Documentary
26 stories

POV MagazineCanadaCould You Can See Everything Make Oscar History for Documentary? The 98 th Academy Awards could be an historic year for documentaries. On the heels of this weekend’s smashing success for You Can See Everything , which raked in a whopping $15 million USD at the…

Hyperallergic FilmUSAThis Iranian Documentary Wasn’t Meant to Begin This Way I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies (2026) poster (all images courtesy Film at Lincoln Center) Mani Haghighi’s documentary, I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise…

Malay Mail ShowbizMalaysia‘Street Fighter’ punches its way to US$31m debut as Elizabeth Holmes documentary stuns US, Canada box office LOS ANGELES, Oct 18 — Paramount’s action film Street Fighter karate-chopped the competition this weekend with a US$31 million (RM130.6 million) debut at the North American box office, industry…

The Hindu — MoviesIndia‘Turtle Walker’: Zoya Akhtar-backed documentary pays tribute to Satish Bhaskar’s life and legacy The film is a stunning deep dive into the life of turtle conservationist Satish Bhaskar, who walked nearly every inch of India’s coastline to discover the nesting beaches of sea turtles so that they…

The Guardian FilmUKThe reviews are in! Is You Can See Everything the greatest film ever? Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s headspinning documentary about Elizabeth Holmes is an unprecedented critical success – even with a three-hour runtime Name: The best reviewed film in history.

The Japan TimesJapan‘Ozu showed the way’: A documentarian looks for the man behind the legend Though known for his documentaries about American filmmakers, Daniel Raim's project on Yasujiro Ozu was executed with great care and admiration.

Exclaim! FilmCanadaHarry Styles Taps John Wilson for Tour Documentary Move over, Paul Thomas Anderson and Cameron Winter — Harry Styles is teaming up with How To filmmaker John Wilson for a new documentary about Styles's Madison Square Garden residency.

IF MagazineAustraliaThe Devil Inside: Legendary DOP Robert Richardson on COVID shaping his documentary portrait, his friendship with Scott Hicks South Australian director Scott Hicks may not appear alongside Quentin Tarantino, Oliver Stone or Martin Scorsese in Jana Hojdová's documentary portrait, 'Robert Richardson: The White Devil', but…

The CurbAustraliaJared Nicholson and Ben Lawrence on their documentary Aftermath Jared Nicholson and Ben Lawrence’s fascinating documentary Aftermath is a unique and powerfully convincing meditation on how vulnerability can become gullibility leading to those who were directly…

The CurbAustraliaNatalia Laska on her tender and gentle documentary The Piano Tuner Natalia Laska's tender and gentle, yet deeply humorous and charming, documentary The Piano Tuner follows her partner, Martin Tucker as he traipses across Australia, from Hobart to Darwin, tuning…

Cinecittà NewsItalyDalla conferenza stampa di ‘Mustang’, il nuovo documentario di Kasia Smutniak Presentato oggi alla 21esima edizione della Festa del Cinema di Roma in Concorso, nella sezione Progressive Cinema ‘Mustang’, il nuovo film documentario di Kasia Smutniak.

The Guardian FilmUK‘They were brilliant people’: fascinating film reveals a Harlem Renaissance reunion In the dazzling archival documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem, a 1972 cocktail party brings together various creative luminaries as they discuss and debate More than a flowering of the arts at the…

Real SoundJapan3時間の“ネタバレ厳禁”ドキュメンタリーに北米で観客殺到 首位は『ストリートファイター』 約3時間、ネタバレ厳禁のドキュメンタリー映画にアメリカで観客が殺到している。ニューヨークなどの映画館では長蛇の列ができ、週末に完売した上映回は2000回以上。「チケットが取れない」という声が相次ぐ熱狂ぶりだ。 A24が放ったそのドキュメンタリー映画『You Can See Everything(原題)』は、10月16日~18日の北米映画週末ランキングで初登場No.2に輝いた。

The Guardian FilmUKAfter the Snowmelt review – a fatal disaster in a snowstorm leads to devastating act of remembrance Yi-Shan Lo returns to Nepal to follow the route of her best friend’s ill-fated hike in a harrowing but cathartic documentary A work of deep personal reckoning, Yi-Shan Lo’s debut documentary feature…

natalieJapan若き醸造家たちが挑む新しい日本酒造り、ドキュメンタリー映画「イネとカゼ」2月全国公開 若き醸造家たちを5年半にわたり追ったドキュメンタリー映画「イネとカゼ」が2027年2月20日に秋田・AL☆VEシアターにて先行上映され、2月27日より東京・ユーロスペースほか全国で順次公開される。

The Guardian FilmUKElizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything debuts with huge $15m opening weekend Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s buzzy film was shown on only 855 screens in the biggest documentary opening in North America since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004 Nathan Fielder’s nearly three-hour…

The Guardian FilmUK‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: reviewers on NAZA documentary Film interviewing military insiders about mass killing of civilians in Gaza wins widespread praise around the world Critics around the world have hailed the award-winning documentary NAZA as a…

BFI / Sight and SoundUKAll Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea: Jeanie Finlay’s documentary is a display of community solidarity in the face of ecological disaster With the help of the charismatic north-eastern fisherman Stan Rennie, Jeanie Finlay follows a coastal community in crisis after a series of mass shellfish die-offs along England’s Tees estuary.

POV MagazineCanadaRun Terry Run Sets Box Office Record for Canadian Documentary Audiences aren’t walking to Run Terry Run . They’re running. The documentary directed by Sean Menard set a 10-year high for English-language Canadian documentary at the national box office.

Awards DailyUSAAva DuVernay’s 14th Leads Critics Choice Documentary Awards The Critics’ Choice has dropped its 11th Annual Documentary Awards. They have a decent enough crossover with the Oscars, at least for nominees, but are notorious for awarding a film that doesn’t get…

Asian Film FestivalsAsia20th Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival – Call for Entry 2027 The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (Japan) is accepting documentaries until April 15, 2027.

POV MagazineCanadaCeremony Wins Best Canadian Documentary at VIFF Ceremony leads the winners from this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. The film directed by Banchi Hanuse won the Tides Award for Best Canadian Documentary.

HanCinemaKoreaKorean Documentary Opening Today 2026/09/11 in Korea (2026/09/11) Korean documentary opening today 2026/09/11 in Korea: 'The Young David Yonggi Cho'.

The Guardian FilmUKNAZA review – Israeli intelligence officers cast chilling light on civilian deaths Under the cover of night, anonymous personnel discuss AI, error rates and problematic intelligence units in a documentary produced by the Guardian Here is a disquieting documentary about what…
Nothing matches this filter yet.