Documentaries - The Cut

culture Oct. 20, 2020

Hot, Normal-Seeming Guy Goes About LifeThe new Shawn Mendes documentary promises to show us a guy doing whatever.

By Madeleine Aggeler

recommendations Sept. 15, 2020

The Love Story We All Need Right NowWatch this gorgeous documentary about the love between a man and an octopus — and weep over the beauty and majesty of life.

By Amanda Arnold

fashion May 6, 2020

Spend an Hour in a Parisian Art MuseumDior takes us inside the “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” exhibition from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.

By Andrew Nguyen

culture Apr. 27, 2020

A New Michelle Obama Documentary Is Coming to NetflixBecoming is a behind-the-scenes look at the former First Lady on her 2018 book tour.

By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

scams Mar. 20, 2019

The Most Bizarre Moments From the Elizabeth Holmes DocumentaryThere’s more to learn about the disgraced blood-testing entrepreneur.

By Lisa Ryan

leaving neverland Mar. 7, 2019

She Wrote the Book on Michael Jackson. Now She Wishes It Said More.Pulitzer Prize winner Margo Jefferson revisits her 2006 book, On Michael Jackson, in the wake of Leaving Neverland.

By Anna Silman

q&a Jan. 18, 2019

What Happens When Democracy Fails? Women Know.A conversation with Astra Taylor about her new documentary, What Is Democracy?

By Amanda Arnold

fyre festival forever Jan. 14, 2019

Fyre Festival Is Dead, But Its Chaotic Energy Lives OnCompeting documentary alert.

By Gabriella Paiella

tributes Oct. 1, 2018

Supermodels Are Wearing This Shirt to Show Their Love for a Fashion LegendYou can buy one for a charitable cause.

By Jessica Boddy

happenings Sept. 7, 2018

Watch the Trailer for the Yayoi Kusama DocumentaryKusama Infinity arrives in theaters today.

By Jenna Adrian-Diaz

science of us Aug. 15, 2018

The Bleeding Edge Is 2018’s Best Horror FilmI can’t stop thinking about one detail in particular.

By Melissa Dahl

rainbow July 30, 2018

Kesha Released the Trailer for Her Documentary Rainbow — The FilmIt is a behind-the-scenes look at the emotional release of her album Rainbow.

By Opheli Garcia Lawler

what is fashion July 20, 2018

The New McQueen Documentary Could Make Anyone EmotionalIn a good way.

By Emilia Petrarca

offspring May 31, 2018

Why Did We Ever Leave Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood?A new documentary offers a chance to reconsider Rogers’s mission and examine why his message is still so hard for adults to hear.

By Heather Havrilesky

allegations May 16, 2018

New Documentary About Whitney Houston Claims the Pop Icon Was Sexually AbusedThe film is backed by Houston’s family.

By Amanda Arnold

interview Dec. 29, 2017

How a Trans Teen Got Her QuinceañeraTalking to Zoey Luna of the new HBO documentary series 15: A Quinceañera Story.

By Jada Yuan

documentaries Dec. 18, 2017

Soon You’ll Be Able to Watch a Documentary About the Harvey Weinstein ScandalThe film will examine “the complex mix of money, power, exploitation, and abuse” that has long permeated Hollywood.

By Anna Silman

feature Nov. 30, 2017

The Surprising True Story Behind Steve MaddenThe man behind the shoe box is revealed in a new documentary.

By Emilia Petrarca

documentaries Nov. 6, 2017

How Do We Decide What to ‘Cure’ and What to Celebrate?Watch an exclusive clip from Far From the Tree, the documentary adaptation of Andrew Solomon’s award-winning book about illness and identity.

By Anna Silman

q&a Oct. 27, 2017

Go Inside Joan Didion’s Family Life in This New DocThe Cut spoke with Didion’s nephew Griffin Dunne about his aunt’s work, her health, and her new dog, Ellie.

By Katie Van Syckle

video Sept. 6, 2017

André Leon Talley on Career and Romance“I certainly have loved my career, but as for falling in love, I don’t know about that.”

By Sarah Spellings

activism Sept. 5, 2017

How 87-Year-Old Labor Rights Activist Dolores Huerta Avoids Feeling DefeatedDolores Huerta was left out of the labor movement’s history. Now, thanks to a new documentary, that’s about to change.

By Katie Van Syckle

documentaries Aug. 24, 2017

The Long-Awaited Joan Didion Documentary Is Finally Coming to NetflixMade by Didion’s nephew Griffin Dunne.

By Anna Silman

documentaries Aug. 21, 2017

The Documentary About André Leon Talley Has the Most André Leon Talley NameThe documentary will premiere next month at the Toronto Film Festival

By Sarah Spellings

documentaries July 14, 2017

Manolo Blahnik Joins the Ranks of High-Profile Fashion-Documentary SubjectsThe title, The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards, says it all.

By Sarah Spellings

interview June 30, 2017

Photographer Elsa Dorfman Charms in New Documentary The B-SideThe 80-year-old Polaroid photographer is the subject of a new Errol Morris documentary.

By Jenni Miller

interview May 12, 2017

Mommy Dead and Dearest: Murder, Munchausen, and Gypsy Rose BlanchardTalking to Erin Lee Carr, director of a new HBO documentary.

By Leah Carroll

domestic violence May 5, 2017

Why Would a Woman Want to Talk to the Man Who Abused Her?In her new documentary, Attiya Khan does just that — and explores the possibilities of “restorative justice.”

By Angelina Chapin

tribeca film festival Apr. 24, 2017