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Rob Reiner’s ‘This is Spinal Tap’ Sequel to Start Production in Februaryby Jordan Ruimy on November 27, 2023
Tackling a clumsy musical group, known as “one of England’s loudest bands,” 1984’s “This is Spinal Tap” is known for creating the mockumentary genre. It’s an undeniable classic, packed with memorable quotes — it’s one of the most […]
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Disorder review – sympathetic study of three military veterans living with PTSDby Cath Clarke on November 27, 2023
Kate Blewett’s documentary shows the lasting effects of war and considers the way that three ex-soldiers look to cope with their traumasInterviewed for this documentary about veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder, war photographer […]
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Looking for Horses review – poetic meditation on the lasting impacts of the Bosnian warby Phuong Le on November 27, 2023
In a visually impressive documentary, film-maker Stefan Pavlovic spends time with a fisherman and former soldier living in an abandoned churchGrowing up in Montreal in a Bosnian household, Stefan Pavlovic yearned to connect with his family origins, […]
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Another Body review – alarming deepfake pornography documentaryby Wendy Ide on November 26, 2023
One woman strives to uncover the person misusing her image online in insufficiently probing look at a growing problemThis alarming but slightly unsatisfying documentary feels like the first chapter in a story that is only just beginning to unfold. A […]
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‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ World Premiere Was Raw, Emotional Funby Marlow Stern on November 26, 2023
Some of the industry’s biggest stars went full BeyHive for the first showing of the concert doc. And yes, the entire theater went “on mute”
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Last Day for Documentary Seminar Saleby NDE on November 26, 2023
Today is the last day of our documentary seminar sale! Buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary for $50 (formerly sold for $297.97). I’m also including for free my most popular seminar: “Editing the Character Driven […]
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Black Friday Sale on Documentary Seminarsby NDE on November 24, 2023
This holiday I’m offering something new… You can buy The Ultimate Guide to Structuring Your Documentary for $50 (formerly sold for $297.97). I’m also including for free: – My most popular seminar: “Editing the Character Driven […]
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Chris Columbus Teases a ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Documentary: ‘We Want to Show Robin’s Process’ of Improvby Samantha Bergeson on November 23, 2023
The director revealed that he spoke about a “Mrs. Doubtfire” sequel with Robin Williams shortly before the actor died in 2014.
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Billion Dollar Babies: the wild story behind the Cabbage Patch Kidsby Lauren Mechling on November 23, 2023
A new documentary looks back at the 80s toy craze and the battle over who really created the dolls in the first placeBlack Friday is said to have originated in Philadelphia in the 1960s, when members of the city’s police department used the term […]
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“I Have Never Seen Any Restaurant Movies”: Frederick Wiseman on Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgrosby Elissa Suh on November 22, 2023
Haute cuisine as a form of artistic creation—one both time-intensive in its preparation and ephemeral in its shelf-life—and how to keep such a tradition alive is at the center of Frederick Wiseman’s Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros. Whittled down […]
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‘Cypher’ Review: This Metafictional Rap Documentary Is ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ Meets ‘The Da Vinci Code’by Christian Zilko on November 22, 2023
Rapper Tierra Whack’s rise to fame is chronicled in what begins as a conventional music documentary but evolves into something much weirder.
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Film-maker Jess Kohl on banger racing and ‘subverting expectations of masculinity’by Lindsay Poulton on November 22, 2023
A short documentary, focusing on a father and son relationship, offers a surprisingly tender immersion into the rough world of banger racing• Watch A Mouthful of Petrol nowWayne is a fixture on the banger circuit – a rough style of racing in […]
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A Mouthful of Petrol: coming of age in the world of banger racingby Jess Kohl, Lindsay Poulton Jess Gormley on November 22, 2023
Wayne is a fixture on the banger racing circuit. Now his son Jai-Dee is nearly 13, his debut race is finally in view. Wayne, a double amputee, is preparing him mentally for the goal ahead and Jai-Dee is feeling increasing pressure to make his father […]
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Against the Tide movie review (2023) | Roger Eberton November 22, 2023
The Arabian Sea, a portion of the Indian Ocean that was a major trade route cine the time of Caesar and before, has been fished by the Koli caste of India for millennia, practically. Now the sea is dying, a potential casualty of climate change. It […]
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Cypher movie review & film summary (2023)on November 22, 2023
Good news: you’ll probably be at home if/when you watch the found footage-style mockumentary “Cypher,” all about real-life Philly rapper Tierra Whack and a deranged stalker. Home-viewing probably best suits “Cypher” since it’s the kind […]
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Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros movie review (2023)on November 22, 2023
The 93-year old master documentarian Frederick Wiseman is often described as a filmmaker whose specialty is depicting the inner workings of institutions of varying sizes, and the way they evolve and change over time, whether it’s an army base, […]
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood movie review (2023) | Roger Eberton November 22, 2023
What makes a space feel safe? The small miracle of the Estonian film “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” is that it does more than show us a blissfully safe space; it invites us inside. We learn in the closing credits that the tradition of the sauna in a […]
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A Banned Book on Racism Becomes a Gripping Netflix Documentaryby Marlow Stern on November 22, 2023
Author Ibram X. Kendi and filmmaker Roger Ross Williams hope their Netflix doc Stamped From the Beginning will raise some big questions
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