The 10 Best Documentaries on The Beatles
You think you know the Beatles? Bowl cuts. Screaming fans. But behind the music, it’s way messier. There are fights, breakups, business drama, and moments where pure magic just…happens. Here … Read more
You think you know the Beatles? Bowl cuts. Screaming fans. But behind the music, it’s way messier. There are fights, breakups, business drama, and moments where pure magic just…happens. Here … Read more
This is one of the best documentaries on how a single spiritual idea can scale into a global cultural movement. Trailer for “Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the … Read more
They spent 10 years chasing a TV dream that never got made. That dream was “Manifesto!”—an unscripted series about real activists and disenfranchised communities. Trailer for “We Want the Airwaves” … Read more
John Paul DeJoria goes from being homeless in Los Angeles twice and running with motorcycle gangs to co-founding Paul Mitchell and Patrón. Trailer for “Good Fortune” You Can’t Make This … Read more
This is the coolest cello solo I have ever seen. I first saw this in a great write-up from Dan Cederholm’s newsletter, where he highlighted how epic it is. Full … Read more
Roger Stone (Donald Trump’s flamboyant, Nixon-tattooed political hitman) lets a filmmaker follow him as the 2020 election spirals toward January 6. Emily Baker of MSN recommended this one. Trailer for … Read more
Imagine the opening of Saving Private Ryan—but stretched across a single mile of Ukrainian forest packed with mines, drones, and Russian troops. A frontline journalist follows a platoon step-by-step toward … Read more
Two French brothers helped invent movies…and this documentary lets you watch the moment cinema was born. I first found it through this post on Kottke.org…and they found it through this … Read more
If Monty Python started a church, marketed it like Apple in 1984, and accidentally predicted Reddit. JR “Bob” Dobbs & the Church of the SubGenius tells the story of how … Read more
What happens when a Catholic priest admits (on camera) to molesting dozens of children…and the Church still protected him for years? Trailer for “Deliver Us From Evil” You Can’t Make … Read more