Today's Blind Items - Documentaries

This mid-level documentary director built his brand on cinematic nostalgia, but those who’ve worked with him say it’s less about homage and more about hiding. He’s in his fifties now, still stiff in conversation, and unsettlingly detached from the present.

People talk, quietly. His ex-wife left after what one insider called “a line crossed.” The details stay vague, but the rumors don’t. Words like fixated and innocence come up again and again, especially from people who’ve seen him behind the scenes: controlling, obsessive, and emotionally vacant.

His latest project focuses on a legendary actress whose most iconic role blurred the line between identity and projection. He says the film is a tribute. Early viewers call it something else. Obsessive. Creepy. Violating. And once you’ve seen how he looks at his subjects, it’s hard not to feel watched yourself.

The past may be his playground, but what he’s doing there is no kind of game.