In the Age of AI (Frontline)

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

Lord of the Ants (NOVA)

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

Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic

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

Val

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

Dave Chapelle: The Closer

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

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain

After years of middling success post-“SNL”, Rock locked himself in clubs for nearly two years, sharpening every line until it could cut glass. The result: a 58-minute HBO special so … Read more

Gimme Shelter

Imagine Woodstock with fewer hugs, more knives, and Hells Angels security guards paid in Budweiser by the gallon. And a murder at the show — all caught on film. “Gimme … Read more