Don’t let this news ruin your day or anything, but it seems that even in the beginning, reality TV wasn’t completely real. The stars of “An American Family,” Pat and Bill Loud and their American kids, ...

Revisiting the landmark 1973 documentary series "An American Family" serves as such a timely, provocative idea it's a shame the result, "Cinema Verite," isn't a better, more fully realized movie. An ...

David Maysles, a documentary film maker who with his brother Albert was credited as one of the founders of the genre known as cinema verite, died Saturday, six days after suffering a stroke. He was 54 ...

Diane Lane will star in HBO's upcoming film "Cinema Verite," the behind-the-scenes look at the making of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Exclu: ...

HBO has dominated the TV movie for ages. The network has won the last 7 Emmys for Outstanding Made for TV Movie, not to mention 16 of the last 19. But it's not the sexiest format, so HBO's efforts do ...

Martin Scorsese stirred up controversy in 2019 by calling Marvel films “theme parks.” He argued that big franchise movies, with the main purpose of entertainment, were different from true cinema, an ...

Diane Lane wouldn’t want to do a reality show, but she’s getting a taste anyway. The Oscar-nominated actress (“Unfaithful”) plays one of the original stars of the genre -- Pat Loud, showcased in PBS’ ...

Richard Brody on Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s “Cinema Verite ” (2011). Yeah, just keep on coming. Remember, we're invisible. You're right in front of me. and broadcast in 1973. The ...

TV REVIEW: HBO film revisits the Pandora's box that unleashed reality TV -- the '70s doc "An American Family." By Tim Goodman Johnny Simmons, Nick Eversman, Kaitlyn Dever and Thomas Dekker bare all in ...