Variety is proud to announce the return of Doc Dreams NYC Live, its marquee event dedicated to honoring the art of documentary filmmaking, on Nov. 9 in New York City. Following a successful debut in 2024, Doc Dreams will once again bring together acclaimed filmmakers, storytellers and thought leaders for a day of conversations celebrating
A24’s “You Can See Everything” has become one of the year’s biggest box office surprises, opening to a staggering $15.6 million in the U.S. and generating a frenzy of headlines, spoilers, memes and online chatter. But for audiences outside North America, catching Nathan Fielder’s three-hour documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes — now expected
Harry Styles has invited one of the buzziest documentary filmmakers on the market behind the curtain of his historic Madison Square Garden residency. John Wilson, of current indie box office surprise “The History of Concrete” and HBO’s “How To with John Wilson,” has been rolling cameras on Styles at MSG since August, two sources with
Alex Gibney’s latest project, the Elon Musk documentary “Musk,” is already in theaters. But when news broke last week that David Ellison’s Paramount had officially bought Warner Bros. Discovery, the director admits he was “concerned” about the doc’s future release on HBO. “Musk,” the unflinching and often unflattering nearly four-hour look at the richest man
Mubi will theatrically release the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning documentary “Nuisance Bear.” The release begins in Los Angeles on Nov. 6 and will open in New York, Canada and the U.K. on Dec. 4. Per the logline, “Nuisance Bear” “immerses viewers in the experience of a polar bear forced to navigate tourists, wildlife officers,
Prominent Israeli filmmakers are among 1,500 industry names that signed a petition launched on Monday expressing solidarity with “NAZA” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who have faced backlash from authorities at home after the hot-button documentary premiered at Venice Film Festival last week. “In recent days, we have witnessed an unprecedented campaign of incitement
