documentary
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Matt Wolf’s two-part HBO documentary on the life and career of Paul Reubens, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The prototypical “Blair Witch Project” convinced some people it was actually a documentary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He had told the BBC documentary: "I think I was about 13 when I said to my dad that I wanted to learn to fly like a bird."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Carr’s documentary closes by showcasing the sisterhood shared by the women who survived “The Swan” – women seduced by a sales pitch predicated on the assumption that cosmetic surgery would change their lives.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sometimes, though, the movie would be what Aunt Lydia called an Unwoman documentary.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
"We have received hundreds of entries from all over Latin America, and can't wait to support and showcase features, documentaries, animation, and shorts from these incredible filmmakers," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Social media and shortform video have pushed everything from music to documentaries into a race to truncate their lengths and make everything bite-size, in order to bend to the current of algorithm-centric audiences.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
The brothers took part in documentaries describing the events around her death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The biggest news to come out of two film festivals this week stemmed from documentaries about tech moguls gone bad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Goober felt as if his eyes were the lens for a television camera in one of those documentaries.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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