From a true-crime takedown to the danger of talking truth to power — a look back at our favorite docs of the year.

A furious political leader shouting a message of hate to an adoring audience. A child crying over the massacre of her family. Emaciated men in prison uniforms, starved to the edge of death because of ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

This month’s picks look at a political convention, the work of a cinematographer and the films of a revered pair of directors. By Ben Kenigsberg The proliferation of documentaries on streaming ...