This "extraordinary documentary," he added, "gets to the heart of the Elvis phenomenon."

Cole called it an "extraordinary experimental documentary" that is "as bold as the title implies" and a strong argument for the widespread dissemination of short films.

This extraordinary documentary, telling the story of America's 20th century through the filters of jazz and race, felt exhaustive and sometimes exhausting, but often quite thrilling.

This extraordinary documentary doesn't break news, but rather illuminates the tragedy and absurdity with theatrical force.

Another details the extraordinarily complex, painfully edgy relationship between the black producer and white writer who together created HBO's extraordinary documentary on Baltimore's drug culture.

By the time the real thing came around, in 1998's extraordinary documentary "The Saltmen of Tibet," the market was saturated and public interest was nil.

And some extraordinary documentaries: Errol Morris's poetic, eccentric "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control."

To put it simply, the extraordinary documentary "Kestrel's Eye" is a spectacle of life and death.

The Times called it "an extraordinary, revelatory documentary about female desire and the pharmaceutical industry".

"Locked-Up Time," Ms. Schonemann's extraordinary documentary about that experience, begins with another bus on the highway, but this time the director is traveling in the opposite direction.