The real-life main subject of both 'Staircase' series – Michael Peterson – is speaking out in an exclusive series of emails to Variety.
Filmmakers including Dawn Porter and Sam Pollard talk with Variety about the HBO Max 'Staircase' series and original docuseries of same name
Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall talked to subjects of successful documentaries including 'The Staircase' and 'Hoop Dreams' for 'Subject.'
Freedom of the press, abortion and the opioid crisis are among the topics explored in the festival's doc slate.
After Doc10's screening of "The Janes," members of The Jane Collective urged viewers to take to the streets to protect reproductive rights.
Photos and video of torture at Bagram and Abu Ghraib are the most viscerally disturbing elements of "Taxi to the Dark Side," the Oscar winning doc from Alex Gibney
Michael Moore has delivered a film rather less incendiary than might have been expected -- or wished for by his fans -- in "Fahrenheit 9/11."
The HBO documentary on Olympians struggling after the Games has noble intentions, but doesn't have nearly enough time to dig into its very worthy subjects.
The 1974 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is related in enormously entertaining fashion.
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Close to a decade after American Zoetrope announced that the company had acquired the screen rights to Alysia Abbott’s “Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father,” the film adaptation has finally been…
Dawn Porter and Nicole Newnham’s four-part docuseries “37 Words,” debuting June 21 on ESPN, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX while also exploring the current struggle to maintain…
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit the docuseries the Untitled Twin Flames Universe Project, which will focus on the couple Jeff and Shaleia Ayan (pictured above), who have become self-styled…
HamptonsFilm has unveiled the lineup for its 14th annual SummerDocs series and it includes Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love,” Daniel Roher’s “Navalny” and Jason Kohn’s “Nothing Lasts Forever.” Presented…
For anyone aiming to be a documentary filmmaker, Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall’s 90-minute doc “Subject” should be required viewing. “Subject” explores the ethical responsibilities…
Disputes over Antonio Campos’ HBO Max adaptation of “The Staircase” have some in the documentary community questioning whether they would readily allow a narrative director to turn their facts…
Antonio Campos’ depiction of documentary filmmakers Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Sophie Brunet in HBO Max’s “The Staircase” has led to a public dispute over their portrayal in the…
Feature documentary “The Wild One,” which looks at the life of Jack Garfein, Holocaust survivor, Broadway director, Actors Studio West co-founder, and controversial filmmaker, has debuted…
Variety editors ranked top documentaries about Hollywood -- films that examine productions gone out of control and key figures behind the scenes.
By Pat Saperstein
Here are some of the best politically relevant documentaries to help make sure you're up to speed on the historical background of some of the most important issues.
Some of the best docuseries of the year examine a seminal year in rock history, a pyramid scheme and a cursed fashion brand.
Here are 10 noteworthy true-crime documentaries dating back to the late 1980s.
These nonfiction tales also serve as vessels for processing the complicated nature of the human experience.