Revelations From Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning`From the NDAs to bribery to a suicide pact to how Kelly tried to get rid of the infamous “pee tape.”
    By Zoe Haylock and Dan Reilly
  5. trailer mix
    Kevin Hart’s Controversial Year Revisited in Don’t F**k This Up TrailerThe six-part docuseries debuts on Netflix later this month.
    By Megh Wright
  6. the streaming wars
    All We Want for Christmas Is a New Rihanna Album But We’ll Take This Amazon DocMaybe sANTI Claus is real, after all.
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. trailer mix
    Surviving R. Kelly Part II Trailer: R. Kelly’s Ex-Girlfriend Speaks OutThe three-night event begins January 2.
    By Zoe Haylock
  8. the confession killer
    How The Confession Killer Tackled the Myth of History’s Worst Serial KillerThe Netflix docuseries’ dive into the false confessions of Henry Lee Lucas explores the law’s fixation on closing cases, and the toll it takes.
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  9. trailer mix
    HBO’s New Mel Brooks Documentary Looks Pretty GreatFeaturing interview footage going back to 1981.
    By Megh Wright
  10. oprah
    Oprah to Produce Doc About Sexual Assault in the Music Industry for Apple TV+To be released in 2020.
    By Rebecca Alter
  11. no more drama
    It’s a Family Affair: Mary J. Blige Documentary Coming to AmazonDiddy is producing!
    By Charu Sinha
  12. documentaries
    In College Behind Bars, Prisoners Find a Way Forward in the ClassroomA new PBS documentary follows the students of the Bard Prison Initiative, a degree-granting program in six New York prisons.
    By Ted Alcorn
  13. anniversaries
    XXXTentacion’s Estate Announces New Documentary and AlbumThe controversial rapper’s final album, Bad Vibes Forever, comes out December 6.
    By Zoe Haylock
  14. true crime
    Harrison Ford to Star in The Staircase TV Series…or IS he?
    By Bethy Squires
  15. wakes
    A Wake for Daniel JohnstonLouis Black, Ira Kaplan, Kathy McCarty, Jeff Feuerzeig and more share their fondest memories of the late Texas indie icon.
    By Drew Fortune
  16. royal rewind
    This Is the 1969 TV Documentary the Royal Family Doesn’t Want You to SeeThe Crown’s season-three reality-television subplot isn’t too far from reality.
    By Devon Ivie
  17. documentaries
    Kevin Hart to Recap His Year Through a Netflix Documentary SeriesDon’t F**k This Up premieres on December 27.
    By Megh Wright
  18. documentaries
    HBO Max and CNN Films Serve Up New Anthony Bourdain DocumentaryFrom Oscar-winning 20 Feet from Stardom director Morgan Neville.
    By Halle Kiefer
  19. documentaries
    Patrice O’Neal Documentary Headed to Comedy CentralBill Burr is behind the project as an executive producer.
    By Megh Wright
  20. the industry
    Monica Lewinsky Is Revisiting Her 15 Minutes of Shame in New DocumentaryThe anti-bullying activist is coming to HBO Max.
    By Devon Ivie
  21. documentaries
    Amy Schumer’s New Documentary Is Headed to HBO MaxExpecting Amy follows the comedian as she prepares for her comedy special while pregnant.
    By Megh Wright
  22. tekashi 6ix9ine
    Showtime Announces Tekashi 6ix9ine Documentary Series to Compete With 50 Cent’sIt’s the Fyre Festival wars all over again.
    By Justin Curto
  23. true crime
    Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer Will Feature His Girlfriend and DaughterAs well as other women who survived Bundy’s attacks.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  24. drama!
    Jeffree Star Gossips About [Bleep] in New Shane Dawson DocDrama so good it had to be redacted.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  25. docuseries
    The Heartbreaking Immigration Stories Behind Living UndocumentedHow Netflix’s new docuseries filmed the lives of undocumented immigrants with unprecedented intimacy.
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  26. peter coyote
    The Golden Voice Behind All Those Ken Burns DocumentariesIf you’ve ever been entranced by the narration of a Ken Burns doc, you have Peter Coyote to thank.
    By Tim Greiving
  27. lawsuits
    Judge Tentatively Sides with Jackson Estate in HBO LawsuitThe final ruling is expected by the end of the month.
    By Bethy Squires
  28. country music
    The Story of Country Music Is Too Vast for Even Ken Burns’s 16-Hour Doc to TellThe greatest compliment you could pay an undertaking like this is to wish there were more of it.
    By Craig Jenkins
  29. babies
    Blue Ivy Carter Is Our ‘Mood 4 Eva’ in Beyoncé’s Making the GiftThe heir is coming.
    By Zoe Haylock
  30. tv review
    Ken Burns’s Country Music Is Powerful, Beautiful, and Somehow Still IncompleteThe 16-hour, eight-part series doesn’t have as firm a handle on the big-picture stuff as it wants you to think.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  31. the devil and daniel johnston
    What Fresh Hell Is This?In honor of the late Daniel Johnston, we’re revisiting the 2006 documentary that brought his defiant life to screen.
    By David Edelstein
  32. movie review
    American Factory Gestures Toward the End of the Working World As We Know ItThe Obamas’ Netflix doc is an eye-opening prelude to the rise of machines.
    By David Edelstein
  33. movie review
    Cold Case Hammarskjöld Presents a Conspiracy You’ll Want to BelieveThis tricked-up documentary about a suspicious 1961 plane crash in Zambia reminds you that conspiracy theories make for great yarns.
    By David Edelstein
  34. tv review
    The Family Puts a Secret Group In the Spotlight, But Needs Stronger WattageThe Netflix docuseries connects some dots regarding the religious right and American politics, but it doesn’t add up to more than a basic outline.
    By Jen Chaney
  35. movie review
    Brace Yourself for the Devastating Documentary One Child NationNanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang’s first-person film chronicles China’s one-child policy in infuriating, tragic, grisly detail.
    By David Edelstein
  36. backstories
    How Nicolas Cage Wound Up Narrating the Anton Yelchin Documentary Love, AntoshaIn the new documentary, Cage is the voice of the late actor’s journal entries, letters, and emails.
    By Nate Jones
  37. mother-son duos
    Tupac and Afeni Shakur Are Getting Their Own FX DocuseriesShe’s the mama in “Dear Mama.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  38. rip
    D.A. Pennebaker, Pioneer of ‘Direct Cinema,’ Dead at 94The visionary director of Don’t Look Back received an Honorary Oscar in 2013.
    By Rebecca Alter
  39. sundance 2019
    Everything We Learned About Anton Yelchin From the New Documentary Love, AntoshaLove, Antosha is a poignant tribute to the late actor’s life and talent.
    By Nate Jones
  40. icons
    Rita Moreno’s List of Accolades to Now Include ‘PBS Documentary Subject’About damn time!
    By Devon Ivie
  41. movie review
    The Horror Is Real in the Syrian Doc For SamaThe film doesn’t feel like raw footage — it has been carefully shaped, with a bit of movie-­ish suspense during the final hours.
    By David Edelstein
  42. documentaries
    Lifetime Is Making a Jeffrey Epstein DocumentaryThere will also be a follow-up to Surviving R. Kelly and a Wendy Williams biopic.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  43. deep dives
    They Were the First All-Women Crew to Conquer the Ocean. Then They Came Home.A new documentary tells the grueling story of a female yacht crew that exploded barriers at sea. Here’s what happened when they stepped back on land.
    By Rachel Handler
  44. movie review
    Marianne & Leonard Tells the Story of the Greatest Breakup Song Ever WrittenLeonard Cohen’s “So Long, Marianne” is the tender heart of Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary.
    By David Edelstein
  45. a queer moment
    Documentary on History of Queer Horror Coming to ShudderThe Babadook and beyond.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  46. fact check
    What Did Martin Scorsese Make Up in Rolling Thunder Revue: a Bob Dylan Story?The Netflix doc blends fact and fiction so seamlessly you might not know what to believe.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  47. movie review
    Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue Brilliantly Spins a Bob Dylan Tall TaleBob Dylan is clearly here to mess with us, as is our director.
    By Craig Jenkins
  48. interviews
    How a Reality Show About Strippers Turned Into an Anti–Magic Mike Documentary“It was like anti–Magic Mike. None of this was happening in some theater or in a glamorous nightclub.”
    By Hunter Harris
  49. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan Sort of DocumentaryMind you, some of this isn’t quite real.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  50. tv review
    Running With Beto Says More About the Political Climate Than About Beto O’RourkeThe HBO documentary sidesteps mythologizing its subject in favor of capturing a flash point in Texas political history.
    By Jen Chaney
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