Music, and the stories behind the music, was the subject of a lot of documentaries in 2020. Ranging from legacy acts looking back into their pasts to rare untold stories of cult favorites.
A new documentary exploring the sudden and swift downfall of Blood, Sweat & Tears is headed our ways. It's a weird tale that involves Nixon, the CIA, and the Eastern Bloc.
Like most years, the Philadelphia Film Festival was held at the end of October. Unlike most years, they held a series of drive-in screeners and an online streaming platform. Here's our thoughts on some of the fest's most notable films.
Both documentaries are about their respective processes behind the creation of their latest albums, with Bruce Springsteen's 'Letter to You' releasing on Apple TV+ on Oct. 23.
Due to the proliferation of streaming services, and also the pandemic pushing a whole new class of movies to video on demand channels, there's been a sudden glut of documentaries in the late summer and early fall.
Caetano Veloso was one of the artists key to the Tropicalia movement, which was seen as a big threat to Brazil's then-ruling military dictatorship, and his latest documentary looks back at his 1968 arrest and how it shaped his music.
'Nomad' couldn’t have come at a better time as it allows us to escape reality for a while and travel to these uncharted territories, as Herzog retraces the footprints paved by his long-time friend and travel writer Bruce Chatwin.
'Zappa' is set to premiere Thanksgiving weekend both in theaters and VOD, and is being directed by Alex Winter of 'Bill & Ted' fame.
The six-part series, titled 'Colin in Black and White', features Kaepernick as the narrator and will focus on the quarterback's teenage years.
'CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine' will premiere in August 2020 and will include interviews with Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe, Joan Jett, Michael Stipe, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Kirk Hammett, Thurston Moore, Peter Wolf, and more.
Houston Astro's star outfielder Alex Bregman just announced that he's firing his agent, at least in part, due to a recently announced documentary on their sign stealing scandal produced by LeBron James' media company.
While Disney is somewhat notorious for self-mythologizing, 'Waking Sleeping Beauty' did depict some illuminating things. And it’s especially fascinating, a decade later, now that Disney holds a dominant position in Hollywood once again.
Titled 'My Dinner With Alan: A Sopranos Session', the documentary is set to explore the workings of the beloved show from the perspective of critics and cast members.
Juliet Landau, famous for her role as Drusilla in 'Buffy', took some time to chat with us about her feature length directorial debut, 'A Place Among the Dead', which seeks to deconstruct the nature of the narcissist through an acutely apt metaphor of vampire mythology.
The long-gestating documentary about the legendary band is finally set to see the light of day and will premiere on Apple TV+.
Apple and ever-rising star Billie Eilish have announced that the highly anticipated documentary following the star after the release of her breakout album will premiere in theaters and on Apple TV+ in February 2021.
Yet another benefit of the approaching holiday season is a number of promising music documentaries coming our way.
BlackStar Film Festival, founded 9 years ago, is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color and here's a look at some of the best features we saw.
It's an election year, and if instead of watching the two party conventions this month you'd prefer a more cinematic view of politics, various streaming services and other platforms have launched a series of political documentaries throughout this summer.
'Time Warp' is a wonderful achievement and a total blast to watch, with well-chosen talking heads, and an all-abiding love for cinema and what makes it connect with crowds, albeit often years after the film was originally released.
In his latest documentary, 'Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind', Dr. Greer argues that Contact Groups around the world (including his own) have for decades made peaceful contact with EBEs through a series of peaceful protocols he designed. It might be time to suspend your disbelief.
Check out some of this past weeks most talked about and interesting trailers like TENET, Da 5 Bloods, The Old Guard, Space Force, Antebellum, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, and more.
ESPN's five-week, ten-part documentary about Michael Jordan's six-championship run with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s has been one of the most talked-about events of the year, and has also led to various controversies.
The documentary titled '10 Years With Hayao Miyazaki' was originally released in 2019 and chronicles the life and creative process of the legendary Japanese animator.