This Week In Documentary: 'Gregg Allman: The Music Of My Soul' & 'The Gas Station Attendant'

Theatrical & Streaming Releases - New & Recommended - June 12-18, 2026

I want to start this week’s newsletter with a shoutout to filmmaker Penny Lane, whose own latest Substack newsletter alerted me to something I wasn’t aware of. In a piece entitled “Are Documentaries Movies?” she notes, “This newsletter was partly inspired by noticing the [no ratings for documentaries] trend on Letterboxd.” I don’t agree with the idea of…