STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces explores his extraordinary life from two distinct points. The film includes never-before-seen footage with raw insights into Steve Martin’s professional and personal life.
The film focuses on his struggles to a meteoric rise, revolutionizing stand up and walking away at 35.
The documentary also presents what he is doing today, retracing his transformation.
Deep Sky brings the awe-inspiring images captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope to IMAX. You journey to the beginning of time and space, never-before-seen cosmic landscapes, and recently discovered exoplanets, planets around other stars.
Directed by Nathaniel Kahn and narrated by Michelle Williams, Deep Sky follows the high-stakes global mission to build the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and launch it into orbit a million miles from Earth. It attempts to answer questions such as: Where did we come from? How did the universe begin? Are we alone?
Thirteen billion years in the making, Deep Sky reveals the universe as we have never seen it before. It immerses you in the stunning pictures beamed back to Earth by NASA’s new telescope—and captures their vast beauty at a scale experienced on the giant IMAX screen.
Check out this article about the eight consultations you can see with the naked eye from Earth.
Ron Howard and his producing buddy Brian Grazer bring us an intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Frida is told through her own words for the first time, drawn from her famed illustrated diary, revealing letters, essays, and candid print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork. The feature film directorial debut of acclaimed editor Carla Gutiérrez, Frida posits a striking context of why the artist—and her art—remains as powerful as ever.
Howard directed the documentary about legendary opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, and he’s continued the genre as a producer.
Covering over 40 years of her life, the filmmakers received unrestricted access to research materials, much never shown to the public before. What is extraordinary about Kahlo’s life and art is how her images would galvanize multiple generations of admirers worldwide, doing more than solidifying her status as a modern artist of timeless import.
In an intensive two-year journey, Gutiérrez and her formidable team of artisans, primarily women and proudly Latine, gathered together to craft a singular cinematic experience that could be no ordinary art history lesson. A living portrait emboldened by the magical realism befitting Kahlo’s remarkable life emerges. Yet, her voice ultimately stands supreme, a complex and powerful sound of many Fridas: fearless, seductive, defiant, vulnerable, raucous, and wonderfully alive.
On the heels of the premiere of its broadly celebrated, global hit series Masters of the Air, Apple TV+ streams The Bloody Hundredth.
Mark Herzog and Laurent Bouzereaua directed the new documentary honoring the real-life heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
Produced by Playtone-Amblin and narrated by Tom Hanks, the documentary streams when Masters of the Air airs its finale. Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman executive produced The Bloody Hundredth.
As directed by Jason Bergh, The Greatest Love Story Never Told is a tribute to Jennifer Lopez’s latest movie, This is Me… Now: A Love Story.
We follow her attempts at her most daring project, independently producing a new album and cinematic original that explores her twenty-year journey to self-love.
Intimate and empowering, the documentary offers unflinching access to Jennifer’s most personal moments as she works hard to reclaim her narrative by creating This Is Me… Now.
From interviews with her inner circle, including producing partners and longtime collaborators, to candid home moments, this is a vulnerable portrait of an icon. She put it all on the line and discovered a newfound determination in self-acceptance and love.
Apple TV has recently produced some compelling films. I am impressed with this documentary, John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial.
To think a psychiatrist cannot brainwash or hypnotize someone into killing another person is not valid. This documentary covers that aspect with hard evidence.
For the first time, key figures from John Lennon’s life and death — including friends, doctors and investigators — share personal memories and reveal what happened on the night of his killing.
Directed by Amy Poehler, Lucy and Desi explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together. Their love for each other led to the most influential show in the history of television, I Love Lucy.
After his family lost everything during the Cuban revolution of 1933, Desi was a refugee from Cuba and became a bandleader, an actor, and a brilliant producer and technology pioneer. Lucille came from nothing and, with an unrivaled work ethic, built a career as a model, chorus girl and eventually as an actor in the studio system. She found her calling in comedy, first in radio.
When Lucille was finally granted the opportunity to have her own television show, she insisted that her real-life spouse, Desi, be cast as her husband. Defying the odds, they re-invented the medium on the screen and behind the cameras.
The foundation of I Love Lucy was the constant rupture and repair of unconditional love. Lucy and Desi couldn’t make it work with each other; they gave to the rest of the world.
Lucy and Desi documentary offers an insightful and intimate peek behind the curtain of these two remarkable trailblazers — featuring interviews with Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, Norman Lear, Desi Arnaz Jr, Carol Burnett and Bette Midler.
Poehler’s earliest memories, as a child, of I Love Lucy are of countless chuckles coming from her family’s living room, hearing her parents’ laughter as they watched the show.
“I Love Lucy and television were almost fused,” she states. “It was as if that show came with every television.”
But it was not until she was deep in her own career that she truly connected with it — and with its stars.
“It wasn’t until I got older, and doing comedy myself, that I really understood what they were doing and was able to see the many layers to their genius. I’m inspired by the big swings that the two of them took. They came to their success with a lot of confidence.
And, because of that, they said ‘No’ to a lot of things. They took giant leaps. They left their homes and worked really hard and just kept gambling. And they didn’t play small. They were very, very brave.”
“The way into a lot of stories,” Poehler explains, “for most people, is a love story. It’s really universal. I knew I wanted to touch on important themes — the different ways they approached work, what kind of work comedy is, and what they did as pioneers for television.
But we succeed and fail based on how much we care about their love story.”
Poehler was also keen to tell the story of how Ball and Arnaz completely turned the television world upside down, Sinclair notes. “Amy came to this with a very strong point of view about who Lucille Ball was — an insurgent or a disruptor of the business.
They shot in L.A. They shot it on film; they used three cameras; they cast a man of color in the leading role for a national sitcom. This isn’t just a story of ‘funny’ — it’s a story of disrupting the T.V. business, and of a relationship that breaks and makes.”
Another key part of their story for Poehler quickly became evident. “One of the themes that I grasped onto very early on was the idea of ‘rupture and repair,’ which is something that comedy can do really well. It’s what people turn to when their own lives are chaotic. And I Love Lucy was one of the early adopters of that genre: you have a problem, let everything unravel, but, don’t worry, it’s gonna be okay.”
Directed by Peter Jackson, The Beatles: Get Back follows the intimate recording sessions during a crucial period in music recording history. The documentary features the warmth, friendship, dynamic talent, and genius that define the iconic foursome. Over 60 hours of unseen footage were filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, with over 150 hours of unheard audio, all gloriously restored.
Jackson was the only person in five decades to have access to the private footage.
The Beatles: Get Back captures John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr while planning their first live show in over two years. Lindsay-Hogg captures them writing and rehearsing 14 new songs expected for release on an accompanying live album.
The movie showcases the entire last live performance as a group for the first time—the memorable London’s Savile Row rooftop concert. The documentary includes other songs and classic works featured on the Beatles’ last two albums, Abbey Road and Let It Be.
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Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. On remote alpine faces, the free-spirited 23-year-old Canadian makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. Yet, he draws scant attention. Leclerc’s approach is the essence of solo adventure with no cameras, rope, and margin for error. Nomadic and publicity-shy, he doesn’t own a phone or car and is reluctant to let a film crew in on his pure vision of climbing.
In steps, filmmaker Peter Mortimer sets out to make The Alpinist about Leclerc but struggles to keep up with his elusive subject. Then, Leclerc embarks on a historical adventure in Patagonia that will redefine what is possible in solo climbing.
Written and directed by Morgan Neville, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain is a documentary about Chef, writer, adventurer and provocateur.
He lived his life unabashedly in an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. Neville gives us an unflinching look at Bourdain’s resounding presence, in his own voice, and in the way he indelibly affected the world around him.
Drawing on previously unseen footage from Bourdain’s television shows, all-new interviews with his friends and family, and Bourdain’s own wry and instantly recognizable voiceovers, Neville creates a record of an extraordinary man’s unexpected rise to stardom as a celebrity chef, book author, journalist and travel documentarian.
The story, the filmmaker realized early in the filmmaking process, is one of constant transformation. “In the beginning, I wasn’t sure what the film was going to be about,” he says. “I only knew I wanted to celebrate the joy and excitement and humor of the man. But I soon found the story I wanted to tell was how a hard-living, irreverent chef at a mediocre New York restaurant suddenly shot to fame at the age of 44 and what happened after that. Not many people in their mid-40s suddenly go from utter obscurity to absolute fame.”