documentary
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The filmmaker, who won an Oscar for his visually more straightforward documentary “Navalny,” has this time made a fast-paced entertainment with a sturdy foundation in setting and character.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
In the three-part documentary - directed by Michael Harte, who also worked on the David Beckham film - the star said: "I needed to have something that marked that time."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
“There’s a documentary on right now,” Detective Dan Jackson of Austin, Texas, remembers telling an officer in another jurisdiction, who was helping him put DNA evidence together last fall.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Your family seems like such a solid support system throughout the documentary, especially given how the press treated you.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Most particle physicists feel, as Leon Lederman remarked in a 1985 PBS documentary, that the Standard Model lacks elegance and simplicity.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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