The best nature documentaries — and I’m thinking especially of those narrated by Attenborough for the BBC — are great on their own terms — and I’ll say why in a moment. But they’re great in this ...

This month’s picks look at organ donors, twins conversing in their own language and California wildfires. By Ben Kenigsberg The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult ...

The must-see movies about Mount Everest are often either inspiring or terrifying documentaries, from Dying for Everest to Sherpa.

In Ed Sayers's breathtaking documentary, a global community of film-makers capture the wildlife in their local areas. It's a ...

On first thought, a nature documentary may not be the first thing to put on for the Halloween season. Sure, nature can be horrifying, but it lacks the narrative of whichever October slasher reboot ...

The signature scene in the Oscar-winning 1958 Disney documentary “White Wilderness” features a mass suicide of lemmings. That scene was disturbing for the faint of heart, but that’s not why the film ...

Alan Yentob’s contribution to the arts documentary in Great Britain was unparalleled. From Arena to Imagine, plus his stints as controller of BBC Two, and then BBC One, Yentob celebrated, embraced and ...