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  1. movies
    Netflix’s Gloria Allred Documentary Seeing Allred Will Premiere in 2018It will feature her work with Weinstein, Cosby, and Trump accusers.
    By Hunter Harris
  2. ‘The Problem with Apu’ Expertly Explores the Biggest Flaw of ‘The Simpsons’In 2012, Hari Kondabolu – then a writer for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell – went on a rant that had been long overdue. In a clip that […]
    By John Hugar
  3. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Is an Amazing Look at the Cost to Great ArtistsThe doc brings you into Jim Carrey’s head in a way that Man on the Moon didn’t.
    By David Edelstein
  4. Talking ‘The Problem with Apu’ with Hari KondaboluHari Kondabolu first aired his beef with Simpsons character/stereotypical caricature Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on Totally Biased with W. Kamau […]
    By Bethy Squires
  5. 10 Revelations From the Jim Carrey–Andy Kaufman Doc Jim & Andy: The Great BeyondIncluding, but not limited to, the revelation that Carrey contacted Kaufman telepathically during filming.
    By Matthew Love
  6. A Better Man’s Attiya Khan on Why She Confronted Her Longtime Abuser on CameraKhan sat down with her ex-boyfriend Steve, who’d abused her for years, to ask him why he’d done it — and see if it could help both of them heal.
    By Miriam Bale
  7. Getting Personal with Gilbert GottfriedJudd Apatow calls it “hilarious, oddly moving.” Entertainment Weekly says it’s “remarkable, fascinating, totally unexpected.” Even Anthony […]
    By Isaac Kozell
  8. Rose Marie on Telling Off Sexual Harassers in the 1950s and Tweeting“I said, ‘You son of a bitch, you couldn’t get it up if the flag went by!’”
    By Rachel Syme
  9. dream kitchens
    Harrison Ford Once Worked As a Carpenter for Joan DidionJust Harrison Ford building a deck for Joan Didion on the shores of Southern California.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  10. Jane Goodall on Her New Doc and Her Love Story in Africa“If people wanted to call me comely, it helped with awareness. Hugely.”
    By Jada Yuan
  11. tv review
    Too Funny to Fail Captures the Legacy of the Audacious Dana Carvey ShowIf you know very little about the button-pushing comedy series, the 90-minute film will be a revelation.
    By Jen Chaney
  12. Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Is a Chronicle of an Era-Defining VoiceThe emotional late-career tribute arrives on Netflix October 27.
    By Emily Yoshida
  13. Watch the Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Man on the Moon’ Documentary ‘Jim & Andy’Last month it was announced that Chris Smith’s Man on the Moon documentary, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – The Story of Jim Carrey & […]
    By Megh Wright
  14. Here’s the Trailer for Hulu’s ‘Dana Carvey Show’ Documentary ‘Too Funny to […]The Dana Carvey Show now has its very own documentary, and thanks to Hulu you can check it out this weekend. Titled Too Funny to Fail, the […]
    By Megh Wright
  15. addiction
    Demi Lovato’s New Documentary Reveals the Severity of Her ‘Breaking Point’For the first time, Demi explains why she punched her backup dancer.
    By Dee Lockett
  16. Dina Is a Slight But Sweet Look at a Neurologically Atypical RomanceThe Sundance Grand Jury Prize–winning doc drags a bit, but has a lot of heart.
    By Emily Yoshida
  17. tv review
    Spielberg Is a Rich, Personal Look at Hollywood’s Most Successful FilmmakerEven if you think you know everything about Steven Spielberg, this HBO documentary is still very much worth your time.
    By Jen Chaney
  18. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Is a Shattering DocumentaryThe film investigates the mysterious death of trans activist and icon Marsha P. Johnson — and the city that let it go unsolved for decades.
    By David Edelstein
  19. The Vietnam War Is a Staggering Achievement in Documentary StorytellingThe 18-hour nonfiction epic is a thorough, engrossing dive into history.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  20. chat room
    Gaga: Five Foot Two Director on Filming Lady Gaga in Excruciating Pain“For her to show that she, at her level with all her resources, is still unable to fix herself, she felt she needed to let people see that side.”
    By Dee Lockett
  21. Lady Gaga Gets Unfiltered in the Five Foot Two TrailerThe doc hits Netflix on September 22.
    By Dee Lockett
  22. Talking True Crime Satire with ‘American Vandal’ Showrunner Dan LaganaFrom Serial to binge-demanding TV series like The Jinx and Making a Murderer, the true crime doc format has become a national phenomenon that […]
    By Kenneth Arthur
  23. The Behind-the-Scenes ‘Man on the Moon’ Documentary ‘Jim & Andy’ Is […]A behind-the-scenes documentary about Jim Carrey’s experience channeling Andy Kaufman for the 1999 biopic Man on the Moon is heading to […]
    By Megh Wright
  24. What Does Lady Gaga Say About Madonna in Her New Documentary?The answer was revealed tonight. Did you guess right?
    By Kyle Buchanan
  25. Jim Carrey Looks Back at Playing Andy Kaufman: “It Was Psychotic at Times”Earlier this week, a behind-the-scenes documentary about Jim Carrey’s work on the 1999 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon premiered at the […]
    By Megh Wright
  26. movie review
    Review: Game-Hunting Doc Trophy Refuses to Stoke Easy OutrageIt will leave you angry, sick, and confused — but not smug.
    By David Edelstein
  27. trailer mix
    Lady Gaga Prepares for the Super Bowl Halftime Show in Five Foot Two TrailerThe documentary also reveals the singer’s personal struggles.
    By Tolly Wright
  28. Netflix’s ‘Long Shot’ Chronicles How ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Freed a Man […]Just a few days before season 9 of Curb Your Enthusiasm premieres on HBO, Netflix is set to debut a new true crime documentary called Long Shot […]
    By Megh Wright
  29. documentaries
    Ken Burns Wants to Make an Obama Documentary“It would just be him. And then, in ten years, we’d add all the other things.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. documentaries
    Lady Gaga’s Netflix Doc Promises an Intimate Look at a Year in Her LifeIt’ll premiere first at the Toronto Film Festival, then hit Netflix on September 22.
    By Dee Lockett
  31. real news
    Showtime Reportedly Making a Documentary About the New York Times and TrumpIt will focus on the paper’s operations in the age of Donald Trump.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  32. Hari Kondabolu Confronts His Nemesis in the Trailer for truTV’s ‘The […]Hari Kondabolu has a new documentary heading to truTV soon, and today the network released the trailer. Titled The Problem with Apu, the […]
    By Megh Wright
  33. See the Trailer for Icarus, Netflix’s Russia Olympic Doping DocStream Icarus on Netflix August 4.
    By Hunter Harris
  34. Louis C.K. Just Released LGBT Gang Documentary ‘Check It’ on His WebsiteLouis C.K. just revealed that he has a brand new project available on his website today, and it’s a little different than the usual release. […]
    By Megh Wright
  35. Talking Shit with the Sklar BrothersThe Sklar Brothers have been talking a lot of shit lately. Literally. The duo are the executive producers of a new documentary about bowel […]
    By Isaac Kozell
  36. Bassem Youssef and Sara Taksler Take on Fragile Egos and Authoritarian […]Bassem Youssef has been through a lot. If you aren’t familiar with Youssef, he’s often described as “The Jon Stewart of Egypt,” but that’s more […]
    By Philip Stamato
  37. adam carolla
    Adam Carolla Is Crowdfunding for His Documentary Criticizing College Safe SpacesCarolla’s project focuses on the campus protests of conservative guest speakers.
    By Tolly Wright
  38. Grace Parra’s New Documentary ‘Grace Anatomy’ Premieres on Fusion This […]Former Nightly Show contributor Grace Parra has a new project premiering on Fusion this weekend. This Sunday at 10:00pm, the network will air a […]
    By Megh Wright
  39. Get Ready for Fahrenheit 11/9, Michael Moore’s Next Trump DocumentaryBob and Harvey Weinstein are ready to aggressively market Moore’s next Trump takedown.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  40. Oliver Stone’s Vladimir Putin Interview Included a Dr. Strangelove Movie DateThe Russian president had never seen the comedy about a nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
    By Tolly Wright
  41. delays
    Laura Poitras Cancels Assange Doc Screening to Add Jeff Sessions UpdateRisk’s May 5 release date is unaffected.
    By Hunter Harris
  42. straight talk
    Oscar Winner John Ridley on Hollywood Whitewashing and False DiversityThe writer-director tackles show-business racism and how TV can break through culture bubbles.
    By David Marchese
  43. heath ledger
    I Am Heath Ledger Trailer: Heath Ledger Through the Memories of His Loved Ones“He wanted fame, and then when he got it, he didn’t want it.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  44. Infamous Trump Adviser Roger Stone Gets a Netflix Doc, and It Looks Fascinating“America may be collapsing, but Roger Stone is determined to enjoy it.”
    By Hunter Harris
  45. Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel Trailer: ‘Despair Can Be Paralyzing’Things were very, very bad. Then along came Trump.
    By Halle Kiefer
  46. The Casting JonBenét Trailer Cues Up the Creepy Precocious Kid FactorCreepy child acting galore.
    By Karen Brill
  47. documentaries
    The Director of Cries From Syria on What Viewers Should Draw From the Film“The Western world has a lack of knowledge, and this lack of knowledge brings fear.”
    By Jen Kirby
  48. tribeca film festival 2017
    The Whitney Houston Documentary Can I Be Me Is Premiering at Tribeca Film FestWhitney. ‘Can I Be Me’ will be released on Showtime later this year.
    By Hunter Harris
  49. exclusive clip
    See Footage From Rikers Island in a Clip From Time: The Kalief Browder StoryThe first part of the six-part docuseries airs tonight on Spike.
    By Hunter Harris
  50. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for Netflix’s Five Came Back, Narrated by Meryl StreepFeaturing Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola.
    By Hunter Harris
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