Documentary

I love this profile of Howard Armstrong—a Tennessee-born fiddler, artist, and wordsmith—now in his 70s. He learned Polish just to hustle gigs in racist clubs, kept a surreal sex scrapbook … Read more

A South Korean pastor moonlights as a real-life Jason Bourne, smuggling families out of North Korea through a 3,000-mile escape route where one wrong move means death. Thanks to Kyle … Read more

Home videos usually capture happy memories. For him, they captured something darker — abuse happening while everyone acted like everything was fine. Trailer for “Rewind” You Can’t Make This Sh!t … Read more

Three people. One American city. Thirty-six years of addiction, petty theft, prison, relapse, and heartbreak — all caught on camera with zero polish and maximum punch. Trailer for “Life of … Read more

Surfing made them brothers. But competition nearly broke them. This is a story about wave-chasing prodigies who crashed together in a tiny house on the North Shore of Oahu and … Read more

I’m amazed how many times he got so close before winning it all. From Stanford to the Super Bowl, here’s one of the most iconic quarterbacks in NFL history. Trailer … Read more

The Kowalski family’s story starts with a rare illness. It ends in a courtroom, a body bag, and a crusade. This doc landed on Andy Meek’s “20 of the best … Read more

One second, you’re launching off a 70-foot dirt jump on ESPN. The next, you’re flat on your back, wondering if you’ll ever walk again. We found this one on Mary … Read more

A fake high school gets a football game on ESPN — orchestrated by a coach with a gift for the con. What follows is part sports scam, part cult story, … Read more

David Attenborough walks us through Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution like he’s telling you how to build the universe from spare parts. Trailer for “Charles Darwin and the Tree of … Read more