Discover What’s Streaming On: I know what you’re thinking: no way you’re watching a war documentary this weekend. OK, fine, totally understandable. War documentaries are typically depressing and often ...

You’d be forgiven for assuming documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman has a background in war reporting, given the nature of his work on the Oscar-nominated Cartel Land. We follow Heineman–who is also ...

The militiaman survey “Cartel Land” won both director and cinematography awards at this year’s Sundance, and far as docs go it is atypically handsome. At this point cameras are state of the art enough ...

“Cartel Land” examines the Mexican drug cartel conflict, looking specifically at the tension between the native Autodefensa movement and an American paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon.

Director Matthew Heineman embedded himself up close in the action — and the moral ambiguity — of citizen groups who are fighting back against... 'Cartel Land' Follows Vigilantes Fighting Mexican Drug ...

Perhaps the single most important factor explaining the power of organized crime in Mexico is government dysfunction. It is appropriate, then, that official missteps are the mostly unspoken core of ...

Though recent events have proven the Academy Awards to be as much a political statement as they are a popularity contest, they remain both the literal and symbolic gold standard of the U.S. film ...

If there’s a dominant trend among high-profile documentaries over the last couple of years, it involves a move away from contextualizing information in favor of immersive experiences for filmmakers ...

If the key to price in real estate is “location, location, location,” the key to success in verite-style documentaries is “access, access, access.” Which is what “Cartel Land” has in compelling ...

The documentary Cartel Land looks at Mexico's drug war from a unique perspective: the people who chose to take up arms against the drug gangs. The film's director Matthew Heineman embedded himself ...