Category: Documentary

Ey-up! Apparently, this is how you say hello in Yorkshire. I am currently at this year’s Sheffield Doc Fest. My first ever time coming to…

In 2001, I was twelve years old. When 9/11 occurred I had been on holiday in a holiday park with my grandparents. My day had…

Apollo 11 is about as pure cinema as you can get. This is an experience movie, something that taps into the feeling of seeing images…

In Of Fathers and Sons, filmmaker Talal Derki returns to his homeland of Syria, where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family. Derki…

Earlier this year, we were delighted to review the excellent documentary Mr Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End. The documentary followed the career of the…

Often we take our lives in the West for granted. I am guilty of this, especially throwing away items once I am finished with them…

The tagline for Free Solo is ”Live Beyond Fear”. And it’s certainly a motto we should all take away with us after watching this breath-taking,…

Just who is Mr Fish? It sounds like the name of a James Bond villain, and there are probably some people out there who would…

I have been meaning to write about An Open Secret for a long time. But it’s such a hard subject and a very powerful documentary…

Welcome back! Last week we did an extensive breakdown of the Oscars’ Foreign Language Film shortlist. Trying to predict which films will ultimately get nominated…

“I ask no favor for my sex, all I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg…

Why is nobody talking about the Best Documentary Feature category at the Academy Awards? Robin and Bianca are furious. Well, skeptical perhaps. Certainly one of…

You may not know this about me; but as a child I was really into climbing. I would climb every tree I came across, zooming…

I fly like paper, get high like planes, If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name. The incomparably talented, swagga-some…