Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...

It took just 20 episodes for the Dateline NBC program “To Catch a Predator” to leave a mark on the culture. A sting-operation-meets-hidden-camera-prank, the show had a riveting hook: Men engaging in ...

This probing, troubling documentary looks at the sociological implications of the series “To Catch a Predator.” By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through ...

A new documentary delving into the cultural phenomenon of NBC’s To Catch a Predator, which debuted in the early 2000s and featured host Chris Hansen, will follow the “rise and staggering fall of the ...

"Predators," which had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, will be shown at the Birmingham 8 Powered by Emagine. The documentary focuses on "To Catch a Predator," which ran from ...

MTV Documentary Films has become a major player in Oscar competition, scoring nominations for nonfiction features Black Box Diaries, The Eternal Memory, Ascension and the shorts I Am Ready, Warden; ...

Before we hear this next interview, a heads-up - it includes a discussion about child sex offenders and a mention of suicide. HANSEN: Would you have a seat over in that chair, please? RASCOE: That's ...

“My life may be crappy, but at least I’m not on TV.” That’s one explanation for the mass appeal of “To Catch a Predator” put forth by a subject in “Predators,” a new documentary about the mid-aughts ...

Directed, produced, edited, and filmed by David Osit, Predators (not Predators) is a documentary that asks questions of To Catch a Predator, the early-2000s investigative series, part of Dateline NBC, ...

You’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. In David Osit’s new documentary, “Predators,” the director includes a short clip ...