As Whitney, the new, estate-approved documentary about Whitney Houston opens, we see clips from her video for “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” but with all the instrumentation stripped away, so […]
I’m not 100 percent sure what the purpose of the Australian documentary Mountain is meant to be, but it does feature some of the most breathtakingly beautiful footage of mountains […]
I’m sure I won’t be the first or only person to say this, but this documentary could not have come at a better time. From the great director Morgan Neville […]
I believe I was first made aware of fashion journalism and all-around expert André Leon Talley when I saw the Vogue magazine documentary The September Issue. It was clear then […]
Documentarian Tony Zierra has been fascinated with those who have been so close to fame, they could almost taste it. His first doc, 2001’s acclaimed Carving Out Our Name, profiled […]
Director Matthew Miele seems to favor a certain type of documentary—ones where history and celebrity collide but also blend beautifully together into stories of institutions, with such captivating works as […]
This documentary about the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas and the first from below the equator, gives a great deal of insight into Pope Francis, who insists […]
While many news-oriented documentaries attempt to maintain a certain level of professional journalistic distance from their subjects, director Travis Wilkerson (An Injury To One) has taken a much different approach […]
In just three years, Chicago’s DOC10 film festival has become a destination for the year’s best documentaries as they make their way through the festival circuit. Just one weekend each […]
As part of its quarterly Dinner & Docs @ The Davis series, the Davis Theater (4614 N. Lincoln Ave. in Chicago) is featuring the Chicago theatrical premiere of the recently […]
A Princeton, Illinois, native who now lives in Chicago, Samantha Martin is proof positive that sticking with your passion and becoming the best at what you do—no matter how seemingly […]
This month, you’d be forgiven if you spent your time at the movies catching up on Oscar nominations. With the 90th Academy Awards slated for March 4, there are dozens […]