Documentary Now!
Documentary Now! lovingly parodies some of the world’s best-known documentaries. Starring Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking and honors some of the most important stories that didn’t actually happen.
- Metascore80
- 2015-2022
- 4 seasons
- IFC
- Comedy
- TV-14
Documentary Now! lovingly parodies some of the world’s best-known documentaries. Starring Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking and honors some of the most important stories that didn’t actually happen.
Season 4 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Soldier of Illusion, Part 1
Wed, Oct 19, 2022
In the early 1980s, a visionary German filmmaker tries to will his magnum opus into existence while working in the remote, punishing conditions of the Russian Ular mountains.
Episode 2
Soldier of Illusion, Part 2
Wed, Oct 19, 2022
Early 1980s. Famed German dramatic director Rainer Woltz is working on his latest project - an American sitcom called The Bachelor Nanny. Filming takes place in the desolate, inhospitable Ular Mountains in Russia. What could possibly go wrong?
Episode 3
Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport
Wed, Oct 19, 2022
A fly-on-the-wall portrait of a hair salon in the small coastal town of Bagglyport as they prepare their annual stylebook.
Episode 4
How They Threw Rocks
Wed, Oct 26, 2022
A chronicle of the iconic 1974 Craig Maes (Field Rock) showdown dubbed "The Melon vs. The Felon."
Episode 5
My Monkey Grifter
Wed, Nov 2, 2022
A filmmaker documents his year long journey trying to communicate with a monkey named Lulu.
Episode 6
Trouver Frisson
Wed, Nov 9, 2022
Celebrated French filmmaker, Ida Leos, searches for why she no longer experiences "frisson," the goosebumps that have always been her guide.