Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Anonymous Content are planning a documentary project about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The murder of the insurance company CEO has been dominating the news since Monday, Dec. 4, when Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan. A multiday manhunt followed for Thompson’s killer, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, […]
Elsa/Getty Images Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers gave Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young a great compliment ahead of the teams’ NBA Cup semifinals battle on Saturday in Las Vegas. “He’s earned the trust of his players,” Rivers said after the Bucks’ Friday practice, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. “This team likes playing with him. […]
But also, you can only do these exceptionally deep dives in a handful of places on earth because you need an uninterrupted kind of chute of water to dive into. And those places happen to be some of the most spectacularly beautiful places on earth—not just the Bahamas but parts of Southeast Asia and right […]
Fox has debuted the trailer for “Doc,” a new medical drama starring Molly Parker (“Deadwood,” “House of Cards”). The show is based on the hit Italian series “Doc — Nelle tue mani,” which is inspired by a true story. Parker plays Dr. Amy Larsen, the chief of internal and family medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis, […]
Andrew Stevens pays loving but not hagiographic tribute to his late mother, famed actress Stella Stevens, in his documentary recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. The film convincingly makes the case that its subject, best known for her performances in such pictures as The Poseidon Adventure and The Nutty Professoris severely underrated, […]
In Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin’s new documentary Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My MuseRobert Crumb is the man who came to dinner. In one of the film’s central scenes, Crumb and his late wife Aline Kominsky-Crumb join longtime friends Art Spiegelman and his wife Françoise Mouly to break bread and discuss their respective connections as […]
Critics of Benjamin Netanyahu will probably be disappointed to learn that there are no major revelations in The Bibi FilesAlexis Bloom’s documentary concerning the corruption charges that have been swirling around the Israeli prime minister since 2016. Nonetheless, they’ll find much to feast on — including the leaked footage of police interrogations of him, his […]
Carlos Watson, the Ozy Media co-founder facing up to 37 years in prison following his July conviction on fraud charges, is the subject of a documentary examining his trial. Helmed by filmmakers Candice Conley and Brenae Perkins, The Troubling Case of Carlos Watson: Whose Son is Next? launches on YouTube on Tuesday ahead of next month’s sentencing. […]
In Filip Remunda’s documentary “Happiness to All,” the Czech filmmaker portrays a characteristically off-kilter protagonist – and one who projects invincibility somehow tinged with doom. The film made its world premiere this week at the Ji.hlava Film Festival in the Czech Rep., where it won the best Central and Eastern European documentary award. Vitaly, a […]
A new documentary following Chief Keef, who exploded onto the rap scene as a teenage prodigy and personified Chicago drill, will chronicle his work and impact on the music industry, according to Variety. Kenya Barris‘ Khalabo Ink Society will collaborate with multi-media company Lyrical Lemonade and Cole Bennett, who is set to direct the film. […]
