Documentary

Imagine aliens landing on Earth after the Gulf War. They’d find towering oil fires, black skies, and a desert that looks like another planet. Shout-out to Jeremy Urquhart, who listed … Read more

Before Elvis shook his hips, Little Richard was already screaming, sweating, pounding the piano, and blowing the doors off American music. Trailer for “Little Richard: I Am Everything” You Can’t … Read more

A tiny late-night college radio show became hip-hop’s secret pipeline to the world. Years before mainstream radio caught on, they were giving airtime to legends like Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, Wu-Tang … Read more

He climbed mountains because the next peak was always calling. And if that meant living out of his car for decades, skipping normal life, and still chasing summits in his … Read more

Eight artists secretly build a hidden apartment inside a busy shopping mall…and somehow live there for four years without getting caught. Lance McDaniel of OKC Friday called this his favorite … Read more

Werner Herzog. A jungle airship. A waterfall in Guyana. And a pilot still haunted by the death of his friend. Trailer for “The White Diamond” You Can’t Make This Sh!t … Read more

The Beatles stopped touring at the exact moment they became the biggest band on Earth. This doc captures sweaty Liverpool clubs to screaming stadiums where fans could not hear the … Read more

A double amputee summits Everest. A dying climber is left behind. And one climb becomes a moral grenade. Thx to this Reddit Everest doc thread for the nudge. Trailer for … Read more

Before Pearl Jam was Pearl Jam, there was grief, Seattle clubs, bad record deals, and a dead singer named Andrew Wood. Trailer for “Pearl Jam Twenty” You Can’t Make This … Read more

Long before “fake news” became a trend, Noam Chomsky was warning that the real danger was quieter: a media system that looks free, but still filters what we see. Trailer … Read more