All signal, no noise, these are the smart reads, talking points and weird gems to look out for in the coming year.

Courtney Love's 'Antiheroine' leads the list of the 2026's best documentaries. Photo courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Over the course of fifty years, Barbara Hammer became a leading pioneer of the ...

The way we see it, there’s a yin and yang to documentaries. They’ve always had the potential to be deadly serious — now maybe more than ever, as a world awash in chaos spotlights such topics as the ...

The year 2025 did not disappoint in the documentaries category, and that means we have to recap the biggest titles that educated and enlightened us the most. Some made us dance, some made us cry, and ...

From beloved movie directors to NBA stars, to the spark that created America, these were our favorite documentaries of the year. As 2025 rolls into 2026, it’s a good time to unwind and reflect on your ...

Explore the documentary masterpieces that pay tribute to one of the greatest bands of all time, The Beatles. Pulte purge: Hundreds replaced amid ethics inquiry A ‘Trump class’ folly on the high seas ...

There's an easy way to explore all Earth has to offer, thanks to Netflix's deep catalog of nature and animal documentaries. The projects featured here will guide you through intensive investigations ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. It was love at first play. Since then, she has ...

The documentary often gets a bad rap. Maybe you watched a few boring (or prescriptive) ones in school, in which talking heads drone on about what you ought to think or feel. However, despite its ...

As the year closes, it’s time to pay tribute to some of the best documentaries of 2025. Many of these are heavy, often depressing features, because good documentarians hold up a mirror to the times ...

A rejiggering of centuries of real history via fake news reports, and a restaging of a majestic work of theater within a virtual environment. A look back at a defining moment in our country’s history, ...