Sky Documentaries UK, Optomen and All3Media Intl. have revealed the trailer (above and below) for original feature documentary “Becoming Madonna,” which premieres on Dec. 30 on pay TV platform Sky in the U.K. “Becoming Madonna” is an immersive and archive built film around recently uncovered audio tapes in which a young Madonna reflects on her […]
Natalia Grace is back in the headlines with shocking revelations about her new adopted family. Investigation Discovery will release The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter on Jan. 6 and 7, 2025, offering “a conclusion to Natalia’s story as she strives for healing and resolution in her tumultuous journey filled with decades of unexpected […]
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, […]
No Other Land won the best feature documentary award at the 2024 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards on Thursday night. No Other Landwhich paints a portrait of life under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, also won the best director for award for Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham, and the IDA […]
A documentary centered on Miami quarterback Cam Ward is in production from Firebrand Media. The doc will be a part of a 10-episode series titled “Zero Star,” about thriving athletes who were once considered “zero star” recruits, meaning they were unranked and unscouted. Ward, who was a high school athlete with only one college offer, […]
On December 3, the German network ZDF will air a new documentary about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which aims to give audiences a closer look at the couple’s life in Montecito, an exclusive enclave in Santa Barbara. The filmmakers visited the town and interviewed at least one of the duke and duchess’s neighbors. The […]
The first trailer and poster for the new Liza Minnelli documentary, “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,” has debuted. The poster features a red, white, light blue and black illustration of a young Minnelli, with her signature pixy hair style and long eyelashes, by artist Kii Arens. The trailer opens with Minnelli sitting in […]
The 1,500 guests who arrived at the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills on a balmy mid-October evening had to pass a squadron of armed guards, go through a metal detector, and have their IDs checked before taking their seats inside the Saban Theater. The security was a fitting prelude […]
Ignorance is bliss, according to Nicolas Philibert, director of BAFTA nominee “To Be and to Have” and Berlin best film winner “On the Adamant,” discussing his approach to documentary filmmaking at IDFA in Amsterdam. The French filmmaker, whose recent films “The Typewriter and Other Headaches” and “Averroès & Rosa Parks” both screen at IDFA this […]
More than 500 years after his death, the works of Leonardo da Vinci have never been more ubiquitous. “Mona Lisa” just got her own Lego set, and recently played a central role in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” A controversial allusion to his famed “The Last Supper” during this summer’s Paris Olympics […]
