How mockumentaries like The Dirties, Punishment Park, and The Clowns play with our suspension of disbelief and the line between fiction and non-fiction.
Brett Ratner's portrait of First Lady Melania Trump offers the laziest kind of propaganda and the nadir of celebrity portraiture.
Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman attend the premiere of Nuisance Bear, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. | Photo by Jason Peters. Courtesy of the Sundance Institute
Documentary highlights from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival include Nuisance Bear, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, Time and Water, All About the Money, and more!
Photo by Mani Kaul. Courtesy of the Sundance Institute
The Story of Documentary Film sees Mark Cousins chronicle the history of cinema in his signature fashion with this look at the art of non-fiction film.
The life and music of Marianne Faithfull fuels Broken English, an elevated hybrid rockumentary featuring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, and Courtney Love.