Though narrative film can transport us to imagined worlds, documentary cinema often turns the camera back on our own. From incisive personal profiles to true crime investigations and examinations of ...

Documentaries are among the most compelling — and important — forms of filmmaking, and among the most crucial. It follows many of the same techniques as narrative work, but every bit of it is true. Of ...

Though I don’t want to call Werner Herzog a nature documentarian, the acclaimed and highly influential filmmaker has crafted what I consider some of the most transformative and evocative nature films ...