Tag: Documentary Review

For too many LGBTQ+ people growing up, there is a grim reality of them being met with rejection and even hatred from their straight, cisgendered…

Too often I come across the age-old question: What is the point of film critics? Every other month the debate as to whether we need…

Tiny Souls is a powerful film that captures the transition from childhood to adulthood, and how some children are forced to grow up quickly and…

One Child Nation is undoubtedly a must-see documentary. I know that this is something I often say, although I do my best not to overuse…

Directed by Olivier Sarbil and James Jones, this sick, thrilling and gripping documentary tells the scathing story of President Duterte’s bloody and very violent campaign…

As you can probably expect from a film entitled Dark Suns (Soleils Noirs), this is a very serious documentary. It offers the viewer a very…

Ever since 2016, the world seems to be on the brink of breaking apart. The divide between the left and the right seems larger now…

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…

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…

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

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…