3/27/19 11:22PM
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Documentary Now! turned in a third season full of strikingly character-driven documentaries, and in its finale, it…
Reviews - Documentary Now!
3/20/19 10:31PM
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Episodes of Documentary Now! naturally stand on their own as self-contained installments, connected to the original…
3/13/19 11:50PM
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“Searching for Mr. Larson: A Love Letter From the Far Side” is less about satirizing the documentary upon which it…
3/06/19 10:39PM
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At this point, it’s hard not to sound redundant when writing about Documentary Now!, because the show keeps on…
2/27/19 10:35PM
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Paula Pell and Documentary Now! put original twists on an iconic moment from musical theater history
Documentary Now! is a show not just for fans but for fanatics. It’s so precise in its parody that whatever subject…
2/21/19 2:26AM
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Documentary Now! unsurprisingly takes some big swings in its season three premiere. From this start, this has been…
10/26/16 10:01PM
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In its two-hour season 51 finale, Documentary Now! presents a very close parody of The Kid Stays In The Picture, the…
10/12/16 9:35PM
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No two episodes of Documentary Now! are truly alike, but “Final Transmission” especially stands on its own in terms…
10/05/16 9:35PM
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Before making their more popular documentary Grey Gardens, Albert and David Maysles self-funded a direct cinema…
9/28/16 9:31PM
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After two weeks of playing it relatively straight, Documentary Now! has turned in its most absurd episode of the…
9/21/16 9:31PM
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Though the election subject matter made “The Bunker” an obvious candidate for the season premiere, a part of me…
9/14/16 9:31PM
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Returning for its second—ahem, 51st—season, Documentary Now! takes on a topic surely no one is sick of at this point…
9/24/15 10:00PM
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Since its pilot—an eerily accurate parody of the the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens—Documentary Now! has been an…
9/17/15 9:30PM
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One of the most distinctive qualities of Documentary Now! is how disparate its episodes are. Each week promises a…
9/10/15 9:30PM
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In its first four episodes, Documentary Now! has proven its painstaking attention to detail as well as its ambition. …
9/03/15 9:30PM
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Documentary Now! is to documentaries as Kroll Show was to reality television. Kroll Show breaks down everything that…
8/27/15 9:30PM
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In a panel discussion hosted by The Atlantic, co-creator Fred Armisen said the Documentary Now! team doesn’t really…
8/20/15 9:30PM
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There’s no question that IFC is the right home for Documentary Now!, the mockumentary series from Saturday Night Live
8/20/15 12:00AM
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These days, we’re in a fascinating uncanny valley of cynicism when it comes to the documentary: perpetually…