It's harder than it looks, as we take you through the year's top documentary Oscar contenders and how they got here.

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, Frontline, the PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press will present the U.S. broadcast and ...

While I support George Will’s E-R 11/14 syndicated column endorsement of the upcoming Ken Burns PBS documentary on the Revolutionary War (i.e., “The American Revolution” will immerse viewers in an ...

Award-winning documentarian Ken Burns is back with a new PBS documentary chronicling how America’s founding reshaped the world. Co-directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, The American ...

With “The Beatles Anthology” now on Disney+, we dig into “The Compleat Beatles,” another documentary on the band that is ...

Arlington, VA; November 10, 2025 — The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced the winners of the 10th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA), celebrating the year’s outstanding ...

The "Bring Them Home" narrator/EP also tells TheWrap about developing a narrative companion piece to the doc, premiering Monday night on PBS.

Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman' is no match for one of the greatest documentaries ever made about American History.

The International Space Station is turning 25 this month. Twenty-five years of people from all over the world living together and working together in space. At the same time, it is starting to wrap up ...

Hearing the letters “PBS” can bring back all kinds of TV memories. From the chaotic Muppets of Sesame Street to peaceful paintings of Bob Ross, to the nerdy New Englanders of This Old House (required ...

Classic films, community, and big-screen magic at Durham’s Carolina Theatre. When the lights dim at Durham’s Carolina Theatre, the Retro Film Series comes alive. Founder Jim Carl and a devoted ...

While Hollywood tends to keep the spotlight on youth, it also makes space for older stars to shine, including (from left) ...