Tag: Documentaries
France: Female sports journalists cite sexism, harassment
PARIS — More than 150 female sports journalists in France denounced sexism, harassment and discrimination they said they routinely face from colleagues and people...
‘Operation Varsity Blues’ reenacts and reorients a scandal
NEW YORK — Chris Smith didn’t initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing “Fyre,” the...
New this week: ‘Justice League,’ ‘Country Comfort’ & scandal
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
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Barbara Rickles, widow of comedian Don Rickles, dies at 84
NEW YORK — Barbara Rickles, the widow of Don Rickles and a fictionalized target of his comic insults, died on what would have been...
Soleil Moon Frye’s doc ‘Kid 90’ is a time capsule for Gen X
NEW YORK — One thing to understand about Soleil Moon Frye is that she is a historian of her life.
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Netflix doc to examine man behind college admissions scandal
LOS ANGELES — A Netflix documentary will use actor recreations of FBI wiretaps to tell the story of Rick Singer, the man at the...
Oscars shortlist includes ‘Collective’ and ‘MLK/FBI’
An expose about government corruption around a Bucharest nightclub fire, a look into the extent of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr....
Review: Potent history in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Forces of revolution and oppression collide and entangle in Shaka King's blistering “Judas and the Black Messiah,” a potent and vividly acted drama about...
Review: A star-making lead performance in ‘The Mauritanian’
It’s often the case that movies based on true stories offer a glimpse of the real-life characters at the end. In “The Mauritanian,”...
