Glendale Community College’s film, TV, and media arts department now offers coursework in documentary filmmaking and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world of cinema has lost another giant. Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentary filmmaker and one of the greatest ...

The film is the latest streamer-funded, carefully choreographed, boring, celebrity puff piece being branded as a documentary. It's also a harbinger of what sorts of "true stories" are being championed ...

Frederick Wiseman, a titan of American cinema whose singular approach to observational documentaries inspired generations of younger filmmakers, died on Monday. He was 96. Wiseman’s family confirmed ...

In the mid-1980s, the filmmaker Ross McElwee set out to make a documentary about Gen. William Sherman’s march through the South. But then his girlfriend dumped him. Waylaid by his own romantic ...

At one point in Avedon, Ron Howard's documentary about the famed photographer Richard Avedon, the claim is made that Avedon captured much of the 20th century. It's a bold assertion, but Howard's film, ...

As the institutions on THR’s annual list prepare the next generation for the future, many are turning to virtual production, LED walls and, yes, AI. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter ...

"Updated Reflections on Contemporary Palestinian Documentary Filmmaking," a panel during the industry conference of CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, drew a crowd. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The ...

Oscars Best Documentary Short Film Commentary (Updated March 9, 2026): It’s been a banner year for the documentary short contenders, with each nominee presenting a compelling case for why it could ...