“Being Evel,” directed by Daniel Junge and released in 2015, is a documentary chronicling the ascent, peak, and decline of the stuntman who pioneered motorcycle jumping and helped spark a wave of daredevil behavior. I wanted to give this documentary a try, so I watched about fifteen or twenty minutes late one night, intending just to sample it. But I ended up watching the entire film—it's really that captivating. …