Tag: documentary
VIDEOHEAVEN Interview: Alex Ross Perry on Finding Clips, Video Stores and Their Place in Social Culture
Director Alex Ross Perry digs into the history of video stores in his documentary, then goes beyond that to explore how popular culture was affected, both then and now.
AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE Review: Brutal and Gory, Capturing the Purity of the Ritual
Albert Serra's documentary peers into the life of bull fighter Andrés Roca Rey.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE DEGENERATE: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF ANDY MILLIGAN, A Compassionate Portrait of a Complex Man
There is no filmmaker quite like Andy Milligan. A connoisseur of the depraved and debaucherous, Milligan’s lot in life was troubled, but out of the pain he suffered beginning in his youth he managed to create a unique oeuvre that...
Tribeca 2025 Review: RE-CREATION Takes Another Look at a 1996 Murder
Vickey Krieps, Aidan Gillen, and Colm Meaney star as Jim Sheridan tackles the real-life trial of a journalist accused of murder.
Tribeca 2025 Review: YANUNI Tracks Daring Activist Fighting Pollution in the Amazon
Richard Ladkani's documentary follows Amazonian activist fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples.
WICK IS PAIN Review: Behind the Scenes in the Action Franchise
Jeffrey Doe's documentary asks: What makes the action franchise work?
Tribeca 2025 Review: In UNDERLAND, Experience Deep Time
Robert Petit loosely adapts the best selling non-fiction by Robert Macfarlane.
BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER Review: Let the Little Man Tell His Story
The one-man stage show by Bono comes vividly to life under Andrew Dominik's direction.
Friday One Sheet: WICK IS PAIN
We love all things John Wick in these parts. You do not really need to sell us for a making-of documentary on the franchise, but a little meta elevator of film frames is a good way to do it. I...
THE MORTICIAN Trailer: Death Comes Home
Death comes for all of us, but that doesn't mean you need to hurry it along. Debuting on Sunday, June 1, The Mortician is a three-part documentary series, telling "the haunting story of L.A.'s most infamous family-run mortuary," according to...
DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! Review: Hear Me Roar
Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim's documentary sheds light on an unappreciated civil rights moment in U.S. (and world) history.
Hot Docs 2025 Review: SPARE MY BONES, COYOTE! Illuminates the Human Cost of Border Crossings
Jonah Malak reframes the U.S.-Mexico border as a landscape of absence and loss.
ANDOR: Season Two Review
So, are you a 'bad news first' kind of person or a 'good news first' kind of person?
Friday One Sheet: SPARE MY BONES, COYOTE!
We have featured the work of Dylan Haley before in these pages for his fine work on Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie 4K reissue some years ago. (Also we are big fans of his key art for The Belladonna of Sadness). His work...
Friday One Sheet: OXANA
There is no point in subtlety in street protest. And the poster for French-Ukranian biopic of Oxana Chatchko aims to confront - in the movie poster context. Swearing, political slogans, and toplessness are all part of activist group FEMEN's modus operandi...
GRAND THEFT HAMLET Interview: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls Talk Their Innovative Doc, MUBI, Massively Multiplayer Promenade Performance
The directors of one of the year's most unusual elevator pitches talk documentary innovation, virtual theater, and streaming curation.
Sundance 2025 Review: PREDATORS Unveils a Dark Legacy
David Osit's documentary revisits 'To Catch a Predator,' a popular television show with a controversial legacy.
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) Review: Sly Stone Doc Enlightens, Entertains
Win a well-earned Academy Award on your first try and chances are, you’d be tempted to call it a day and quit while you were ahead. For Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, though, winning a Best Documentary Oscar for Summer of...
Sundance 2025 Review: COEXISTENCE, MY ASS!, Comedian's Pursuit of Middle East Peace
Director Amber Fares follows comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi, who uses humor to navigate the fraught landscape of Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Sundance 2025 Review: In GEN_, Doctor Fights for Equitable Healthcare
Gianluca Matarrese's documentary offers an emphatic exploration of the delicate balance between personal aspirations and systemic limitations, as seen through the humanistic lens of Dr. Maurizio Bini within Italy's conservative healthcare system.