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It's official: Nintendo just nuked a beloved fan-made Pokémon YouTube channel. PokeNational Geographic YouTube channel, which ...

A well-known Pokémon-themed YouTube documentary series is said to be on the verge of deletion following a series of copyright ...

Can't get enough of true crime? Check out these spine-chilling documentaries and series streaming now, including 2024's 'The ...

The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians. We are lucky to have a long (and still-growing) library of ...

This May 2026, we recommend watching some great HBO Max sports documentaries like 'Born to Bowl' and 'The Dark Wizard' ...

Director Morgan Neville's wide-ranging documentary about Saturday Night Live's coolly enigmatic creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels, begins with an odd admission. Even with cameras in his ...

Who really was Hulk Hogan? It feels like everyone knows the man behind “Hulkamania.” A larger-than-life, muscular superhero that conquered evil in the ring, inspiring generations of people as he ...

Some of the most essential documentaries infuriate you to the point of wanting to take action. The Alabama Solution is one of them, centering on systemic abuse within the Easterling Correctional ...

In 2019, documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig’s friend Jim took his own life. Love, Harold, added this week to the NFB app and YouTube channel, is a collection of snippets of conversations that Zweig has ...

BBC film critics Caryn James and Nicholas Barber pick their cinema highlights of the year so far – from a touching sci-fi blockbuster to a wilfully provocative comedy-drama starring Zendaya. In 2002, ...