by David Ehrlich on November 19, 2025

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s precisely lensed film follows Sara Shahverdi, the first councilwoman in the history of her remote village.

by Jordan Ruimy on November 19, 2025

Half a century on, 1975 feels like a moment of transition — the New Hollywood movement was in full bloom, but with the first hints of the blockbuster era creeping in. The studio system, still reeling from the upheaval of the late ’60s, had […]

by Kate Erbland on November 19, 2025

Exclusive: Neville’s essay film “Breakdown: 1975” features a murderers’ row of talking heads, from Martin Scorsese to Ellen Burstyn, to track how the culture of the mid-’70s led to some of our best films. And it’s coming to Netflix next month.

by IDA Comms Staff on November 18, 2025

IDA Announces Nominees for 41st Documentary Awards IDA Comms Staff Tue, 11/18/2025 – 12:56

by David Ehrlich on November 18, 2025

Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock update “Bowling for Columbine” for a country that still refuses to address one of its most preventable crises.

by Lauren Wissot on November 16, 2025

Flophouse America is the unnervingly intimate feature debut of Monica Strømdahl, an internationally award-winning photographer who spent 15 years documenting the impoverished communities that have sprung up in rundown motels throughout the US. […]

by Lauren Wissot on November 14, 2025

Recipient of DOC NYC 2024’s Lifetime Achievement Award (as well as the 2025 Pennebaker Career Achievement Award at the upcoming Hamptons Doc Fest), the “virtuoso of essayistic documentary” Alan Berliner (Letter to the Editor, First Cousin Once […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 14, 2025

With my work concluded for this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards (see the winners highlighted below), I’m ready to get back to focusing more time on reviewing nonfiction films and series. However, while this week brings a lot of new […]

by Christopher Campbell on November 14, 2025

With my work concluded for this year’s Critics Choice Documentary Awards (see the winners highlighted below), I’m ready to get back to focusing more time on reviewing nonfiction films and series. However, while this week brings a lot of new […]

by Dana Harris on November 13, 2025

Exclusive: The 23-minute film, which follows activist Rev. Jeff Hood as he counsels death-row prisoners, will premiere at DOC NYC.

by Lauren Wissot on November 13, 2025

Steal This Story, Please! is a compelling and often unexpected look at the multi-award-winning investigative journalist (and author and syndicated columnist) Amy Goodman, best known as the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, which airs on […]

by Charisma Madarang on November 13, 2025

The film will delve into the Grammy winner’s collaborations with Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, Madonna, and more

by David Ehrlich on November 12, 2025

Eddie Murphy opens up just enough to make things interesting in this fully authorized look at his life.

by Dana Harris on November 11, 2025

Exclusive: ITVS is committed to completing the 40 feature films in its pipeline “come hell or high water,” but it’s also committed to going digital first with its new vertical video fund.

by IDA Comms Staff on November 11, 2025

IDA Grantees at DOC NYC 2025 IDA Comms Staff Mon, 11/10/2025 – 16:19

by IDA Comms Staff on November 10, 2025

IDA Grantees at IDFA 2025 IDA Comms Staff Mon, 11/10/2025 – 12:48

by Maria Fontoura on November 7, 2025

Controversial new documentary coming to Netflix Nov. 28 investigates the origins of “Napalm Girl,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning image that galvanized the anti-war effort

by David Ehrlich on November 7, 2025

“Avatar: The Way of Water” might be the most digitally sophisticated movie ever made, but it only worked because all of its tech was in service to human emotion.