The AI Doc is an overwrought hype piece for doomers and accelerationists alike

The AI Doc is also a story about one man’s (codirector Roher) general anxieties about gen AI’s impacts on society. Early into ...

'The Dinosaurs' Review: Steven Spielberg Teams Up With Netflix for a Brutally Vivid Docuseries

Steven Spielberg and Industrial Light & Magic team up with Netflix for the stunning docuseries The Dinosaurs. Read our review.

Dueling documentaries illuminate the promise and perils of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence’s dystopian specter has spawned a pair of documentaries dissecting a technology that’s depicted in ...
Texas Public Radio

The 2026 Oscar-nominated documentaries are sensitive and transformative

This year's Oscar-nominated documentaries include a tale of terminal cancer, dispatches from behind bars in Alabama, and ...
Newsweek

‘Melania’ Documentary Sees Dramatic Drop Despite Expansion

The documentary Melania, featuring First Lady Melania Trump, experienced a 67 percent decline in domestic box office revenue during its second weekend, earning $2.37 million from North American ...
Time

Melania Trump’s Film Isn’t a Documentary, It’s Branding

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the premiere of "Melania" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Jan. 29, 2026. Stefani Reynolds—Bloomberg via Getty Images First Lady Melania ...
CBS News

"Melania" documentary opens with better ticket sales than expected, despite criticism

Promoted by President Trump as "a must watch," the Melania Trump documentary "Melania" debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The release ...
New York Post

First lady’s film ‘Melania’ racks up biggest opening for a documentary in a decade

“Melania” opened to the best box office numbers for a documentary in a decade after premiering Thursday in close to 1,800 screens nationwide. The documentary on the first lady, 55, directed by Brett ...
Rolling Stone

Red Hot Chili Peppers Distance Band From Upcoming Doc: ‘We Had Nothing to Do With it Creatively’

Earlier on Friday, Jan. 30, news reports announced an upcoming Netflix documentary exploring the early years and success of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the impact of the band’s original guitarist ...
CNN

Inside the premiere of Melania Trump’s not-documentary documentary

First lady Melania Trump wants you to know that her new documentary is not a documentary. “Some have called this a documentary. It is not,” she told a crowd of Cabinet members, conservative ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Melania’ isn’t a documentary. It’s a cynical and stupefying piece of political propaganda

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. What’s the difference between Brett Ratner and Leni Riefenstahl? Riefenstahl, for all her many sins, was ...
The Atlantic

The Melania Trump Documentary Is a Disgrace

Recently, I watched a new documentary about an enigmatic woman of notable charm and courage preparing for one of the most momentous events in her life. That woman is E. Jean Carroll, and the movie is ...