Ringside: inside a powerful boxing documentary made over nine years
A German film-maker decided to follow two boxing prodigies for almost a decade and found a tough, moving story of ambition and determination
Christopher Eccleston: ‘I don’t watch TV – it’s too hard to suspend disbelief’
In the latest of our series in which artists share their viewing choices, the actor recommends a Japanese animation and an epic OJ Simpson documentary
Murder, mystery and a hit record: the unbelievable story of Ike White
An obscure funk album by a convicted murderer led filmmaker Dan Vernon down a rabbit hole of deception and shady dealings, as he recounts in a new TV documentary
Miriam Margolyes: ‘The government is utterly deplorable. The world is in chaos’
Promoting a show about travelling Australia from lockdown in London, the British-born actor shares her views on both her home countries
‘People opened up because I’m the Beavis and Butt-head guy’: Mike Judge on his new funk direction
The writer-director’s comedies – from Office Space to Silicon Valley – always sum up the spirit of their times. So why has he made an LSD-soaked cartoon about George Clinton and Bootsy Collins?
Lockdown watch: Garth Marenghi creator Matthew Holness on appropriate horror – and its antidote
Continuing our series in which artists suggest self-isolation cinema, the man behind Darkplace on why pandemic-related movies require music documentary offset
After Truth: how ordinary people are ‘radicalized’ by fake news
An eye-opening documentary traces the terrifying trajectory of disinformation, from Jade Helm to Pizzagate to Russian interference in the 2016 election
Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space
The film Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier dives into the under-reported history of efforts to include people of color in the space race
‘Do not despair of losing so often’ – Lea Tsemel, the Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinians
She has been called a traitor and the Israeli government tried to block an award-winning new film about her work and spirit. As the BBC screens Advocate, we meet the ‘angry optimist’
Michael Proudfoot obituary
Other lives: Maker of engaging television documentaries
The Goop Lab review – so Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t know what a vagina is
Like the star’s wellness brand, this whole show is a demented paean to self-indulgence. And for someone peddling health treatments, she seems alarmingly ignorant about anatomy
TV tonight: Prince Andrew’s accuser speaks out
Virginia Giuffre gives her first interview on British TV. Plus: the horrific effects of austerity on British children. Here’s what to watch this evening
‘We need more light’: the fight to change how police deal with mental illness
Nearly a quarter of police-related deaths in the US involve a mentally ill person – a new documentary follows two cops working to change methods of policing
Peter Adam obituary
Film-maker and television producer who made more than 100 documentaries on art and culture
‘She belongs to everyone’: Diane von Furstenberg’s Statue of Liberty documentary
Liberty: Mother of Exiles, starring the famed designer, traces the statue’s history, from its basis on a Muslim woman to its role in protest imagery