Category: Documentary
Sins of Our Fathers: Of Fathers and Sons Review
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…
Exclusive Interview with director Pablo Bryant on Mr Fish
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…
Worlds Apart: Clean Hands Review
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…
An Absolute Cliff Hanger: Free Solo Review
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,…
Mr Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End Review
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…
An Open Secret: The Documentary That Hollywood Tried to Bury
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…
Oscars Preview: Best Documentary Feature Race
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…
For Your Consideration: On Her Shoulders, the Best Documentary Feature of 2018
With the Oscars Best Documentary Feature competition tougher than ever, let’s shine a light of the extraordinary On Her Shoulders for Academy consideration.
Her Time to Shine: RBG Review
“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…
WATCH – – – Awardscene: Bianca and Robin Scrutinize the Oscars Unsung Documentary Feature Category
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…
The Dawn Wall Review
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…
For Your Consideration: 'Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.' is a Best Documentary Feature Essential
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…
The IDA Awards – International Documentary Association Announce 2018 Winners
The International Documentary Association (IDA) have been building up to one of the biggest nights of the year for the ever-growing genre of filmmaking. In…
Top of the Docs: Bee's Top 10 Documentaries of 2018
2018 has been a strong year for documentaries. With so many of documentaries sharing similar themes and topics. This is my personal pick of the…
