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  1. The Explosive Story Behind Three Identical StrangersWe talk to the director of the shocking documentary, about three brothers separated at birth — and the dark reason why they were split up.
    By Scott Tobias
  2. close reads
    The Fourth Estate Takes on #MeToo and the New York TimesBut does the Showtime documentary go far enough?
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  3. The Real Killer in The Staircase Might Be … an Owl?A complete guide to the “owl theory” that Netflix’s true-crime documentary left out.
    By Josh Modell
  4. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Premieres on HBO Next Month“You’re only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you’re nothing.”
    By Megh Wright
  5. movie review
    Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Will Make You Miss Mister RogersMorgan Neville’s moving documentary is a wonderful breather from reality, from which you come back more conscious of the hate that runs the world.
    By David Edelstein
  6. HBO’s John McCain Documentary Is Both Reverent and CandidJohn McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls is fairly honest about McCain’s sins as well as his strengths.
    By Jen Chaney
  7. r. kelly
    Hulu Is Making an R. Kelly Sexual-Abuse Documentary With BuzzFeed NewsLifetime is also making a docuseries and film about Kelly’s alleged abuse.
    By Jackson McHenry
  8. true crime
    HBO to Air the Docuseries The Case Against Adnan SyedIt will examine the case made famous by the Serial podcast, about the murder of Baltimore teenager Hae Min Lee.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  9. 30 for 30
    ESPN and Netflix Will Present Michael Jordan’s Life Story in 10 HoursJordan has authorized the docuseries, which will premiere in 2019.
    By Dee Lockett
  10. the man who killed don quixote
    The Making of Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote Is Getting Another DocumentaryThe film’s production was first chronicled in Lost in La Mancha, and will be explored further in He Dreams of Giants.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  11. A Guide to Jean-Michel Basquiat’s New YorkA glossary elaborating on many of the sources and references within Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
    By Mark Asch
  12. i’ll be gone in the dark
    I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Docuseries Officially Going Ahead at HBOThe network recently optioned the book by the late Michelle McNamara.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  13. tv review
    Netflix’s Bobby Kennedy for President Will Break Your HeartIf you didn’t live through the ‘60s, this docuseries captures what it was like to witness the rise and fall of RFK.
    By Jen Chaney
  14. trailer mix
    This Trailer for Whitney Shows the ReceiptsSee it July 6.
    By Hunter Harris
  15. McQueen Captures the Emotion and Creative Brilliance of the Late DesignerFor anyone who thinks a runway show could never move them to tears.
    By Emily Yoshida
  16. Patti Smith Brought Out Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe at TribecaThe icon summoned some rock legends for a political post-documentary-screening performance.
    By Leah Mandel
  17. epic fails
    Revive Your Addiction to Fyre Fest News With the Coming Hulu DocuseriesFind out how it all went wrong.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  18. tv review
    What Else Is Left to Say About Elvis?A new HBO documentary crafts a meticulous, but conventional account of the singer’s life.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  19. Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Is a Missed OpportunitySophie Fiennes’s doc never quite comes together, despite intimate access and stunning concert footage.
    By Emily Yoshida
  20. Remember When Roseanne Ran for President?Here are eight things we learned from her 2015 documentary, Roseanne for President!
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  21. chat room
    Michael K. Williams on His New HBO Documentary, Raised in the System“I’ve been visiting friends and family in prisons since I was 17 years old, so I have something to say.”
    By Kevin Lincoln
  22. overnights
    Wild Wild Country Recap: Here Today, Oregon TomorrowThe wildest moments from the first episode of Netflix’s six-part Rajneeshee documentary.
    By Brian Moylan
  23. documentaries
    Cameron Crowe Is Producing a David Crosby DocumentaryThe film will include interviews between the filmmaker and the legendary singer-songwriter.
    By Tolly Wright
  24. Every Big Question That Wild Wild Country Didn’t AnswerHere’s what the Netflix documentary about Bhagwan and the Rajneeshees left out.
    By Kenny Herzog
  25. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Is an Intimate Portrait of a Comedy PioneerJudd Apatow’s HBO documentary is an exhaustive and emotional account of the late TV legend.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  26. The Guys from Muppet Guys Talking Talk About the Muppets — and MortalityPuppeteers Frank Oz and Dave Goelz star in a moving new documentary about the legacy of Jim Henson.
    By Tim Greiving
  27. Wild Wild Country May Be the Craziest Series You Watch All YearAs promised, it’s wild as hell.
    By Jen Chaney
  28. The Sound of One Muppet Guy Talking: A Conversation with Dave GoelzThe mind, voice, and hands behind The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, saxophonist Zoot and three-dimes-shy-of-a-quarter Beauregard the […]
    By Kevin Smokler
  29. whitney houston
    An Authorized Documentary Of Whitney Houston Is Coming This SummerFrom Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  30. rehabbin’
    Meanwhile, Harvey Weinstein Is at Olive Garden Planning a Documentary… About the opioid crisis.
    By Hunter Harris
  31. Watch the Exclusive First Clip for the Rachel Dolezal DocumentaryThe Rachel Divide focuses on the civil-rights activist who was unmasked as a white woman passing for black.
    By Chris Lee
  32. What YouTube Pranksters Could Learn From ‘Windy City Heat’Are there any four words that cause cringe in 2018 like “It’s a prank, bro”? Hordes of well-scrubbed YouTube boys have built careers around […]
    By K. Thor Jensen
  33. tv review
    Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Is a Joyous Celebration of a TV LegendLike Fred Rogers himself, this PBS special speaks to the deepest part of us.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  34. tv review
    Flint Town Is an Alarming Portrait of Cops, Politics, and a Reeling CityA candid Netflix docuseries about the crises in Flint, Michigan.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  35. mother russia
    Filmmakers Behind Aleppo, Icarus Allege Russian MeddlingThe Last Men in Aleppo documentarian says he’s being discredited by Russian news organizations.
    By Hunter Harris
  36. Here’s the Trailer for Judd Apatow’s HBO Documentary ‘The Zen Diaries of […]Today, HBO released the first trailer for Judd Apatow’s two-part, four-hour Garry Shandling documentary, titled The Zen Diaries of Garry […]
    By Megh Wright
  37. This Year’s Tribeca Film Festival to Open with Gilda Radner Documentary […]A new documentary about Gilda Radner is on the way. According to Variety, the Tribeca Film Festival will open on April 18th with the premiere […]
    By Megh Wright
  38. What Gloria Allred Would Say to Trump If They Could Speak Face-to-Face“I’m going to expect him to tell the truth.”
    By Stacey Wilson Hunt, Granger Willson, Kenny Wassus, and Carmen Hilbert
  39. Judd Apatow’s Two-Part Garry Shandling Documentary Debuts in MarchLast year, Judd Apatow revealed that he was working on a documentary about the late Garry Shandling, and now the project has a premiere date. […]
    By Megh Wright
  40. documentaries
    Now There Are Two Harvey Weinstein Documentaries in the WorksBritain’s Channel 4 has ordered a rival Harvey Weinstein documentary a month after the BBC announced its own.
    By Dee Lockett
  41. The Rape of Recy Taylor’s Director on the Oprah Effect“When she said her name, there was a part of me that said, finally. It just felt inevitable.”
    By Miriam Bale
  42. documentaries
    Lance Armstrong Thought About Himself Watching Icarus, the Doping Documentary“I can relate. I certainly can relate to them.”
    By Ashley Fetters
  43. What’s New on HBO: January 2018The Fate of the Furious, the Harry Potter movies, and more.
    By Joshua Rivera
  44. documentaries
    BBC Orders ‘Definitive’ Weinstein Doc, Includes People Speaking for First TimeThe producers say some people will be speaking for the first time about the story.
    By Jackson McHenry
  45. Errol Morris on Wormwood, Fake News, and Why He Hates the Word ‘Reenactment’“You can deny truth, but that doesn’t mean it’s gonna go away.”
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  46. making a murderer
    Making a Murderer’s Brendan Dassey Will Remain in Prison to Serve Life SentenceAn appeals panel ruled 4-to-3 that Dassey’s confession to the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach was not coerced by police.
    By Halle Kiefer
  47. The Strange, Twisted Story Behind Netflix’s Voyeur How two directors got a private peep at Gay Talese’s infamous motel story.
    By Charles Bramesco
  48. Hank Azaria Responds to Hari Kondabolu’s ‘The Problem with Apu’ […]Hank Azaria has responded to Hari Kondabolu’s truTV documentary The Problem with Apu. Speaking to a reporter from TMZ who asked for his […]
    By Megh Wright
  49. ‘I Am Sam Kinison’ Airs on Spike TV Next MonthA new documentary exploring the life and career of Sam Kinison debuts on Spike TV next month, and today the network released the trailer. […]
    By Megh Wright
  50. Voyeur Fails to Add Much Insight to Gay Talese’s Notorious StorySomeone, somewhere, thinks we can’t get enough of Gerald Foos.
    By Emily Yoshida
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