In his superb documentary "Our Daily Bread" the Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter does exactly what Mr. Pollan proposes: he looks.

"A superb documentary about a notorious film that floundered in the mid-1960s."

Our reviewer, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., called the book "a superb documentary which would hold up in court."

Matthew Turner, writing for View London, praised the film stating, "Impressively directed and beautifully shot, this is a superb documentary that's by turns thrilling, heart-breaking, jaw-dropping and laugh-out-loud funny."

The turbulence that led to the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide from Haiti's presidency gives "The Agronomist," a superb new documentary by Jonathan Demme, a melancholy timeliness.

But that evening I settled down at home to watch a superb and delightful documentary on the giant otters of South America.

Carlos Saura's superb documentary tracing the history of the fiery, furiously pent-up Spanish dance was shown at the New York Film Festival in 1995 and had a theater run in 1997.

Lindsay Anderson, who would make some superb documentaries before moving into feature films, described him as "the only real poet that British cinema has yet produced".

They paid their dues with large, costly news departments and a fitful schedule of superb documentaries.

Those who recall CBS's short-lived flirtation with cultural cable will remember this superb British documentary as one of the high points of the station's music programming.