5 Documentary Recommendations — and Interviews With the Filmmakers Behind Them
Oct 16, 2024
We offer these documentary recommendations so so enthusiastically that we sat for extended talks with the filmmakers behind the stories.
Read through for details on the documentaries and why we suggest them, as well as details on where you can see them and how they were made.
Best of all, these documentary recommendations are all for standalone films — not docuseries that will take a week to watch.
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Heart, Hustle, and a Touch of Manufactured Shine
Song Sung Blue, the latest biographical musical drama from writer-director-producer Craig Brewer, takes a gentle, crowd-pleasing true story and reshapes it into a glossy, emotionally accessible studio-style drama. Inspired by Song Sung Blue by Greg Kohs, the film chronicles the…
Dec 19, 2025
After 15 Years, James L. Brooks Returns With an Inane Family Drama
To say James L. Brooks is accomplished is a wild understatement. Starting in television, Brooks went from early work writing on My Mother the Car (when are we going to reboot that?) to creating The Mary Tyler Moore Show and…
Dec 17, 2025
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Meditation on Greek Tragedy Explores Identity & Power In The 21st Century [NYFF]
A metatextual exploration of identity, race, privilege, communication, and betrayal, “Gavagai” is a small story with a massive scope. A movie about a movie which is itself an inversion of classic tropes and themes, the film exists on several levels…
Dec 17, 2025
The Running Man Review | Flickreel
Two of the Stephen King adaptations we’ve gotten this year have revolved around “games.” In The Long Walk, a group of young recruits must march forward until the last man is left standing. At least one person was inclined to…
Dec 15, 2025