Commentary

Commentary may refer to:

• Play-by-play commentary, describing sporting events on TV or radio
  • Colour commentary, supplementing play-by-play commentary with talk not directly about play
• Commentary or narration, the words in a documentary film
• Commentary (magazine), a U.S. public affairs journal, founded in 1945 and formerly published by the American Jewish Committee
• The audio commentary track for DVDs, an additional audio track that plays in real time with video and comments on the video
• Political commentary, criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics
• A literary commentary, or close reading
• Literary criticism, the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
• A philological commentary, a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication
• Bible commentary, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
  • List of biblical commentaries
  • Jewish commentaries on the Bible
• In Theravāda Buddhism commentaries on the Pāli Canon are known as atthakatha
• Informed criticism
• Topics covered by a discussion group
• Misspelling of Commentry, a place in central France
• Commentaries is a work attributed to Taautus
• A number of works by or attributed to Julius Caesar, most notably:
  • Commentarii de Bello Gallico, "Commentaries on the Gallic War"
  • Commentarii de Bello Civili, "Commentaries on the Civil War"
• The Commentaries on the Laws of England, a 1769 treatise on law
• Commentary! The Musical, the musical commentary accompanying Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
• In-Theater Audio Commentary, viewing a film in a theater while listening to commentary on a portable audio player