Documentary film

Weekend TV: Idealism of youth, droll comedy to soothe us

Weekend TV: Hugh Laurie’s wily turn in British political thriller Roadkill

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President fondly looks back on the man who brought Gregg Allman to the Oval Office

Critic’s notebook: The career of Stevie Nicks is the stuff of dreams

Documentary epic Enslaved, starring Samuel L. Jackson, tells a story that is 400 years overdue

New York Film Festival 2020: Superb curation and digital ease in a time of chaos

Oscar-winning Alex Gibney and his co-directors on their bombshell COVID-19 film Totally Under Control

Enraging documentary Totally Under Control dives into Trump’s flaccid response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Thunberg-focused film I Am Greta doesn’t change the documentary-cinema climate one degree

The perfect Thanksgiving program: All about Howie Mandel

Montreal filmmaker Paul Saltzman on his bond with John Lennon in India

In the serene documentary Meeting the Beatles in India, a Canadian filmmaker recounts a spiritual journey for the ages

The Way I See It views the Obama administration through rose-coloured photo lenses

Meet Jose Mourinho: The most arrogant and interesting man in soccer

Why a beer brand invested in a film that’s now getting its premiere at TIFF

You Cannot Kill David Arquette, but this new wrestling documentary tries awfully hard

Ai Weiwei’s scorching new film Coronation goes inside Wuhan as COVID-19 swept across China

Apple TV+ documentary Boys State is political filmmaking on a grand, immersive scale

Four music documentaries to stream, including a lively oral history of long-gone Creem magazine

Above the Law: CBC doc is a searing indictment of one Canadian police force