Frederick Wiseman, who died yesterday at the age of 96, was an American filmmaker whose carefully observed works changed documentary cinema forever, shedding light on institutions, individuals and ...

The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult to choose what to watch. Each month, New York Times critics select three nonfiction films -- classics, overlooked recent ...

Mon, January 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC In the US, Wiseman has for decades self-distributed his work via his company Zipporah Film, with his filmography also available on the free-to-use American library ...

We meet many people in Frederick Wiseman’s films. The crass American diner sticking his face into a plate of haute cuisine and taking a big whiff in Menus-Plaisirs, Les Troisgros. The migrant worker ...