Riot police were mobilized amid fears that religious groups would try to disrupt the premiere of a film whose poster has been called 'blasphemous.'
After a year-long hiatus the North Carolina festival returns.
Filmmaker Bess Kargman and Diane Warren talk with Variety about the new doc about the songwriter, who has been nominated for 15 Oscars without a win
'Leaving Neverland' director Dan Reed filmed Alex Jones on trial for his SXSW Doc about the InfoWars founder, 'The Truth vs. Alex Jones'
"Food, Inc. 2" is set for a special screening event from Magnolia Pictures on April 9 ahead of the digital release on April 12.
Timothy Treadwell ventured into the Alaskan wilderness to live among its grizzly bears. He returned yearly, until his death by one of creatures he sought to protect and, on some level, to become.
Alex Honnold has a dream: to climb the 3,000-foot El Capitan wall without a rope. The doc is gripping — but what about its daredevil hero? This Oscar-winning doc is a nail-biter.
Wisconsin director Mark Borchardt attempts to film his fraught horror movie "Coven." With a crew made up of friends and family members.
"Truffle Hunters" is a heavenly delicacy meant to be savored, a true meditation on nature and food.
After 14 years together, editor Nela Märki and cinematographer-producer Martin Rattini locate a kernel of sadness in a shared life they describe as happy: they have not been able…
Being a family member is a role that changes all the time. Hungarian filmmaker Sári Haragonics has been reflecting on these shifts based on her own experience, losing her mother…
Documentaries can reach places justice cannot: this is the credo of Argentinian writer-director-producer María Silvia Esteve, whose latest project “Mailin” won the 2|35…
Speaking to Variety ahead of her film’s world premiere at leading European doc fest CPH:DOX, Lisa Jackson was keen to emphasize that “Wilfred Buck” is what she calls a “feel-good…
London-based outfit Dogwoof has boarded international sales for the Sundance title “Look Into My Eyes,” from director Lana Wilson. Dogwoof will attend CPH:DOX, where the film…
International sales agency Lightdox has acquired documentary “Marching in the Dark” in advance of its world premiere at CPH:DOX. The feature debut from Kinshuk Surjan focuses on…
“Food, Inc. 2,” the follow-up to the 2008 Oscar-nominated documentary on the effects of agribusiness on American consumers, is set for a special screening event from Magnolia…
After a year-long hiatus the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 26th edition, which will take place in Durham, N.C., from April 4-7. The festival…
When her son was just two months old, Roja Pakari fell ill. After several medical tests, she was eventually diagnosed with incurable bone marrow cancer. Extended stays in hospital…
Our list of the must-watch documentaries of 2022.
By Pat Saperstein
Variety editors ranked top documentaries about Hollywood -- films that examine productions gone out of control and key figures behind the scenes.
Here are some of the best politically relevant documentaries to help make sure you're up to speed on the historical background of some of the most important issues.
Here are 10 noteworthy true-crime documentaries dating back to the late 1980s.
The docs that made the short list for the Academy Awards, and who could take home the Oscar.