Netflix has an abundance of documentaries to flick through. From true crime to thrilling sports tales, there's something for everyone on the streaming service. Here are six of the must-watch ...

Sports documentaries are nothing new on Amazon Prime Video, but the streamer has been getting a lot more of these. Prime Video may not have as robust a selection of sports documentaries as its ...

Not all comedy is born from a funny or humorous place. Sometimes the origins are pretty dark – or totally unrelated to anything amusing. No matter what, it’s always interesting to see how our favorite ...

Silver Screamers opens with a montage of its subjects, a group of senior citizens tasked with producing a horror film, telling the camera that they mostly don’t enjoy horror movies. So, why are they ...

Welcome back to another Oscar season! I’m Matt Brennan, editor in chief of The Envelope, and each Wednesday from now until Jan. 7, I’ll be sending you a (digital) editor’s letter with some highlights ...

Let it be about the journey of some teenagers in Spellbound or a naughty journey toward some teenagers in Capturing the Friedmans, a well-made documentary makes for a great movie and shows us that ...

A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself. Critic’s Notebook A combination of technological ...