Directed by Tamra Davis (Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child), the documentary Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands delves into the evolution of boy bands, from the groundbreaking influence of The Beatles to the global rise of K-pop and shining a spotlight on the iconic groups of the 1990s and 2000s.
The International Documentary Association (IDA) unveiled the shortlist for this year’s IDA Documentary Awards. The shortlist was selected from more than 700 entries across all categories, representing 77 countries.
Helmed by Alexis Spraic (Shadow Billionaire), The World According to Allee Willis is a documentary exploring the life of two-time Grammy-winning songwriter/artist Allee Willis. The documentary which world premiered at this year’s SXSW Festival, explores Willis’ struggle with her identity and societal pressure.
Directed by Mark Cousins, the documentary My Name is Alfred Hitchcock explores the life of one of cinema’s most influential directors. Ahead of the release, Cohen Media Group brought back Hitchcock’s most iconic films back to the big screen for an Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective program.
Arriving in US theaters this weekend on Friday, October 25th is a diverse lineup of films from award-contenders to a superhero popcorn flick. Oscar-winning director of All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger, returns this week with the Ralph Fiennes-starred thriller Conclave. Adam Elliot’s clay stop-motion animation Memoir of a Snail, exploring grief in a unique way. Mati Diop’s Dahomey, a documentary on stolen African artifacts won the top prize of Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina shows the nightmare of working in a fine-dining restaurant as an immigrant, starring Oscar-nominated actress Rooney Mara. For the lighthearted films, modern-day Beauty and the Beast, Your Monster, starring Melissa Barrera, and Stavros Halkias-led comedy Let’s Start a Cult are also coming to the big screen. Daisey Ridley-led neo-noir, Magpie, brings suspense to the theaters, and for fans of superhero movies, Venom: The Last Dance closes the Venom trilogy movies.
Executive produced by Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Jennifer Lawrence, Zurawski v Texas is a documentary on abortion rights in Texas. The documentary follows women who were denied abortions as they band together to sue the state of Texas.
Directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, the documentary Porcelain War will open in theaters, on November 22 in New York at the IFC Center, and on November 29 in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Monica Film Center, followed by a roll out across North America including the SF Bay Area in December.
Helmed by the Oscar-nominated director of I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is a documentary telling the story of influential South African photographer Ernest Cole. The documentary features narration from Oscar-nominated actor LaKeith Stanfield as the voice of Cole.
American humanitarian and BlinkNow CEO Maggie Doyne is the subject of the documentary Between the Mountain and the Sky selected to screen at the 2024 Naples Film Festival. Based on Doyne’s 2022 book, the documentary chronicles her journey from childhood to building a children’s home, women’s center, and school in Nepal.
From director Juliette Eisner, the documentary series The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth, which premiered at this year’s 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, debuts on Wednesday, November 13, at 8/7c on National Geographic. The series will be available for streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
I Am Ready, Warden, is the latest documentary short film by Academy Award-nominated director and acclaimed filmmaker Smriti Mundhra (Indian Matchmaking, St. Louis Superman).
Helmed by investigative journalist Mónica Palomero, 900 Days Without Anabel is a new Netflix true crime documentary series about the longest kidnapping in Spanish history—the abduction of young woman Anabel Segura.