Netflix’s Dick Johnson Is Dead seems to perfectly balance absurdly comical moments with its melancholic undertone. After all, this is a film about life, just as much as it is about death.
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Netflix’s Dick Johnson Is Dead seems to perfectly balance absurdly comical moments with its melancholic undertone. After all, this is a film about life, just as much as it is about death.
“Film About A Father Who…” is Sachs’ attempt to understand her wayward and seemingly unknowable father Ira and the complex web of family ties woven by decades of his promiscuity. Filmed over the course of 35 years in a variety of formats, the film charts Ira’s multiple wives, innumerable girlfriends and his ever-growing list of offspring.
Finalist of the paus lockdown competition, Gloria Kurnik’s Mothers is a delightful short film that immediately captured our imagination with the simplicity of its approach and its raw beauty.
Amongst Sundance London’s brilliant short film selection, our non-fiction eye was caught by two in particular: “Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie” and “Junior Bangers”.
Since “Boys State” won Best Documentary at Sundance (beating audience award-winner “Crip Camp”), it’s received a steady stream of critical acclaim including a five-star review from the Guardian and even a few shouts for best film of the year. Exceptionally, its now premiering online as part of Sundance London on the 9th of August and we highly recommend you tune in.
Sila’s blind faith in other people, as demonstrated in the title quote, is a characteristic prevalent in young children. As we find out in ‘Riders of Destiny, when competing in a sport such as horse racing, it’s essential.
Netflix’s Athlete A deep dives into the shocking case of mental, physical and sexual abuse that went on for decades within USA Gymnastics (USAG), the USA’s elite gymnastics organisation and the sport’s dominant olympic force.
We’ve spent the past week delving into this phenomenal collection and have emerged to bring you 10 stunning must-see films.
As lockdown persists around the world and travel continues to be ruled out, we teamed up with The Movie Diorama to bring you our 10 favourite documentaries that focus on global subcultures, so that you can continue to explore the world through film.
For episode 8 of What Are You Watching, Beatriz joined us from Brooklyn, New York in our latest Quarantine Edition.
Part hallucinatory exploration of Bucharest’s street life and its medley of personalities, part biography of a boy denied a childhood, Vandebrug’s eye-catching picture is as raw as it is beautiful.
Did you know that IDFA has a huge online collection of free documentaries? There’s never been a better time for you to find out. But to help you navigate the 300 films available, we’ve picked out 3 fantastic pictures that you can start your binge with.
The Cave follows Dr Amani Ballour, a Syrian paediatric doctor and manager of an underground hospital comprised of a network of tunnels and caves in besieged Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus.
While we often disregard the latest teen boyband obsessions as a modern and commercial scourge, director Jessica Leski’s comprehensive and touching study of the phenomenon compels the viewer to rethink.
Documentary Weekly was invited to attend the premiere of Children of the Snow Land, where we caught up with Director Zara Balfour to talk about her inspiration for the film, how the process has changed her outlook and one of the film’s most enthusiastic patrons, Bear Grylls.
