Documentary

Judd Apatow grew up idolizing Mel Brooks. Now he’s telling Brooks’ story in an HBO documentary

Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!, a two-part HBO documentary debuting this week, is a career-spanning portrait of one of American comedy’s most influential figures.

MEL BROOKS and Judd Apatow attend the Los Angeles premiere of HBO Documentary Films' Mel Brooks: 99 Year Old Man! at Ted Mann Theater at the Academy Museum on January 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
Noa Aharoni’s documentary ‘Eyes Wide Open’ tells the devastating story of the female border observers from the Nahal Oz IDF base, whose warnings about Hamas activity were ignored.

'Public broadcasting is not a luxury': Filmmakers defend KAN documentaries

Soon, memory of the Holocaust will rely not on firsthand accounts but on documentation, interpretation, and increasing technological forms of representation.

AI and fading survivors reshape how we remember the Holocaust - analysis

The BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House. November 15, 2025.

BBC edit of January 6 speech sparks $10B lawsuit from Trump


Israeli filmmakers spotlight stories of Oct. 7 survivors, Israel-Hamas war

While it took decades for high-profile movies to be made about the Yom Kippur War and other Israeli conflicts, today’s filmmakers are working at breakneck speed to make movies about the current war.

 ALBERT ILOUZ and Annette Cohen in Haim Bouzaglo’s ‘Red Flower.’

New Oct. 7 documentary brings individual stories of heroes and victims to the forefront

The film, which includes unseen footage of the Hamas attacks, also explores the resilience of the Jewish people in time for its official release on Tisha B'Av.

 Aish CMO Jamie Geller speaks with Iris Haim, mother of Gaza hostage Yotam who was mistakenly killed by the IDF.

New English Israeli film explores conflict and repair in relationships

New documentary explores intimate struggles of four couples, offering raw look at how even relationship experts navigate their own romantic challenges

 Four couples discuss the challenges of their relationships in Freedom through Commitment.

Los Angeles screening of 'Screams Before Silence' captivates local Jewish community

“I am the live testimony standing before you, before the world speaking for [the victims who no longer can,” one ZAKA first responder said at the event.

Screams before Silence (28/4/2024)

New 'Never Again' documentary to counter Australian antisemitism - opinion

The documentary will not necessarily turn the tide, but it will galvanize support from those Australians who abhor how the political Left has used the Israel-Palestine conflict to sow division.

 The Australian flag (Illustrative).

Film 'The Commandant’s Shadow’ brings new perspective to Holocaust - review

The movie features striking cinematography and high production values not usually seen in documentaries.

 MAYA LASKER-WALLFISCH, Kai Hoss and Hans Jurgen Hoss in ‘The Commandant’s Shadow.’

Israelism: The progressive Jewish documentary roiling college campuses

“We think it models how Palestinians and Jews can work together for freedom and justice for all people, between the river and the sea.”

 Jewish pro-Palestinian activists protest Birthright in a scene from the documentary "Israelism"

From Louis C.K. to Jerusalem Day: New shows, movies to watch in Israel

Check out the Louis C.K. documentary Sorry/Not Sorry and the show Hacks on VOD, among other offerings.

 Louis C.K> in 'Sorry/Not Sorry'

‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ tells the true story behind ‘The Zone of Interest’

The Jewish subjects of the documentary say they do not see the story as uniquely Jewish.

 Delegation of Arab-Israeli youth at Auschwitz, Poland, March 28, 2022.

The joy and sorrow of Avi Nesher’s cinema

Nesher's personal life is intertwined with his films; the director’s life cannot be examined separately from his work

 AVI NESHER with Joy Rieger and Nelly Tagar on the set of ‘Past Life.’