Simone Biles' Netflix documentary Simone Biles Rising: Part 2 follows the Olympian's journey to returning to Paris in 2024 as she overcomes her fears of competing for the first time after dropping out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to prioritize her mental health. At the premiere of the documentary, the Olympian said The Hollywood journalist … Read more
One of the most reliable elements of the still-evolving Disney+ brand have been fawning celebrity-driven spots masquerading as “documentaries” and offering cheerful, adoring portraits of figures like Jim Henson, Mickey Mouse and the collective profession of Imagineering. The 105 minutes of Laurent Bouzereau Music by John WilliamsPremiering at AFI Fest ahead of its debut on … Read more
Megan Thee Stallion looks back on her mother's role early in her career and how she struggled after her death in the trailer for her upcoming documentary In his wordsstreaming on Amazon's Prime Video on October 31st. The trailer opens with Megan telling the camera, via video of her performance, that she will be canceling … Read more
Shibuya, a Tokyo neighborhood of seemingly perpetual redevelopment and gleaming skyscrapers filled with offices, shops and restaurants; the kind of place that makes it easy to forget that poverty exists in Japan. Perhaps an ideal place for a screening of Those Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japana documentary that addresses an often … Read more
Seventeen days after Charles Manson cultist Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to kill President Gerald Ford, Sara Jane Moore, an ordinary suburban mother, attempted to do the same. After waiting outside the downtown San Francisco hotel where Ford was staying, he fired his gun into a crowd of enthusiastic onlookers. Like Fromme before her, Moore failed, … Read more
Earlier this week, CNN launched a digital paywall in a major strategic shift in its business strategy. At the time, CNN Executive Vice President of Digital Products and Services Alex MacCallum wrote to staff that “in addition to unlimited access to CNN.com articles, subscribers will receive benefits such as exclusive election coverage, original documentaries, a … Read more
Senior executives at Anonymous Content (True detectiveBy Alfonso Cuaron Disclaimer, Reflector, The Revenant) and its joint ventures in Spain and Brazil took to the stage in Madrid on Wednesday at the start of the second day of the fourth annual Iberseries & Platino Industria event. Jacobo Aparicio, international director of Anonymous Content in Los Angeles, … Read more
Warner Bros. Discovery's Max streaming service is looking to serve audiences in Spain with a mix of original drama series, documentaries and entertainment shows, a top executive from the entertainment giant said during a session at the Iberseries conference and market & Platinum Industry in Madrid on Tuesday. Alberto Carullo, vice president of local original … Read more
The poetic title, Afternoons of solitude (Tardes de Soledad), might evoke tranquility and relaxation, perhaps a few lazy hours in a hammock with a book. But don't be fooled. Albert Serra's fascinating portrait of the twenty-seven-year-old Peruvian bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey, and the controversial Spanish tradition in which he emerged as a star, never downplays … Read more
Africa, colonialism, the United Nations, the 1961 assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nikita Khrushchev, Tesla, iPhones, and jazz music come together in director Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. The documentary feels like a concert with academic footnotes and references or performance … Read more