Kid Stays in the Picture, The (2002): Hollywood on Hollywood

We form our identities around how we see ourselves represented in pop culture: That’s the thesis of this damning film from Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The doc took the ball from Vito Russo’s revolutionary 1981 book of the same name, about how LGBTQ people are misrepresented in movies, and ran with it. — K.A.

Seductively narrated by Robert Evans, this lush documentary traces his unlikely career from poolside discovery to Paramount executive during the studio’s “Godfather” and “Chinatown” glory days. Alas, the good times — and his marriage to “Love Story” star Ali MacGraw — would not last, but Evans is disarmingly frank about his unconventional life and later career struggles. —