Last month, just days after the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off a Tuscan island, killing 17 people and leaving 15 missing, Discovery Channel announced that it would “dissect the anatomy” of the Friday the 13th disaster and — with the quiet confidence of a network long used to being the only game in town — said the docu would air “this spring.” Read full article > >

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National Geographic to air first documentary on Concordia sinking

A documentary, “Room 237,” collects theories and interpretations surrounding the symbols and intentions of Stanley Kubrick in his film “The Shining.”

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War on drugs documentary also gets award.

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‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Wins Sundance

Talks retiring his band LCD Soundsystem and new documentary.

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James Murphy Says ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’

Talks retiring his band LCD Soundsystem and new documentary.

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James Murphy Says ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’

For going undercover to film a documentary.

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Fergie Criminally Charged in Turkey

The documentary world has been abuzz this week with the news that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is changing its Oscar rule yet again for the long-vexed documentary feature category. To be eligible for a Best Documentary Oscar, movies now must be reviewed by either the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times during a qualifying theatrical run of at least one week in both cities. In addition, the academy will send DVD screeners or stream films online for documentary branch members four times a year, rather than require that they see the films in theaters, as has been the case in the past. A short­ list of eligible films and the final five nominees will be voted on by the entire branch of 166 documentary filmmakers, rather than by selection committees. Read full article > >

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New Oscar documentary rules stir outcry (and some cheers)

Legendary natural history documentary maker Sir David Attenborough has spoken out about the dangers of climate change.

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VIDEO: Attenborough warns on climate change

One year ago, FotoEvidence launched its first call for documentary projects. The second begins today. But despite its early success, the Web site’s financial sustainability could prove be a challenge.

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Lens Blog: Social Documentary Web Site Enters Its Second Year

It’s hard to find an energy wonk out there who doesn’t love the idea of electric cars. Most white papers on ending our oil dependency envision a large future role for plug-in vehicles and hybrids in the future. The concept has legions of devoted fans. Back in 2006, the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” became a cult classic, and there’s a sequel coming out later this year — titled, yes, “Revenge of the Electric Car” — about the companies and eccentric inventors racing to develop a viable EV model. Read full article > >

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What’s wrong with the electric car? Psychology, perhaps.

Sally Shelton-Colby needed to watch the documentary with friends, for emotional support. Seated in a Washington movie theater in October, she flipped open a notepad, and, as the movie played, jotted down her thoughts. She filled out several pages. The film concerned a dead man she’s still in love with. And the movie was made by someone she rarely ever speaks to. The film: “The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby.” Its director and narrator: his second-oldest son, Carl Colby. Read full article > >

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A film by the son of CIA spymaster William Colby has divided the Colby clan

W hat comes through most in “ Woody Allen: A Documentary ,” Robert Weide’s thoroughgoing two-part PBS profile of the nebbishy auteur, is that Allen, who has made such a career out of neuroses, phobias and other assorted worries, seems nearly unaffected by what anyone has ever said about him or his work. Read full article > >

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Two decades after Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and the documentary “1991: The Year Punk Broke” had an imprinting effect on him as a teenager, the artist Andrew Kuo considers what it all meant.

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HIGHLIGHTS NFL players invade “The Biggest Loser” (NBC at 8 p.m.), as the winner of a challenge will be awarded with Super Bowl tickets; football players on hand for a football-throwing contest and workout session include Drew Brees, Tim Tebow and Shawne Merriman. The conclusion of Ken Burns’s three-part documentary “Prohibition” (WETA, MPT at explores what led to the end of the prohibition era, and how Al Capone became a celebrity in the midst of it all. Read full article > >

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TV Highlights: ‘Mad Fashion,’ ‘Fashion Hunters’ premiere on Bravo

“ Incendiary: The Willingham Case ” may be the “ Moneyball ” of political documentaries. Granted, this movie doesn’t star Brad Pitt as a scrappy baseball manager who leads a ragtag team of players to a historic winning streak. But “Incendiary” — a riveting true-crime documentary from the Austin-based filmmaking team of Steve Mims and Joe Bailey, Jr. — delivers just as timely and meaningful a message about the importance of honoring empirical facts over gut feelings and irrational biases. Read full article > >

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As true-crime tale and political portrait, ‘Incendiary’ honors facts