Documentary
Rod Lott
Wait a second: You mean “Kick-Ass” wasn’t fiction? Apparently not.

Documentary
Matt Carney
It’s no wonder the last song featured in “Pearl Jam Twenty” is fan favorite “Alive,” the searing five-and-a-half-minute grunge anthem that’s folded up and sealed in the all-time annals of rock ’n’ roll history by a Mike McCready guitar solo bestowed by the Stratocaster gods.

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Rod Lott
When it comes to serial killers, the stereotype is true: They seem so quiet and polite, say the neighbors. Same goes for those of Robert Pickton, who's kind of the Canadian version of Ed Gein.

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Rod Lott
Oddball German director Werner Herzog (“Rescue Dawn”) has done everything but, oh, make a 3-D documentary about spelunking. Scratch that — here’s the alternately weird and wonderful “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” now on Blu-ray after a hit theatrical run.

Documentary
Rod Lott
At the start of the documentary “These Amazing Shadows,” various film lovers talk about the magic of going to the movies, using phrases like “window to the world” and “religious experience.” But the way things go at the multiplexes these days — texters, talkers, popcorn-munchers — when’s the last time you felt that sense of awe?

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Rod Lott
“Tabloid”  may be the documentary to top all year.

Documentary
Rod Lott
What the recent book from the same writers failed to do, the documentary "More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead" succeeds in spades: delivering a concise, compelling and entertaining look at the 1985 cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."

Documentary
Rod Lott
About a dozen years ago, new neighbors moved in next door to me. Relative newlyweds, they told me they had met in a chat room on America Online. I hardly could believe such a thing could happen, but what once was novel is now normal.

Documentary
Rod Lott
A look at the still-ongoing life of Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, "His Way" isn't exactly a story that needed to be told — it's no "The Kid Stays in the Picture," I mean — but it's certainly an entertaining one. If you know who Weintraub is, you're more apt to enjoy it for what it is: a feature-length reach-around.

Documentary
Rod Lott
Startling admission: As a career-long journalist in one form or another, it is difficult for me to be truly objective about the documentary “Page One: Inside The New York Times.”

Documentary
Rod Lott
When I read or hear someone say, "George Lucas raped my childhood," I think, “Don’t you have anything actually important to worry about?”

Documentary
Phil Bacharach
Last year’s debacle over “The Tonight Show” didn’t quite reach Shakespearean proportions, but you sure couldn’t tell it at the time. When Jay Leno left the hallowed television franchise for a stab at prime time, NBC gave the coveted late-night slot to Conan O’Brien, who had been patiently waiting in the late-late-night wings.

Documentary
Rod Lott
Love horses? You're going to love "Buck."

Documentary
Rod Lott
There's a great documentary to tell the true story of Bram Stoker and his enduring creation, but “Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode” isn't it. What’s a “voivode”? You’ll find out, but that should be one indication as to this film’s lacking level of accessibility.

Documentary
Rod Lott
Originally aired on PBS’ long-running “American Experience” series, the hour-long “Houdini” documentary is a crash course on escape artist Harry Houdini, arguably pop culture’s “greatest showman.”