Martin Scorsese stirred up controversy in 2019 by calling Marvel films “theme parks.” He argued that big franchise movies, with the main purpose of entertainment, were different from true cinema, an ...

Debuting at 8 p.m. Saturday (April 23), the HBO made-for-TV-movie "Cinema Verite" examines a pivotal moment in pop-culture history, the 1973 documentary series "An American Family." Peter ...

Diane Lane wouldn’t want to do a reality show, but she’s getting a taste anyway. The Oscar-nominated actress (“Unfaithful”) plays one of the original stars of the genre -- Pat Loud, showcased in PBS’ ...

On a sunny afternoon in Paris’ Latin Quarter, Jean-Pascal Croux stands on the sidewalk outside the Cinoches Cinemas, a modest movie house with a run-down box office and two small theaters that open ...

Robert L. Drew, a documentary filmmaker and the father of American cinéma vérité, died today at his home in Sharon, Connecticut. He was 90. In the early 1960s, Drew and his associates pioneered a kind ...

Diane Lane will star in HBO's upcoming film "Cinema Verite," the behind-the-scenes look at the making of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Exclu: ...

Paramount turned itself into a time capsule from the 1970s to bring back the Louds of “An American Family” fame. HBO preemed its “Cinema Verite” pic, about reality TV’s first family, and a few members ...

Sometimes you just wish filmmakers would get out of their own way. Grace Jones is a fascinating figure, a Jamaican-born reggae/funk/pop singer-songwriter who was equally at home in the Studio 54 scene ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning American filmmaker Robert L. Drew, a pioneer of the cinema vérité documentary style, died on Wednesday in Sharon, Connecticut at the age of 90, his family said. July ...

Back in the day, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew admits he was always bored by documentaries. "I believed if we could find ways to make documentaries relevant and interesting, audiences would bloom, ...

The documentary style is eye-opening as it tests the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking. Try “Crisis” and “Salesman” to start. By Ben Kenigsberg For a genre that ostensibly presents snippets of ...

Robert De Niro took a moment to slam what he sees as pervasive political falsehood as he accepted the Cinéma Verité Award at CinemaCon‘s closing event. “Cinema audiences are returning to your theaters ...