Documentary film

Horrifying and gripping journalism documentary Collective uncovers the truth, at all costs

Meet The New Corporation, same as the old corporation: searing, clever and essential

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President fondly looks back on the man who brought Gregg Allman to the Oval Office

Critic’s notebook: The career of Stevie Nicks is the stuff of dreams

Documentary epic Enslaved, starring Samuel L. Jackson, tells a story that is 400 years overdue

Oscar-winning Alex Gibney and his co-directors on their bombshell COVID-19 film Totally Under Control

Enraging documentary Totally Under Control dives into Trump’s flaccid response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Thunberg-focused film I Am Greta doesn’t change the documentary-cinema climate one degree

Montreal filmmaker Paul Saltzman on his bond with John Lennon in India

In the serene documentary Meeting the Beatles in India, a Canadian filmmaker recounts a spiritual journey for the ages

The Way I See It views the Obama administration through rose-coloured photo lenses

Why a beer brand invested in a film that’s now getting its premiere at TIFF

You Cannot Kill David Arquette, but this new wrestling documentary tries awfully hard

Apple TV+ documentary Boys State is political filmmaking on a grand, immersive scale

Four music documentaries to stream, including a lively oral history of long-gone Creem magazine

Playwright Drew Hayden Taylor on his new documentary Cottagers & Indians

Apple TV+ doc Dads is a sincere look at fatherhood – and a home movie for Hollywood’s Howard family

You Don’t Nomi strips Showgirls’s infamous reputation bare

Screened Out takes you through real-life horror of children’s pervasive screen addiction

The Painter and the Thief is the best documentary of the year, if you could fairly call it a documentary