Documentary films

‘A goalkeeper vomited over my typewriter’: Werner Herzog on writing his wildest film | Werner Herzog

September 4, 2024

‘They’d come to take our heads’: the surfing daredevils who risked everything for the perfect wave | Film

August 30, 2024

In 1975, two Australian surfers thought they had discovered the holy grail: the perfect wave. Kevin Lovett and John Geisel were at the...

‘January 6 was just the warm-up’: the film that tracks three Maga extremists storming the Capitol | Documentary films

August 27, 2024

Homegrown is a documentary about three American patriots who love their country, revere Donald Trump and balk at the result of the 2020...

The return of Beetlejuice, Gladiator, Paddington and the Joker – the best films of autumn 2024 | Film

August 26, 2024

Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceTim Burton’s fantasy horror-comedy, with Michael Keaton as the anarchic supernatural exorcist Beetlejuice, was a big hit in the 1980s. Now, Burton...

‘Ballet is so punk rock’: Neve Campbell and Karen Kain on pressure, pain – and partnering Nureyev | Ballet

August 13, 2024

“It’s a kind of addiction,” says Karen Kain, “to be in an art form like this. Sometimes you wonder why you’re doing it....

‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap | Film

August 1, 2024

Is Odessa Rae being eavesdropped on? The answer may depend how long the Kremlin holds a grudge. In 2022, the Canadian American producer...