Documentaries
‘Surgical manipulation’: Tyra Banks sues Netflix over Next Top Model documentary
The streamer’s three-part series revealed shocking allegations about the 2000s reality-TV show, including sexual assault and a culture of body-shaming.
- Lauren Ironmonger
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Filmmaker wins landmark case to be acknowledged as ‘principal director’
In a highly unusual case, a director has taken a producer to court, alleging he was denied his rightful credit. And in a major decision, he won.
- Karl Quinn
He was making a film about our shameful Nazi past – then the present intervened
Dan Goldberg had almost finished his SBS documentary The Hunt For The Last Nazis – then the Bondi massacre happened.
- Karl Quinn
Dr Jeni Haynes has 2682 people in her mind. She’s now telling how she lives with her ‘alters’
In the groundbreaking SBS documentary, the academic dispels myths about what it’s like to live with dissociative identity disorder.
- Bridget McManus
John Safran mocks Nazis and offence, but what is his new doco actually saying?
Covering everything from sex work to exorcism to Antoinette Lattouf, Shut Your Big Fat Mouth John Safran is entertaining. But the through-line is muddled.
- Jared Richards
A football legend opens up about the tragedy that defined his career
Documentary maker Asif Kapadia had a poster of Kenny Dalglish on his wall as a child. Now he has created a loving tribute.
- Paul Kalina
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‘A shell of a person’: Kylie Minogue drops a revelation in her Netflix documentary
Netflix’s three-part documentary tells us lots we knew about Kylie already - and a fair bit we didn’t.
- Karl Quinn
He stole their film – so they made a movie about him as revenge
When two young filmmakers in Germany discovered an American was passing off their work as his own, they confronted him – with the cameras rolling.
- Karl Quinn
‘It had a profound effect on me’: Kylie Minogue reveals love of her life
Minogue’s exes include former Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan, INXS frontman Michael Hutchence and French actor Olivier Martinez.
- Gabriella Swerling
The best of Sir David Attenborough on screen – and where to watch him
With the British icon turning 100 on May 8, now is the best time to catch up on his breathtaking – and groundbreaking – documentaries.
- Craig Mathieson