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There are dozens upon dozens of books, biographies, film-by-film breakdowns, published interviews, recorded public appearances and moderated Q&As, behind-the-scenes clips, and overall tributes to Martin Scorsese. There is, it’s safe to say, nothing quite like Mr. Scorsese, Rebecca Miller’s five-hour docuseries on the filmmaker who’s given us Mean Streets, Taxi …

Pras Michél’s life story, from Fugees rapper to his conviction on federal conspiracy charges, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary produced by Mark Wahlberg. The musician will participate in the film, the news of which comes just weeks after Michél’s latest sentencing hearing was delayed for a third …

For almost 30 years, the city of Wichita, Kansas was terrorized by a serial killer. He called himself BTK, a nickname patterned after the phrase “bind, torture, kill” —the signature way he would leave bodies for police to find. His victims varied, first a young family, then women of varying …

When he was 19 years old, still eons away from the essays, the novels, and the pseudonym that would grant him literary immortality, Eric Arthur Blair went east and joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. The country was still under British colonial rule — “an outpost of empire” — …

Of course Ye, né Kanye West, was friends with Charlie Kirk, the late conservative podcaster and activist whose killing last week has set off a virulent bloodlust from the right. There he is, midway through In Whose Name?, the sprawling, if not overwhelming, documentary from director Nico Ballesteros, who was …

Duki’s meteoric rise in Argentina’s trap scene will be the focus of a new Netflix documentary. On Friday, the streaming service released the first trailer for Rockstar: Duki Desde el Fin Del Mundo, premiering Oct. 2. Directed by Alejandro Hartmann, the film traces Duki’s evolution from freestyler to cultural phenomenon …

From the time he first met Chuck D at a Public Enemy concert nearly 40 years ago, director Janol Ture was on his way to befriending and working with the members of the groundbreaking hip-hop collective, including a stint as president of Chuck D’s SLAMJamz label. But when he saw …

High school can be difficult. But for Beal City, Michigan, teenager Lauryn Licari, an already fraught period got even worse when she and her then-boyfriend Owen McKenny became the victims of a 20-month harassment campaign. Their story is told in the new Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. …

Natasha Bedingfield is celebrating the legacy of her massive track “Unwritten.” Rolling Stone can exclusively premiere The Journey of ‘Unwritten,’ a short-form documentary about Bedingfield’s song, which explores the inspiration behind the 2004 hit and how it came to be. “I don’t know why this song has so much staying …

Kenia Os can’t stop giggling when I mention her broken toenail. “You just unblocked a memory in my head!” she says, stifling a cackle. “My nail is good now!” The mishap was actually recorded for posterity, appearing midway through her new documentary Kenia Os: La OG, which follows the biggest …