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Tennis Pro Taylor Fritz Is Ready for His Sport to Blow Up

As he prepares for the Australian Open, the No. 9-ranked player is excited for his starring role in a new Netflix docuseries

New "Linsanity" Documentary "38 At The Garden" Is About More Than Basketball

A conversation with director Frank Chi about his film’s exploration of the significance of Jeremy Lin’s landmark 2012 season with the New York Knicks

Do We Really Need a Documentary About Louis C.K.’s Comeback?

Showtime CEO David Nevins called C.K. "a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way"

A New Doc Shines a Light on New England's Winter Surfing Devotees

“Winter Surfing: New England’s Best Kept Secret” is a film about unwavering commitment, gratitude... and freezing your ass off

Tom Brady and Charles Woodson Team Up on 30 for 30 “Tuck Rule” Documentary

The ESPN Films production will premiere the week before the Super Bowl on February 6

A New Female-Led Docuseries Will Change the Way You Think About Marilyn Monroe

CNN's "Reframed: Marilyn Monroe" examines the sex symbol through a feminist lens

What We Learned From Watching “The Beatles: Get Back”

The biggest revelations from Peter Jackson's nearly eight-hour doc

Every Californian Should Be Talking About This Must-See Documentary

“River’s End” is required viewing for anyone who cares about the state's ongoing war over water

How a Long-Lost Lou Reed and John Cale Documentary Was Finally Resurrected

Recorded in Brooklyn in 1989, "Songs for Drella" was the pair's first performance together since The Velvet Underground disbanded 17 years earlier

Netflix’s Bob Ross Documentary Is a Giant Bait-and-Switch

"Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed" doesn't unveil any major scandal related to Ross himself

“Malice at the Palace” Is Getting the Netflix Documentary Treatment

A new docuseries, "Untold," will examine pivotal moments in the world of sports

New Anthony Bourdain Documentary Offers Insights About His Life and Death

Director Morgan Neville didn't shy away from probing around the mystery of Bourdain's 2018 suicide

Peter Jackson's Beatles Doc Is So Expansive That It's Now a TV Series

The director had so much footage that the project is now headed to Disney+ as a three-part series

Pharma’s Very Own Upton Sinclair Levels His Sights at the Opioid Epidemic

"Crime of the Century" is Alex Gibney’s latest foray into the forces that stir America's most controversial industry

The Most Riveting Film of 2021 Is a Black-and-White Documentary About a Pig

Victor Kossakovsky’s "Gunda" is an intimate look at some everyday farm animals — and a quietly radical piece of activism

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New Anthony Bourdain Documentary Offers Insights About His Life and Death

Director Morgan Neville didn't shy away from probing around the mystery of Bourdain's 2018 suicide

Peter Jackson's Beatles Doc Is So Expansive That It's Now a TV Series

The director had so much footage that the project is now headed to Disney+ as a three-part series

Pharma’s Very Own Upton Sinclair Levels His Sights at the Opioid Epidemic

"Crime of the Century" is Alex Gibney’s latest foray into the forces that stir America's most controversial industry

The Most Riveting Film of 2021 Is a Black-and-White Documentary About a Pig

Victor Kossakovsky’s "Gunda" is an intimate look at some everyday farm animals — and a quietly radical piece of activism

Ken Burns on Stepping Into the World of Ernest Hemingway for His Latest PBS Doc

America’s greatest documentarian on parsing truth from fiction when it comes to one of our greatest literary icons

“The Last Cruise” Is a Surreal Look Back at a Pandemic in Its Infancy

The outcome of Hannah Olson’s new documentary is no secret, and yet watching it all unfold is still a genuinely shocking experience

The New "WeWork" Doc and Our Obsession With Watching Companies Fail

There’s nothing more American than enjoying a messianic dreamer fall flat on his face

The 15 Best Films We Saw at Sundance

A virtual festival made for a new experience, but the entries remained world-class

Hunter S. Thompson and the Wildest Town Sheriff Campaign in US History

Fifty years later, the Godfather of Gonzo’s maverick political agenda still resonates

Will We Ever Be Able to Fully Understand Frank Zappa?

Alex Winter discusses the musician and his new documentary, "Zappa"

Why the UK's 1970s Punk Scene Is Relevant in America in 2020

A conversation with documentarian Rubika Shah about “White Riot,” which premieres on Virtual Cinema today

Former NYC Sports Radio King Craig Carton Reveals How He Lost It All

"Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth" debuts tonight on HBO

“Hard Knocks” Has Never Been More Relevant Than It Is Right Now

The show's 15th season has explored the inner lives of pro athletes at a moment when they matter most

That Time Some Americans Bought an Iconic Russian Hockey Team and Failed Spectacularly

Even Gorbachev look-a-like contests, free beer and strippers couldn't save them

Inside Japan's Country-Defining High-School Baseball Tournament

Director Ema Ryan Yamazaki examines "Summer Koshien" in a new film for ESPN that debuts this week