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Recent Examples of docudrama
The real footage uses images that were banned or blocked by the government, creating a hybrid docudrama that captured the early days of the Chinese lockdown.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Joseph includes an unconvincing docudrama that imagines DuBois’ final days, and although the director inserts a cheeky disclaimer that his film is not a documentary, those elements are consistently the strongest.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Directed with rigorous control, Sachs’ audacious experiment finds an idiosyncratic spot between Warhol’s static people-sitting-around-talking movies and more structured pieces like Louis Malle’s My Dinner With Andre or the recent docudrama Reality, assembled from FBI transcripts.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Better Man—a fantasy docudrama biopic about British pop star Robbie Williams—is new in theaters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Joseph includes an unconvincing docudrama that imagines DuBois’ final days, and although the director inserts a cheeky disclaimer that his film is not a documentary, those elements are consistently the strongest.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Directed with rigorous control, Sachs’ audacious experiment finds an idiosyncratic spot between Warhol’s static people-sitting-around-talking movies and more structured pieces like Louis Malle’s My Dinner With Andre or the recent docudrama Reality, assembled from FBI transcripts.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Better Man—a fantasy docudrama biopic about British pop star Robbie Williams—is new in theaters.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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As a long-standing fan of the Emmy-award winning documentary that has chronicled the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the former England international was already well versed in not only the Welsh club’s rise, but also the local characters.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The documentary is brought to audiences by the SHEBA brand, with Cravalho attached as an associate producer.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2025
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Smashing a watermelon with a giant mallet to the messy delight of audiences, Leo Gallagher became one of the biggest comedy acts of the 1980s and shot to superstardom.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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Simultaneously, the Claire Tow Theater will program events, concerts and comedy shows, in addition to LCT3 productions, serving as a hub for community gatherings.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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King’s 1981 book was first adapted for the screen in the 1983 feature film of the same name, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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At the end of the day, no app feature can replace good old-fashioned conversations about balance and well-being.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
11 Mar. 2025
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Why did the intel officials go public with lights, cameras and melodrama?—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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Despite being a sports melodrama, the filmmaking fails to distinguish either components, stylistically or narratively.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris (Martin Henderson), Hall and Fischer, as well as clients Doug Hansen (John Hawkes) and Yasuko Namba (Naoko Mori).—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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For those who are too young to recall, the film, written and directed by Spike Jonze, portrays a future in which people fall deeply in love with A.I.s that are conveyed as voices through their devices.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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Alas, Godwin’s gentle take on the tragicomedy misses the explosive nature of this moment, the desperation these characters feel to change their fate right now or live and die steeped in stifling ennui.—
Karen D'Souza,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The tragicomedy follows a grieving widower who sets off on an epic quest to find the truth about a mysterious photo left behind by his deceased wife.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Also in the episode, Questlove offers a preview of his next movie, a documentary about the legendary band Earth, Wind and Fire.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what's 2025's most controversial movie of them all?—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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About Town Indie Rock As Father John Misty, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Tillman stages albums as little psychodramas.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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The thought that Sam Riley’s Tom might turn out to be Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity or John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice is tantalizing but gradually appears to be more like teasing misdirection as the movie shifts into psychodrama gear.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Docudrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docudrama. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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