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Accepting his party's nomination for president for the third time, Donald Trump addressed the Republican National Convention in July, returning to a familiar theme. "We… have an illegal immigration crisis, and it's taking place right now, as we sit here in this beautiful arena," he told delegates…

Of all the policies implemented by the Trump administration, the most outrageous — at least to many critics — was Family Separation. Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris, for one, doesn't mince words in his assessment of it. "The policy, when you really look at it square in the face, is…

The Netflix basketball series following LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, Domantas Sabonis and Jayson Tatum has been confirmed, with October 9 premiere. The streamer’s Starting 5 comes from James’ Uninterrupted in association with the Obamas’ Higher Ground and Peyton Manning’s Omaha…

UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

Curiously, for a woman who directed a movie called Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl seemed to lose control over her own person when she first met Adolf Hitler. "I had hot sweats," the German filmmaker said of seeing the future Führer speak at a rally in 1932. "I was somehow captured, as by a…

Take one conservative anti-Trumper, add a liberal Hollywood filmmaker, toss them in a Hot Tub Time Machine, and what comes out? One of the most talked-about documentaries set to premiere at next month’s Toronto Film Festival. In the new episode of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, TIFF's chief…

EXCLUSIVE: Juno Films has acquired worldwide rights to Ciarán Cassidy’s documentary Housewife of the Year, ahead of its North American premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival. World premiering at CPH:DOX before going on to win Best Irish Feature Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh, the film will…

EXCLUSIVE: Elton John: Never Too Late, the documentary about the British-born music legend's incredible career, will debut on Disney+ on Friday, December 13, the streaming platform announced today. The film directed by documentary great R.J. Cutler and David Furnish – Elton John's husband – is set to…

Morehouse graduate Edwin Moses, one of the greatest athletes of all time, will return to his alma mater next month for a unique occasion. The two-time Olympic champion in the 400-meter hurdles is expected on campus in Atlanta for the world premiere of Moses – 13 Steps, a documentary about his life on and…

It's been a circuitous journey to the top of the Netflix charts for the documentary Tell Them You Love Me. Sundance rejected it. So did the Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Festival, and the prestigious Sheffield DocFest in the U.K., according to the filmmakers – director Nick…

EXCLUSIVE: Everyone knows Studio 54, the iconic New York nightclub that flourished in the 1970s. But the West Coast claimed its own magnetic hotspot in that era – a place that attracted celebrities and the gay community for a wild time of dancing, drinking and debauchery. Studio One Forever, directed…

The American Film Institute has announced that Music By John Williams, a documentary on the iconic film composer from Lucasfilm Ltd, Amblin Documentaries and Imagine Documentaries, will world premiere as the opening night film of the 38th AFI Fest on Wednesday, October 23. Directed by Laurent…