As someone who watches and studies the Academy Awards every year, I can tell you that the Best Documentary Short Subject nominees are frequently heavy, and often depressing. This milieu is often ...

AMC has opted out of screening the award-winning short film during its third-party programmed pre-show, and it’s unclear if other chains will follow suit. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large It was ...

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Below are the Best Documentary Short nominees: Steve Hartman embraces his role ...

Regardless of how Weapons director Zach Cregger's upcoming Resident Evil film turns out, 2026 has already provided us with a pretty damn good live-action take on the franchise, thanks to a prequel ...

Fans of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have made “Melania” a breakout hit by box office standards. The documentary is on track to earn about $7 million in its opening weekend, ...

January 28, 2026; Arlington, VA – PBS was honored with an impressive 11 nominations for the 2026 Writers Guild Awards, with its acclaimed documentary programming across multiple categories. PBS stands ...

Four-time NBA title winner Steph Curry can now call himself a champion in another arena – filmmaking. The Baddest Speechwriter of All, the short documentary Curry directed with two-time Oscar winner ...

A short film by artist Alexandre Singh and art historian Natalie Musteata has been nominated for a 2026 Academy Award. The film, titled Two People Exchanging Saliva (2024), is set in a dystopian ...

Martin Short is a comedian whose very prolific career now spans over fifty years and counting. He’s done Broadway, he’s a sketch-comedy veteran of “Second City Television” and “Saturday Night Live,” ...

A documentary about Martin Short, which will include “beautiful, intimate, never-before-seen archive footage”, will premiere on Netflix in May. Bitter cold continues as major winter storm takes aim at ...

Netflix releases Martin Short documentary, Marty, Life is Short, in May 2026. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, produced by Imagine Documentaries' Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. Covers Short's comedy, stage, ...