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A great documentary can be every bit as great as the best narrative feature. Documentaries chronicle real life, at least ostensibly, but the best ones also acknowledge that it’s impossible to ever ...
Ezra Edelman's OJ: Made in America is one of the best TV documentaries in recent years - AFP/Vince Bucci Drama is sexier, comedy more quotable, current affairs more immediate, but the very finest ...
Reality doesn’t bite. Well, okay, at times it does. A number of our choices for the best documentaries of the year capture turbulent realities, ominous politics, and, on occasion, stark tragedy.
American R&B group The Supremes (L-R: Cindy Birdsong, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross) pose with host Ed Sullivan on stage on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' New York, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1969. American R&B group The ...