Closure (2026) Super Review: A Father, a River and a Search That Will Not End
Michał Marczak’s hypnotic Polish documentary follows a father scouring the Vistula for his missing son, turning a true story into something closer to a waking dream.
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Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (2026) Super Review: Fame, Family and a Multi-Million-Dollar Betrayal
Brett Harvey’s documentary charts Dane Cook’s rise to arena stardom and the theft of millions by someone he trusted. Candid and gripping, on Netflix in the US from 6 November.
Weekly Streaming Highlights: 8 November 2026 – 14 November 2026
Rings of Power season 3, The Body, The Institute season 2, The Good Daughter, Heartland, Apple TV’s 12 12 12 and the best UK picks for 8–14 November.
Avedon (2026) Super Review: Ron Howard Opens the Archive of the Photographer Who Shaped an Era
Ron Howard’s documentary about Richard Avedon is elegant, admiring and full of never-before-seen material, though it rarely challenges its subject.
Rammstein: Live in Mexico City (2026) Super Review: Fire, Fury and 65,000 Fans on the Big Screen
Paul Dugdale’s concert film captures Rammstein at Foro Sol across three sold-out nights. It is loud, theatrical and made for fans.
The Eyes of Ghana (2026) Super Review: A Warm Rescue Mission for Africa’s Lost Archive
Ben Proudfoot’s moving documentary follows 93-year-old cameraman Chris Hesse as he races to save the films that captured Ghana’s independence. Joyful, if a little too reverent.
George Michael: The Faith Tour (2026) Super Review: A Lost 1988 Concert Becomes a Big-Screen Celebration
Newly rediscovered 35mm footage of George Michael’s 1988 Faith tour makes a joyous, great-sounding concert film, even if it offers little beyond the songs.
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (2026) Super Review: The Quiet Genius Behind Music’s Biggest Legends
A warm, witty documentary about Peter Asher, from Peter and Gordon and the Beatles’ inner circle to producing James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, that is great company even when it gets a little starry-eyed.
Soul Patrol (2026) Super Review: The Vietnam War’s First Black Special Ops Team Finally Tell Their Story
J.M. Harper’s documentary reunites the surviving members of the Vietnam War’s first Black special operations unit, using their own Super 8 footage. Powerful and unusual.
Nuisance Bear (2026) Super Review: A Polar Bear’s-Eye View of a Warming World
Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman follow polar bears through tourists, wildlife officers and hunters in Churchill, Manitoba. Immersive, beautiful and unsettling.
Rob Lowe: The Outsider Trailer Reveals How He Survived Hollywood
Watch the trailer for Rob Lowe: The Outsider, Netflix’s documentary on how Rob Lowe survived Hollywood. On Netflix UK from 24 November.
Exclusive: Heysel and the Hand of God Hit UK Cinemas on the Same Day
Movieversalfilm Exclusive: The Match, about Maradona’s Hand of God, and Heysel 85 both open in UK cinemas on 20 November, both rated 12A.
Watch: When Halloween Met Horror, Our AI-Made Halloween Documentary
Celebrate Halloween with When Halloween Met Horror, Movieversalfilm’s first original AI-made documentary, tracing the night from turnip lanterns to the cinema screen.
Weekly Streaming Highlights: 1 November 2026 – 7 November 2026
Black Doves returns, The Gilded Age season four, Prime Video’s Muhammad Ali drama The Greatest, Blue Planet III and the best UK picks for 1–7 November.
Everest: The Other Side (2026) Super Review: Free Solo’s Directors Return to the Roof of the World
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Everest documentary is breathtaking on the big screen and deeply moving about love and grief, even if it shies away from the hardest questions.
Primetime Preacher$ Trailer: Joe Berlinger Exposes TV’s Holy War
Watch the Primetime Preacher$ trailer: Joe Berlinger’s Netflix documentary on Jim Bakker, Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Swaggart’s televangelist war. On Netflix 20 November.