Batman the Animated Series: Volume 2 and Superman the Animated Series: Volume 1

The 1990s were a golden era for intelligent, uniquely designed superhero animation series

"...for four episodes. The Batman set features three original documentaries and Superman two. Additionally, Superman contains a pop-up trivia..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Review by Rick Klaw

Beer Land: A Fairy Tale

'Something's Brewin' in Shiner' is all color, no condescension

"...provide visual aids. It's no surprise, then, that Woolf's documentaries are so, well, nice. They've been widely lauded for..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by John Gray

Demolition Man

Documentarian Jesse Moss on Speedo

"...separates Speedo from those weird, funny, but ultimately inconsequential documentaries about weird and funny people?..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Travels With Saúl

Austin filmmakers Ryan Polomski and Frank Bustoz found not just a subject in Guatemala, but a co-director, too.

"...help the institute develop ways rural Guatemalans can use documentaries to represent themselves...."

June 20, 2003 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

May I Have This Laugh?

What are you laughing at? Cable network Trio -- will release "Uncensored Comedy," three meditations on the state of our sense of humor, in June, to help us figure it out.

"..."Uncensored Comedy" features three original documentaries that collectively ask: What makes something funny, what makes..."

May 30, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Cine Las Americas Schedule

"...short films make up this program, which includes narratives, documentaries, and animated shorts. (MYEC, 2pm)..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...'Oh, I'm so happy to meet you. All my documentaries have been kind of subtle homages to your movies...."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Competition Judges

"...D. A. Pennebaker shot, directed, and edited documentaries including Don't Look Back, The War Room, Moon Over..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

"...project as a natural outgrowth of the many historical documentaries he has written for television over the years. It..."

April 30, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Man Who Wasn't There

"...right out of graduate school then and I thought documentaries were 60 Minutes -- you know, intercut talking heads...."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Tackling Texas Truisms

Filmmaker Don Howard and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...work on "part one" of a trilogy of half-hour documentaries on football, cheerleading, and weddings (all filmed here in..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Celling of Sundance

Sundance Film Festival Report

"...melodramatic content, as well as the quality of the documentaries. Whether these generalities are due more to strategic planning..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

It's Only Life After All

Moving doc about the folk musical duo Indigo Girls

"...Director Alexandria Bombach’s last two documentaries, powerful refugee tale On Her Shoulders and warzone portrait..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Katherine McNevins

Play’s the Thing in Grand Theft Hamlet

Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane take arms against a sea of virtual troubles

"...months, she said, “I thought, how can I make documentaries when I can’t go out in the real world?”..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd

Bio-doc of the psych rock pioneer leaves his later obscurity suitably untouched

"...suffer from the flaw that affects so many biographical documentaries, that the subject is somehow unique. In Barrett's case,..."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The League

The history of the Negro Baseball League as the history of America

"...The best entertainment documentaries spotlight key figures and events while also adding historical..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lynch/Oz

Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?

"...Alexandre O. Philippe has said that he doesn't make documentaries: He makes films about filmmakers. That may seem like..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wild Life

Biography of the millionaires saving millions of acres of mountains

"...years I have reviewed a high number of environmental documentaries, and there is always a point in those films..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Review: Satan Wants You

The Satanic panic as a guidebook to the dangers of crazy conspiracies

"...for play in the subject matter – especially as documentaries have pushed the boundaries between narrative and non-fiction –..."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Avatar: The Way of Water

James Cameron goes deep, emotionally and aquatically, in his sci-fi epic

"...something truly jaw-dropping. Cameron has taken audiences deep with documentaries like Ghosts of the Abyss and Aliens of the..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Films for a Phantasmagoric Final Other Worlds

Blast off for one more weekend of wonder as the film fest bids adieu

"...and entertaining of science fiction and horror stories and documentaries. This year, it takes its final trip around the..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Moonage Daydream

David Bowie, the transgressive and compassionate iconic artist in cosmic, intimate detail

"...such as clips from stage concerts, theatrical movies, television documentaries, talk show appearances, commercial advertising, stage performances, and music..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Automat

A tabletop history of NYC’s beloved Horn & Hardart diners

"...see on PBS in the vein of the delightful documentaries from Rick Sebak like Sandwiches That You Will Like..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

From the Archives: Organizing Outside the System – Deborah Shaffer and The Wobblies

Our 1981 interview with the filmmaker behind the classic doc

"...are regional works from across the country. Some are documentaries, while others are fictional narratives. We recently had the..."

May 3, 2022 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sheryl Crow Reflects Beyond the Music in New Documentary

No one said it would be easy

"...“I felt like documentaries were something that were made after you died in..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Award short list is predictable in form and content

"...Overcoming obstacles is the sustenance of sports documentaries, and in director Matt Ogens’ “Audible” it is recovering..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Julia

The life and love of the woman who changed the American kitchen forever

"...bring any new techniques to the table of biographical documentaries. Cohen and West know their comfort food, though, and..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Becoming Cousteau

The life and regrets of the man who made us fall in love with the ocean

"...of his television series or one of his many documentaries to fully appreciate the great man’s legacy. I guarantee:..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Awaken

Malick-endorsed abstract world trip finds joy in our world

"...Of course, since Reggio revolutionized documentaries with his 1982 landmark, these abstract collections of images..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Opening Night Film Blitzed! Dances the Night Away

Nightclubbing with Britain's answer to Studio 54

"...and could be the solo subject of a dozen documentaries, but Blitzed! The 80s Blitz Kids Story puts him..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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