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Recent Examples of documentary
Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
While there were also winners for the international, episodic, and documentary sections, one of the highlights of the festival is its Oscar-qualifying HBO Short Film Award Showcase, which features Ryan Coogler and Reinaldo Marcus Green among its alumni.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026
Structurally, the first two seasons of this show keep everything within a documentary format, up to the point at the end of the second season where Valerie leaves the Emmys and the cameras behind to be with Mickey in a much harder reality.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 May 2026
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Noun
The series is being painted by Ian Wilkinson, who goes by Ian the Painter, in a black and white, photorealistic documentary style.
—Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
While there were also winners for the international, episodic, and documentary sections, one of the highlights of the festival is its Oscar-qualifying HBO Short Film Award Showcase, which features Ryan Coogler and Reinaldo Marcus Green among its alumni.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Adjective
The Tickells received a Euros 10,000 cash award from Artemis Rising Foundation in recognition of their contributions to the documentary field.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026
Structurally, the first two seasons of this show keep everything within a documentary format, up to the point at the end of the second season where Valerie leaves the Emmys and the cameras behind to be with Mickey in a much harder reality.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for documentary
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Toward the end of 2016, Shabnaameh released a docudrama that purported to reveal the start-ups’ links with the West.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Dreams of Violets is a 75-minute docudrama feature inspired by real events from 47 years of Iranian civilian resistance.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Butlers here are called Aris Meehas, a historical Maldivian reference to someone assigned to serve royalty—thankfully, interactions are more easy-going than overly deferential.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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These reforms stripped the dominant Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of its historical control of the regional government, driving it into active opposition.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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Patience and even guarantees, features that are often central to preventing the outbreak of conflict, had no place in such a scenario.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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But even with these advanced features, an Uber executive is sounding the alarm on the rideshare company’s AI spending.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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The scarcity of factual support for the claims hasn’t been lost on technologists and encryption experts.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026
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On a factual task, in domains like law or medicine, disagreement is real but bounded.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Here's what to know about the real-life case and how accurately the film depicts it.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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The prominence of beef in Texas has also created a subindustry that showcases and preserves it, which is reflected in film and broader cultural storytelling about the state.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Pee-Wee as Himself, the 2025 Emmy award winner for best documentary or nonfictional special, is also among the nominees.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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That delirious excess befits the essence of Lapid’s method, which is a fusion of fiction with indigestibly and irreducibly nonfictional elements.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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The bonus featurettes will also be available on the 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD copies of The Bride!—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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The film will feature an exclusive making-of featurette offering a glimpse behind the curtain.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The founders of these companies are systems-level thinkers in the most literal sense.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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For inheritors of the banana leaf-wrapping tradition, this practice has both the literal and symbolic capacity to contain that relationship.—
Sophia Rey,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2026
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“Documentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/documentary. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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