Biographical documentaries were big in 2025 with profiles of everyone from Jerry Springer, Sly Stone, Charlie Sheen, Martin Scorsese, Led Zeppelin, Dick Van Dyke and Eddie Murphy also in the mix. The following ten films, with links to longer reviews, are the ones I liked best. Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max; Crave). What if the
Hard on the heels of the excellent documentary John Candy: I Like Me comes another moving film about comedy performers. The first was co-executive produced by Candy’s two adult children. This one is directed by a famous son, Ben Stiller. His film, Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost, premieres Friday October 24 on AppleTV. Now,
Twenty years ago, when I was still a fairly new recruit as The Toronto Sun’s TV columnist, I wrote about my childhood hero — Kiddo the Clown. The name will mean little to anyone reading this who is not in their sixties, but Kiddo, played by a man named Trevor Evans, was the biggest star