As industry consolidation continues, documentary films face a challenging path to supportive investors, wide distribution, and sustainable success. But the best documentaries of 2025 go a long way ...

Academy members will be asked to pick from 201 documentary features, 86 international features and 35 animated features. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards The documentary feature and ...

Oscars Best Documentary Short Film Commentary (Updated March 9, 2026): It’s been a banner year for the documentary short contenders, with each nominee presenting a compelling case for why it could ...

In this month’s picks, a portrait of a vanguard filmmaker, a look back at a televised clash between writers, and a reflection on a Hollywood star and pinup. By Ben Kenigsberg See more of our coverage ...

The streaming landscape can feel endless. It's not and we're here to help. Netflix has hundreds of documentaries in its streaming library, but they're not all created equal, and we've narrowed down ...

Little more than a day after Deen announced the abrupt closure of two of her restaurants – including her flagship The Lady & Sons venue in Savannah, GA – TIFF announced it will host the world premiere ...

Documentaries about journalists Seymour Hersh, Lynsey Addario, and the late Fatma Hassona are heading to the 50th edition of the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras and ...

It's harder than it looks, as we take you through the year's top documentary Oscar contenders and how they got here. Shortly, the Oscar fate of hundreds of feature and short documentary hopefuls will ...

In one of the most highly anticipated comebacks in recent memory, global superstar group BTS has surged back into the spotlight after a nearly four-year hiatus. The K-pop boy band’s long-awaited ...

On Wednesday, one of the all-time greatest and most entertaining music documentaries will be made available in remastered and expanded form on Disney Plus. The Beatles Anthology originally aired on ...