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It’s the 1st of December! Time to open that first window in your advent calendars or, in the case of Mr Bingo, scratch off somebody’s clothes… Since 2018, the artist has been making advent calendars using scratch off ink to reveal his illustrations of people’s naked bodies.
Matt Wolf is the director of the newly released 'Spaceship Earth', the crazy story of Biosphere 2, a wild 90s experiment where eight people tried to survive for two years within a glass structure that recreated the earth's atmosphere, along with its plant and animal life.
We’ve teamed up with the New York-based Black Documentary Collective (BDC) to bring you our latest Top Docs - ten of the best documentaries made by black directors, as voted by the members of the collective.
We’ve spent the past week delving into this phenomenal collection and have emerged to bring you 10 stunning must-see films.
A short, punchy documentary detailing the origin, growth, and surprisingly profound philosophy of Pastafarianism - a church founded in jest but rooted in real opposition to the power and influence of religious institutions in civic society.
For our latest Top Docs we had the honour of teaming up with Taskovski Films, the producers and distributors of the some of the best documentaries ever made. Together, we’ve picked ten of our favourite thought-provoking comedies.
Released online early following the Coronavirus outbreak, Alla Kovgan’s “Cunningham” is a trance-like experiential 3D ode to the legendary American choreographer Merce Cunningham. Blending contemporary artistic performance with archival footage, interviews and excerpts from letters, this is a film that stretches the boundaries of its genre.
In 2018 Latin America’s largest collection of natural and scientific history, the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, burned to the ground in a what is now known to have been a wholly preventable fire. Director Marta Miskaryan became fascinated by this tragedy which has had a traumatic effect on the people of Rio, not only wiping the building from the map, but also taking with it generations of emotional attachment and fond memories.
It’s likely you couldn’t point out the Helveltica typeface if you were asked to, but walk down any given city street today with someone who can, and you’ll realise just how unbelievably influential it is.
If you were online in the late 2000s, the chances are you’ve heard of TechnoViking. The thing is, TechnoViking never wanted you to know him…
By now you’ve probably seen Banksy’s self-destructing painting BUT have you seen his first and, according to him, his last ever documentary ?
