Since World War II was such a massive and globe-spanning conflict (they weren’t kidding with the “world” part in its title), it’s perhaps understandable that it’s the most frequently explored in ...

Mr. Nobody Against Putin” has won the Oscar for best documentary feature. The film’s central figure and co-director is a ...

If you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future. It’s a cliche, but it’s true. Here’s another one: history repeats itself. The best way to educate yourself about world affairs and their ...

War films and series attempt the impossible challenge that has confronted filmmakers since cinema’s earliest days: translating the chaos, heroism, trauma, and tragedy of combat into compelling ...

The way we see it, there’s a yin and yang to documentaries. They’ve always had the potential to be deadly serious — now maybe more than ever, as a world awash in chaos spotlights such topics as the ...

Documentaries can be many things. They can be diaries, profiles, calls to action, exposés, investigations, and everything in between. While many of us fall in love with film — either as viewers or ...

Mr. Nobody Against Putin' wins 2026 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, earning awards for director David Borenstein and ...