Documentary

Paul Saltzman went to India after getting dumped and wound up spending a week with The Beatles. He watched them write songs, took dozens of intimate photos and forgot about … Read more

Shere Hite asked thousands of women what almost no one else dared to: How do you really feel about sex and orgasms? My colleague Rob Kelly ranked this one #5 … Read more

In 1965, Lowndes County, Alabama, was 80% Black with zero registered Black voters. One year later, more than 2,800 Black residents were registered. I read about this one in the … Read more

He went from pop star to working behind the scenes with Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Carole King. Trailer for “Peter Asher: Everywhere Man” You Can’t Make This … Read more

Martin Short. Eugene Levy. Gilda Radner. Andrea Martin. Dave Thomas. Victor Garber. Paul Shaffer. All in one 1972 Toronto musical about Jesus, before they were famous. Our friend Jenny Cooley … Read more

For 50 years she walked Cape Cod’s woods and beaches, noticing what the rest of us miss. And turned it into poetry. Tim Ferriss recommended this one. He’s quoted Oliver … Read more

Yale’s men’s rowing team got hot showers. The women were sent home freezing in wet clothes. So 19 women rowers stormed an administrator’s office and stripped in protest. Thanks to … Read more

Remember Elizabeth Holmes? The Theranos founder who was convicted of duping some of the richest and most powerful people in the world? She invited avant-garde filmmaker Nathan Fielder (“Nathan For … Read more

The actual people sent into one of the most radioactive places on Earth, and the cameras that followed them. Thx to Margarida Bastos of Collider for first pointing this one … Read more

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