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‘No Other Land’ Doc Sets Streaming Self-Release After Turning Down Mubi Deal
Oscar documentary winner “No Other Land,” which shows Palestinian families in Masafer Yatta struggling to stay on their land, will be…
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Israeli Hostage Survivor and Subject of Doc ‘Holding Liat’ on Recent Hostage Release: ‘After a War of This Scale We Can’t Have Things Go Back to What They Were’
In the documentary “Holding Liat,” director Brandon Kramer follows elderly American Israeli couple, Yehuda and Chaya Beinin, as they fight…
Celebrity
DOC NYC Unveils Full Lineup Including ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘Predators,’ ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ and More
DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, has unveiled the full lineup for its 16th edition, featuring 116 feature documentaries…
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Disney’s ‘Lilith Fair’ Doc Premiere’s Red Carpet Canceled Amid Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Controversy
ABC News Studios has canceled the red carpet at Sunday’s Los Angeles premiere of its documentary “Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery – The…
Culture
Asif Kapadia Doc on Liverpool FC Legend Kenny Dalglish to Premiere at Rome Film Festival; Jennifer Lawrence Expected to Attend With ‘Die My Love’
Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia’s documentary “Kenny Dalglish,” about the iconic Scottish soccer player who led Liverpool Football…
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ESPN’s Timely Doc ‘Berlusconi: Condemned to Win’ Bridges Sports and Politics: ‘It’s A Story About the Seduction of Winning’
The late Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire and former four-time Italian prime minister who once described himself as the “Jesus Christ of…
Celebrity
‘You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution…’ Review: An Exuberant and Essential Doc for Comedy Heads
The comedy revolution referred to by the title of Nick Davis’s sharp and effusive documentary “You Had to Be There: How the Toronto…
Culture
Oscar-Winner Chai Vasarhelyi Details Making Nat Geo Doc ‘Lost in the Jungle’: ‘The Most Complicated Film I’ve Ever Made in Terms of Access’
In “Lost in the Jungle,” Oscar winners Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi (“Free Solo”) teamed with Colombian filmmaker Juan Camilo Cruz to…
Culture
AI-Generated Doc ‘Post Truth’ Sets International Launch at Warsaw Film Festival, Reveals Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Pioneering AI-generated feature-length documentary “Post Truth,” which got a theatrical release across Turkey this summer, is set to…
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‘Doc Martin’ Fox Adaptation ‘Best Medicine’ Adds Seven Cast Members and a Dog
“Best Medicine,” Fox‘s upcoming U.S. adaptation of the British dramedy “Doc Martin,” has added seven new cast members — or eight, if you…
Culture
‘Man on the Run’ Review: A Doc on Paul McCartney’s Wings Years Giddily Catalogs the Star’s Fruitful 1970s Run but Doesn’t Truly Let Us In
Is the cause of Wings something that really needs to be … evangelized? Apparently so. When “Man on the Run,” a documentary about Paul…
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‘Marc by Sofia’ Review: Sofia Coppola and Marc Jacobs Talk Fashion, Friendship and Fosse in a Slight, Sparkly Doc
Marc Jacobs wears terrific pajamas, as you might expect: comfortably loose but crisply shaped, in a sort of metallic jacquard more…
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Ethan Hawke on Directing the Merle Haggard Doc ‘Highway 99’, Playing Lorenz Hart in the Oscar Contender ‘Blue Moon,’ and Being Telluride’s King for a Day
Among the many men and women of the hour during this weekend’s Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, Ethan Hawke was soaring arguably…
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Sofia Coppola and Marc Jacobs on Venice Festival Doc ‘Marc by Sofia’: ‘I Felt Very Comfortable Exposing Everything to Sofia‘
Two longtime friends will make for among Venice’s most-discussed red-carpet pairings. Sofia Coppola is the director of “Marc by Sofia,” a…
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Marianne Faithfull Doc ‘Broken English’ Acquired by Italy’s I Wonder Pictures Ahead of Venice World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Italian distribution company I Wonder Pictures has acquired rights to Venice-bound “Broken English,” a portrait of the late Marianne…
Culture
‘The Truth About Jussie Smollett?’ Director Says the Doc Was Not Made to ‘Help Rehabilitate His Career in Any Way’
In the Netflix documentary “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?”, police, lawyers, journalists, investigators, and Smollett rehash the events…
Culture
Jillian Michaels Slams ‘Biggest Loser’ Netflix Doc, Disputes Claims About Caffeine Pills and Ghosting Bob Harper
Jillian Michaels is punching back at “The Biggest Loser” alumni who made claims against her in the Netflix documentary “Fit for TV,” which…
Culture
Big Bear Film Festival Slate Includes Openers ‘Big Bear Move’ and ‘Wingman,’ Plus John Candy Doc
The Big Bear Film Festival, a showcase taking place in the southern California mountain community from Sept. 24 to 29, will include the…
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Doc Helmers on the Diverse Ways to Get at the Heat of the Story at the Variety and Rolling Stone Truth Seekers Summit
Documentarians must perform particularly tricky balancing acts with each new project. The audience expects their work to be richly…
Culture
Sinéad O’Connor Biopic in the Works From ‘Slow Horses’ Banner See-Saw Films and Producers of ‘Nothing Compares’ Doc (EXCLUSIVE)
A Sinéad O’Connor biopic is in development. Variety has learned that a film is in the works that will tell the story of the early life and…
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‘Strange Harvest’ Review: A Clever Mock Doc Convincingly Tracks a Fiendish (Fictional) Serial Killer
America’s obsession with serial killers has made posthumous industries of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and others, while…
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How to Watch Bryan Kohberger Doc ‘One Night in Idaho’ Online
Last week, serial killer Bryan Kohberger pled guilty for the murder of four women at the University of Idaho in 2022. While the trial…
Celebrity
Abigail Spencer Joins Josh Charles in Fox’s ‘Doc Martin’ Adaptation ‘Best Medicine’
Abigail Spencer will star alongside Josh Charles in the upcoming Fox medical comedy “Best Medicine.” The one-hour show, originally…
Culture
Ukrainian Doc ‘Divia,’ Scored by Grammy-Winning Sam Slater, Takes on the Destruction of War – in the ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ Way
In 1982, a wordless documentary by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass, took the world by storm. Over 40 years later, it’s…