‘Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie’ Review: Alex Gibney Doc
One of the smartest choices of Alex Gibney’s affecting new doc, Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie, is to…
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Meghan Markle Interview on Backing ‘Cookie Queens’ Sundance Doc
What’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s, favorite Girl Scout cookie? “Isn’t everyone’s Thin Mints?” Meghan says over Zoom, her eyes glimmering…
Distinctive and Moving Doc on the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War has been analyzed, litigated and relived in countless books, films and TV shows. Whether we’ve learned a…
Amber Heard Talks Johnny Depp Case, Silencing Women in Sundance Doc
Amber Heard makes an unexpected appearance in a timely new documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, about accused men…
Messy Doc on Wild Chapter in New York Media
In describing the free-for-all world of New York City’s Manhattan Cable Television, the official Sundance description of David Shadrack Smith’s…
Forceful Doc about U.S. Physicians in Gaza
It’s hard to make a documentary about the war in Gaza that does not feel overtly political. And yet director…
John Wilson’s Poignant, Quirky Doc
The History of Concrete was one of my most anticipated films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, in part because…
John Wilson’s Frivolous Doc Experiment
With “The History of Concrete,” John Wilson takes the least interesting subject imaginable — the dull gray composite used for…
‘Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story’ Review: Judd Apatow’s Doc
It’s rare to see a lofty executive as front-and-center in a documentary as Netflix’s Ted Sarandos is in Judd Apatow…
Clear-Eyed Doc About the Endangered Great Salt Lake
After seeing Abby Ellis’ urgent Sundance documentary “The Lake,” on the imminent collapse of Utah’s Great Salt Lake due to…