Jon Bardin

Head of documentaries at Story Syndicate. Partner in all with @alimoss.

[Netflix @netflix]

A young woman in East Texas gives birth in her car. When rushed to the hospital, doctors will quickly realize that the baby is not her own and neither is the blood she’s covered in.

Maternal Instinct — a new documentary — is now on Netflix.

[TheWrap @TheWrap]

Watch the new trailer for MATERNAL INSTINCT, an upcoming true crime doc directed by Jessica Dimmock (Captive Audience, The Texas Killing Fields) and EP’d by Liz Garbus.

Streaming on Netflix June 12th.

[David Rooney @DavidCRooney1]

With #SundanceFilmFestival wrapping up for the last time in Park City, @THR's critics pick 15 standouts from the "Farewell, Utah" edition, some of which we'll hopefully still be talking about a year from now.
https://t.co/QsM7aAwYPp

[Sundance Film Festival @sundancefest]

King’s quest to be the best — and to obtain the best for women — has been the work of a lifetime. And "Give Me the Ball!", the documentary from directors Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff that screened January 26 at the Eccles Theatre as part of the Sundance Film Festival’s Premieres section, does King a great honor — highlighting both her career and personal achievements, from Wimbledon to women’s rights, with a fun, fast-paced biopic filled with incredibly rare archival footage. “Billie Jean King could have a lot more trophies on her wall, too. But for her it was always about the community. It was about holding hands.” In King’s life, she says, we see the life of an American hero — and it’s the kind of collaborative, “work from the bottom up” hero that we need today. Read more at https://t.co/NXCFvu2EpJ

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

'Give Me the Ball!' Review: Rousing Bio-Doc Pays Tribute to the Indomitable Billie Jean King, Whose Tenacity Equalized the Professional Tennis Court https://t.co/vlcaOLwmsJ

[TheWrap @TheWrap]

‘Give Me the Ball!’ Review: Billie Jean King Doc Is an Inspiring Shot of Adrenaline https://t.co/TsW0Cc2FEA

[Owen Gleiberman @OwenGleiberman]

"Give Me the Ball" is Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff's ferociously inspirational and entertaining portrait of Billie Jean King as athletic superstar and culture hero. It captures how she was a game-changer in every way. My review from Sundance. https://t.co/hj4b1MQrYt

[Jazz Tangcay @jazzt]

Sundance folk, don't miss this doc! Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff on Why Billie Jean King’s Story Needed to Be Told in ‘Give Me the Ball’: ‘We Need Heroes. We Need People Who Have Fought the Hard Fight’ https://t.co/OE4BCCn1nP via @variety

[David Rooney @DavidCRooney1]

Battling a review backlog so won’t get to write about it for a day or two but Liz Garbus & Elizabeth Wolff’s Billie Jean King doc GIVE ME THE BALL! is the most joyous, stirring & nonstop entertaining film I’ve seen at #Sundance2026. A grand slam, and I’m not even a tennis nut.

[Billie Jean King @BillieJeanKing]

So excited for the premiere of "Give Me the Ball!", the documentary about my life, at the #SundanceFilmFestival.

#Sundance2026

[Variety @Variety]

Roku has renewed @TraceeEllisRoss' travel series, "Solo Traveling," for Season 2.

Additionally, the show has become the most-watched unscripted Roku Original ever.
https://t.co/05KZAN1jO9

[Roku Channel @TheRokuChannel]

Mood: OOO with Tracee Ellis Ross 🌴 Stream Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross free now on the Roku Channel #SoloTraveling

[Variety @Variety]

In the new "One Night in Idaho: The College Murders" series, the directors center the story on the victims — not the accused, Bryan Kohberger: "We wanted to reclaim them from this maelstrom of social media."

https://t.co/sxYFF2BYQA

[Ready Steady Cut @ReadySteadyCut]

"'One Night in Idaho: The College Murders' doesn’t just follow the typical true crime documentary style. It sets itself apart with its lack of sensationalism, drawing me in for all four episodes..."

Full review ⬇️

https://t.co/kFbmslyRkd

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

'One Night in Idaho: The College Murders' tells how families were affected by a brutal crime https://t.co/YzkuxECmYi

[RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices]

"If the True Crime genre is going to avoid the stigma of exploitation that so often creatively derails it ... ONE NIGHT IN IDAHO is a step in the right direction."

@brian_tallerico reviews the Prime Video true crime docuseries:
https://t.co/w1LT7hg4TL

[George Whitesides @gtwhitesides]

As a kid growing up in the seventies and eighties, I got to witness how Dr. Sally Ride changed the face of spaceflight. Later, as NASA Chief of staff, I got a chance to work with her directly.

She was one of the most thoughtful, brilliant American heroes I ever met. I’m glad to see her story told with the care and inspiration it deserves.

[New York Times Music @nytimesmusic]

“Fanatical,” an eye-popping film directed by Erin Lee Carr, details the bizarre 16-year ordeal that the duo Tegan and Sara and their fans endured. https://t.co/0dDp5qEaH3

[Good Morning America @GMA]

Inside the documentary ‘Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara.’

The Grammy-nominated indie rock duo Tegan and Sara open up about the online catfishing scheme they were wrapped up in for years in their new documentary.

https://t.co/dU25se74DI

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

After being impersonated online for 16 years, Tegan Quin of the indie pop duo Tegan and Sara looks for clues in a new documentary, “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara.”
https://t.co/ghHCKRTzCz