Just as there’s been no shortage of wars, and movies about said wars, so too is there no shortage of documentaries about war. Some of these are TV shows, and are arguably more suited to that format ...

London-based sales, production and distribution company Dogwoof has closed a raft of international deals on Sundance ...

If you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future. It’s a cliche, but it’s true. Here’s another one: history repeats itself. The best way to educate yourself about world affairs and their ...

The word “samurai” is thrown around a lot in popular culture, but this six-part series gets down to the brass tacks of what it actually means. Covering the era of feudal Japan from 1551 to 1616, the ...

Like a flower that somehow emerges through concrete, love can blossom even in a space of unfathomable violence. That is the hopeful theme of Birds of War, the documentary directed by Janay Boulous and ...

The way we see it, there’s a yin and yang to documentaries. They’ve always had the potential to be deadly serious — now maybe more than ever, as a world awash in chaos spotlights such topics as the ...

An astronaut from Apollo 11 surrounded by shots from Life Itself and I Am Not Your Negro in a composite image - Warner Bros. The overall quality of documentaries, particularly documentary films, have ...

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The documentary "In Waves and War," streaming on Netflix on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, follows a group of Navy SEAL veterans who explore psychedelics to treat their wounds of war. (Veterans Exploring ...

The overall quality of documentaries, particularly documentary films, have improved significantly over the past several years. More than just possessing the benefit of hindsight, documentary ...