Month: September 2026

At 80, Agnès Varda turns her life into art—using beaches, mirrors and memories. Thanks to Jeremy Urquhart of Collider for pointing us toward this one in his “The 25 Best … Read more

He’s a multimillionaire reggae star nicknamed the “Ghetto President.” Then he decides to take on Uganda’s actual president who had been in power since 1986. Shout out to the IDA … Read more

What happens when a conservative Christian mom believes being gay is a sin—but the person she loves most in the world is gay? Trailer for “Mama Bears” You Can’t Make … Read more

For 70 years, a locked door split one family’s Belgrade apartment in two. Yugoslavia’s communist government took half the apartment and moved strangers into it. Trailer for “The Other Side … Read more

He helped reinvent jazz. This doc uses secret recordings to show the complicated man behind that famous smile. Shout out to the IDA Newsletter for putting this one on my … Read more

They had already conquered Britain. Then they landed at JFK Airport in February 1964. This doc drops you right into those first wild weeks in America. I also included “Beatles … Read more

A 13-year-old girl climbs down a cliff, takes a golden eagle from its nest, and enters a hunting contest dominated by grown men. And beats them. I first heard about … Read more

They sold millions of records, landed three No. 1 hits, and won a Grammy. But they didn’t sing the songs. Trailer for “Milli Vanilli” You Can’t Make This Sh!t Up … Read more

A group of Estonian women sit naked in a pitch-dark sauna for hours and talk about the stuff people usually spend a lifetime trying not to say out loud. Thanks … Read more