by Brian Welk on July 16, 2026

The film, directed and produced by DuVernay, will air on Netflix later this year.

by ChannelNF on July 15, 2026

Robert Moses never held elected office, never drove a car, and still managed to reshape New York City — and much of urban America — around highways, suburbs, and the automobile. This video tells the story of how Moses rose from an obscure New […]

by Brian Welk on July 14, 2026

The distributor has announced a NY release date of August 28 and has released a first trailer.

by Jordan Ruimy on July 14, 2026

Bleecker Street has unveiled its fall awards-season slate, with four major titles set for festival premieres and theatrical runs. Anton Corbijn’s thriller “A Talent for Murder,” starring Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich, arrives Oct. 26, […]

by Davide Abbatescianni on July 13, 2026

European documentary cinema is experiencing a paradoxical moment. Production is rising to record levels even as financing structures grow more fragile, public broad­casters retreat and political pressure intensifies across parts of the continent. […]

by Christopher Campbell on July 13, 2026

Of Pups and PuzzlesThe Oscars finally created a documentary category with their 14th ceremony. This was specifically for short documentaries. Churchill’s Island beat out 10 other titles to be named the first winner. The same year, two […]

by Christopher Campbell on July 10, 2026

Last week, I was working a side job as a background actor (I can’t say on what), so it was fitting that two of the documentaries I watched and reviewed for this newsletter were about making movies. Not only that, but they are both first-person […]

by Christopher Campbell on July 10, 2026

Last week, I was working a side job as a background actor (I can’t say on what), so it was fitting that two of the documentaries I watched and reviewed for this newsletter were about making movies. Not only that, but they are both first-person […]

by Felix Tappeiner on July 9, 2026

We settle a question every filmmaker has cursed at some point: which camera brands actually let your batteries last — and which strand you the moment you upgrade? Nino goes brand by brand, ranking the best and worst for battery longevity, from […]

by Kirsty Hazlewood on July 9, 2026

The FilmLight Colour Awards, in co-operation with ToruńCAMERIMAGE, has officially opened its sixth edition, calling for entries to celebrate the craft of colour grading. This year’s competition sees the introduction of several changes, designed […]

by Kate Erbland on July 8, 2026

The Coppola matriarch shot about 80 hours of footage during production on her daughter’s third film, which has now been transformed into “Making Marie Antoinette.”

by Christopher Campbell on July 8, 2026

When I interviewed Ross McElwee in 2012, in support of Photographic Memory, he said his next signature first-person-style documentary was to be about the production of a Hollywood remake of Sherman’s March, his breakthrough feature from 1985. […]

by The Documentary Life on July 8, 2026

Episode SummaryEpisode 141 marks the beginning of a new chapter for The Documentary Life — not as a relaunch or reboot, but as a recommitment to the questions that matter most. After a five-year hiatus, host Chris G. Parkhurst reflects on the […]

by Christopher Campbell on July 8, 2026

This interview was originally published on the Documentary Channel Blog in 2012.In the first part of my recent interview with Ross McElwee, we discussed his new film, Photographic Memory, and how it fits into his career, both as an autobiographical […]

by Christopher Campbell on July 8, 2026

This interview was originally published on the Documentary Channel Blog in 2012.I was afraid I wasn’t going to get an interview with Ross McElwee, one of my favorite documentary filmmakers. And I was also afraid that I would get one. Whether […]

by Nino Leitner on July 7, 2026

A feature documentary on Garrett Brown, the cameraman and inventor who freed the camera from tripods and dollies with the Steadicam, has begun principal production. Titled “Thank You Mr. Brown” and directed by longtime Brown collaborator Andrew […]

by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) on July 6, 2026

“Pulling Down the Statue of George III,” 1859 painting by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel Image courtesy of H. Paul Moon An East Village filmmaker’s new documentary about one of the most dramatic moments in New York City’s Revolutionary history will […]

by Pat Mullen on July 6, 2026

It seems foolish to mess with greatness, but every now and then, someone in Hollywood tries to remake a documentary. Audiences can see a terrific example of this process in Remake, Ross McElwee’s film about the efforts to adapt his breakthrough […]