Documentary

Many call this the best sleight-of-hand magic show of all time. I’ll add this to “The Best Documentaries About Magic” (I”m up to 16 right now) Thanks to Jason Kottke … Read more

Maybe AI and Crypto aren’t the only new technologies that take off this decade. Check out what tech pioneer Bret Victor is working on in Oakland, CA pioneer. For more … Read more

Parking cars, cleaning bathrooms, and hustling for five minutes of stage time—that was life under Mitzi Shore’s “Comedy Bootcamp,” even for David Letterman (who was later banned). Throw in Robin … Read more

Meet the gun-toting rebel who wrote Apocalypse Now’s napalm speech and Clint’s “Go ahead, make my day”. He’s John Milius, a USC film school misfit who terrified Hollywood suits. While … Read more

What do Super Meat Boy, Braid, and Fez have in common? They’re gaming’s indie darlings—and the designers behind them prove that creating a video game can be as grueling (and … Read more

Muscle Shoals seems like just another sleepy Alabama town tucked along the Tennessee River. Until you learn that it produced some of the most iconic American music ever recorded. We’re … Read more

Big Bird. Oscar. Elmo. What happens when Jim Henson’s genius meets an educational revolution? Here’s how a group of quirky creators broke barriers and turned Muppets into global icons. ‘”Street … Read more

Before “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Bowling for Columbine“, Michael Moore burst onto the scene with his groundbreaking debut, Roger & Me. Moore’s very first doc changed the game. Watch as the … Read more

Think Switzerland’s all chocolate and yodeling? Think again—its 10,000 bunkers, built to outlast Armageddon, include one still operational with an operating room and space for the dead. Neutral on the … Read more

Jan Wenner might have been the boss of Rolling Stone Magazine. But Ben Fong-Torres was the heart and soul. The Grateful Dead wouldn’t talk to Rolling Stone unless it was … Read more