Oscars 2025: Predictions for animated, international, documentary

A girl wearing a snail-like cap peeks over a wall in the animated "Memoir of a Snail."

Looking at the front-runners in the Oscar races for animated feature, international film and documentary, I’d guess you’ve seen two of the three movies leading their respective categories. DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” arrived at […]

Brian Eno music documentary offers unique viewing every time

Roxy Music posed group shot in 1972 at the Royal College Of Art video studio in London

An ancient saying posits that you can never step into the same river twice. That also applies to the innovative documentary “Eno.” Filmmaker Gary Hustwit (“Helvetica”), collaborating with creative technologist Brendan Dawes, developed new generative […]

Questlove to Direct New Documentary on Saturday Night Live Musical Guests

Questlove

Questlove is set to direct a new documentary about the history of Saturday Night Live’s musical guests, Deadline and Variety report. To coincide with SNL’s five decades on the air, Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years […]

OceanGate Submersible Documentary In Works On Titan Disaster

L-R Ill-fated Titan crew members Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding, and OceanGate founder/Titan submersible pilot Stockton Rush

A previously undisclosed documentary about the Titan submersible disaster is in post-production, with producers aiming for a 2025 debut at film festivals “and distribution across major platforms.” Dirty Dozen Productions, working in collaboration with RadicalMedia, […]

‘Frida’ Documentary On Mexican Artist Based On Unprecedented Research

Hayden Herrera's attic in Cape Cod, Mass.

For their Oscar-contending documentary Frida, director Carla Gutiérrez, producer Katia Maguire and team conducted extraordinarily detailed research into artist Frida Kahlo, a quest that extended from Mexico City to an attic in Cape Cod, Mass. […]