The best documentaries create interest from what is seemingly mundane. What begins as a simple daily dive into freezing water becomes a story of friendship, nature and life itself, as well as a comment on the bond between humans and … Continue reading My Octopus Teacher (2021) Review
The last 30 minutes of Free Solo is as perfect a movie-watching experience as you’ll get. That isn’t to dismiss the first hour of the movie though because without the background and the detail of the feat and scale of … Continue reading Free Solo (2018) Review
Against all logic, Jim and Andy is not for the Jim Carrey fans. While it offers a unique insight into his views, philosophy and some great behind-the-scenes footage from one Carrey’s best performances, it also demonstrates a man who is … Continue reading Jim and Andy (2017) Review
If they had cast “an unknown” in the main role of Nomadland rather than Frances McDormand , you could comfortably believe this was a fly-on-wall documentary. The “realism” of Nomadland is its biggest strength, as each scene feels authentic and … Continue reading Nomadland (2020) Review
Dick Johnson is Dead is a strange documentary with a bizarre premise. The idea is that Kirsten Johnson (documentary maker) is helping her father prepare for the end of his life, linked to Alzheimer’s, through staging elaborate deaths for him. … Continue reading Dick Johnson is Dead (2020) Review
This is It was always going to face a challenge. Michael Jackson was planning the tour to end all tours and this movie was to capture that experience, with the concert itself being the final centrepiece to the whole film. … Continue reading This is It (2009) Review
Documentaries are usually films with a message or a purpose. The purpose could be as simple as highlighting something, putting a spotlight on someone’s life, telling a story which people may not have been aware of or at their most … Continue reading Best of 2020: Time (2020) Review
The best documentaries can make any subject compelling. In the case of Bobby Fischer against The World, its chess. Chess can be a compelling game anyway, and to be fair it is a secondary part of the story compared to … Continue reading Bobby Fischer against The World (2011) Review
Three Identical Strangers holds one of those rare but interesting documentary traits of being too good to be true. The story of two men who discover, much later in their life, that they are twins separated at birth, is a … Continue reading Three Identical Strangers (2018) Review
The best documentaries rely on credible and accurate information. If Fyre hadn’t been a documentary and hadn’t been filled with talking head interviews from people that witnessed the chaos and bizarre event first-hand, you’d think this was a wacky Seth … Continue reading Fyre (2019) Review
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