American filmmaker Ken Burns returns with a four-part PBS documentary series about the life and legacy of three-time heavyweight champion and political activist Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali offers an intimate look at the timeline of the late professional boxer’s life, … Continued

  Courtney Barnett waves from Rae Street We just pulled off Interstate 80 in Elkhart, Indiana, when Courtney Barnett’s Avant Gardener came on a college radio station. It was different. She had a command of words, yet her approach felt … Continued

Madonna’s Madame X Tour documentary will stream beginning on October 8 on the Paramount+ network. A tease for it reveals some of Madonna’s performance, and the electrifying atmosphere hints at a sophisticated, dynamic show with smoke, lights, and more. Madonna … Continued

For 13 summers, Timothy Treadwell lived among Grizzly Bears in the wilds of Alaska. In the doc Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog uses video footage of the last 5 (the only ones Treadwell himself filmed). It is well known that Treadwell … Continued

Muscle Shoals–Amazon Prime Video Maybe it’s something in the water? Ever hear of Muscle Shoals? How about Aretha, Etta James, Percy Sledge, The Rolling Stones, and The Allman Brothers Band? How about the hits “Wild Horses,” “When a Man Loves … Continued

Danny Says is a 2016 documentary directed by Brendon Toller about Danny Fields, a publicist, manager, and journalist. He managed The Stooges, MC5, and the Ramones and worked for Lou Reed and Judy Collins. His groundbreaking role in music helped … Continued

13th, the documentary film helmed by Ava DuVernay (the director of Selma, as well as A Wrinkle In Time, and Netflix’s When They See Us), gets to the heart of the contradiction in the 13th amendment. The text of the … Continued

Dior and I is a 2014 documentary. It follows France’s Christian Dior design firm’s inner workings, where clothing is designed and sewn for wealthy clients under creative director Raf Simons (from Belgium). The company’s newest fashion designer had an eight-week … Continued

Dafa Metti is a short documentary about illegal, undocumented Senegalese immigrants in Paris. They sell miniature souvenirs at the base of the Eiffel Tower to support their family members at home. They also work to evade the immigration police.  The … Continued

Most recent film and television projects about the Brooklyn-born rapper Christopher Wallace (aka the Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls, or simply Biggie) focus on his death (still unsolved) in a 1997 Los Angeles drive-by shooting.  In the 2009 biopic film Notorious, … Continued