Documentary

He was supposed to be old, slow, done. But when the bell rang in the Congo, Muhammad Ali delivered the most improbable miracle in sports history. “When We Were Kings” … Read more

He wrestled 60 minutes a night, 350 nights a year—and still closed down the bar with a feather boa and four kamikazes. “Nature Boy” Rick Flair became the blueprint for … Read more

Before Beyoncé, before Lauryn Hill, there was Nina: Juilliard-trained, fiercely Black, and an unfiltered genius who seemed seconds from either a standing ovation or total implosion. Trailer for “What Happened, … Read more

What if China became the new Saudi Arabia—not for oil, but for data? This doc starts with Google’s AlphaGo humiliating a national hero and ends with face-scanning KFC payments, driverless … Read more

Gwen Shamblin has the hair of a televangelist, the diet plan of a Kardashian and the moral compass of a Bond villain. She builds a multimillion-dollar empire by equating thinness … Read more

If Darwin had a microscope, a Southern drawl, and a thing for ants, he’d be E.O. Wilson. Harrison Ford narrates this one—and Wilson names a new ant after him. Trailer … Read more

He fooled Houdini, mentored Copperfield, and could vanish a coin in your ear while stealing your watch. I currently rank this #3 on my list of “The Best Magic Documentaries” … Read more

He was Iceman. He was Batman. He was Doc Holliday. Now, with throat cancer silencing his famous voice, Val Kilmer tells his story using 800 hours of his own home … Read more

This comedy special is a cultural cannonball. Dave Chapelle aims at every sacred cow grazing the internet. It’s also got the biggest discrepancy between user and critic ratings I’ve ever … Read more