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Recent Examples of docudrama
Better Man—a fantasy docudrama biopic about British pop star Robbie Williams—is new in theaters.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Late in Hulu’s new series Good American Family comes a moment of irony that’s become all too familiar in true crime docudramas.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The unusual 2011 docudrama Wilde Salomé, which chronicles Al Pacino’s obsession with the Wilde play, stars Pacino as Herod, Jessica Chastain as Salome and Kevin Anderson as John the Baptist.
—E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Seán Devlin’s docudrama Asog exposing a land grab by developers on the Philippines’ picturesque Sicogan Island in the wake of a devastating super-typhoon.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Late in Hulu’s new series Good American Family comes a moment of irony that’s become all too familiar in true crime docudramas.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
The unusual 2011 docudrama Wilde Salomé, which chronicles Al Pacino’s obsession with the Wilde play, stars Pacino as Herod, Jessica Chastain as Salome and Kevin Anderson as John the Baptist.
—E.r. Zarevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Seán Devlin’s docudrama Asog exposing a land grab by developers on the Philippines’ picturesque Sicogan Island in the wake of a devastating super-typhoon.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docudrama
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Plus, from documentaries to a comedy, here's what else is on this week.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Three decades later, the documentary Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror looks back on that day, featuring interviews with law enforcement involved in the case and victims of the attack.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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Lorre, a veteran comedy creator, executive producer and writer, will speak as part of the Summit Series at the 46th edition of Banff from June 8 to 11, 2025.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Talkback sold to Fremantle (then Pearson Television) and Fincham became CEO of Talkback Thames, which made comedies and the likes of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent for ITV and long-running police drama The Bill.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Going for a cut that accentuates your best facial features and hair texture can be a foolproof way to walk out of the hair salon feeling happy.—
Julie Ricevuto,
Glamour,
15 Apr. 2025
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This is a sprawling document of balance changes, quality-of-life tweaks, and major new features.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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So what starts out as this high-school melodrama done for laughs grows into something darker and more profound as the story progresses.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, this romantic melodrama was filmed on the beaches of Big Sur.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Versions of these battles were playing out at the U: a Latino student group, Mecha, blocked the entrance to a film screening about transgender kids who had detransitioned, hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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This is one of those stories that could easily be a feature length film.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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That proved to be the case once more when a major studio balked at his tragicomedy take.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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Directed by Josef Hader The soil of the Austrian countryside is rich with tragicomedy in writer-director-star Hader’s second feature as a director after 2017’s Wild Mouse.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Talkies—movies with synchronized sound, introduced in the late nineteen-twenties—were a setback.—
David Owen,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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His family retained their love for Italian culture, and Bergoglio grew up listening to opera and watching every Italian movie that came to town.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Comic pastiche gives way to tender romantic ballads only to explode in musical psychodrama.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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About Town Indie Rock As Father John Misty, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Tillman stages albums as little psychodramas.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Docudrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docudrama. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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