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What to stream this week (from top left): Imperfect Women; War Machine; Gone; Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace; Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere; and Ghost Elephants.

What to stream this week: Louis Theroux gets inside the manosphere, plus five more picks

The veteran Brit weaponises his eyebrows for his first documentary with Netflix, while Alan Ritchson gets his punch on in War Machine. 

  • Craig Mathieson

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Family members hold aloft a photo of Ajike Owens at her memorial service.

Police shot this footage. It put a woman in jail. Now it could win an Oscar

The Perfect Neighbour is composed almost entirely of footage shot on body-worn cameras – and now it’s up for cinema’s biggest prize.

  • Karl Quinn
John Friedrich was the head of the Victorian division of the National Safety Council of Australia.

This ‘new’ SBS doco is great. But to one filmmaker, it’s oddly familiar

SBS’ series about conman John Friedrich is fascinating, but to Philippe Charluet, it looks a lot like a project he submitted to the network years ago.

  • Karl Quinn

Tony Jones on the demise of Q+A and walking the red carpet at Sundance

Should we take drugs that have been tested on animals in appalling conditions? The veteran journalist has directed a groundbreaking documentary on the topic.

  • Peter FitzSimons

Melania, panned by some film critics, opens with strongest documentary debut in a decade

There was little to compare it to, given that presidential families typically eschew in-office memoir releases to avoid the appearance of capitalising on the White House.

  • Jake Coyle
Melania Trump in a scene from the documentary Melania.

Melania review: Lavish documentary on US first lady beautifully shot but short on substance

Amazon is spending more than $100 million on this documentary about Melania Trump. Is it getting its money’s worth?

  • Karl Quinn
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Melbourne filmmaker Kristina Kraskov (left) wants to put Excel nerds on the map.

The ‘weird, wonderful’ competition that sent this Aussie around the world

Melbourne filmmaker Kristina Kraskov wants to put Microsoft Excel nerds on the map.

  • Farz Edraki
Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson in court in a scene from the Australian documentary Silenced, which debuted at Sundance in January 2026. 

Filmmakers face legal warning over Brittany Higgins’ story

The makers of a documentary about the way the law prevents women speaking out about sexual abuse have been sent a warning letter by lawyers for Linda Reynolds.

  • Karl Quinn
 Chevy Chase at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert.

Chevy Chase is under the spotlight in a new documentary, warts and all – and he’s OK with it

I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not follows his life and career, from a dark childhood to the dawn of Saturday Night Live and then Hollywood.

  • Mark Kennedy
Sean Combs.

Diddy he do it? The $1 million Tupac hit, and other revelations from Sean Combs doco

The four-part documentary series on Netflix airs some serious allegations against the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy, P Diddy and Love.

  • Karl Quinn