Category: Reviews
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures – Review
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures is essential viewing not only for those of us interested in queer history, but anyone who wants to understand who the genius behind the camera really was. Read More >
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Life, Animated – Review
Life, Animated reminds us that film can be more than just comfort food. The medium can play a monumental role in shaping who we are and help us to grow as human beings. Read More >
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Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough – Review
Great Barrier Reef may not quite be on a par with Attenborough’s previous documentaries such as Life and Planet Earth, but it’s still another fascinating nature documentary from the BBC Read More >
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Tell Spring Not to Come This Year – Review
Directors Saeed Taji Farouky and Michael McEvoy never lose sight that this documentary is at its most powerful when being personal, and thanks to its intimacy, a bigger picture unexpectedly forms around these young men. Read More >
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The Nightmare – Review
A good night’s sleep. That’s something most of us take for granted; we doze off, we wake up, lead our lives, and repeat til death. A select few around the world, however, don’t share the same luxury; when they shut their eyes to go to sleep, they re-enter a second life inside an impenetrable fortress of… Read More >
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Medium Cool – Review
Known mainly for his work in documentaries, Haskell Wexler felt the need to show us that reality can be beautifully confused with the movies. 1969’s Medium Cool is his demonstration of that, a picture that broke those boundaries wide open. It was only 1969; the decade of cinema that was to follow would learn from Medium… Read More >
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Batkid Begins – Review
It’s corny, it’s lighthearted, and it’s impossible to walk away without being even a little bit inspired. Read More >
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The Salt of the Earth – Review
“A challenging experience for any viewer – but, and as proven in the fact this received an Oscar nomination for it’s efforts – it’s undoubtedly a rewarding one too.” Read More >
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That Sugar Film – Review
That Sugar Film is a horror story. It’s the horror story that’s happening, right now, in your house, in your body, in your children’s bodies. A parasite is crawling its way not just through your physcial dimensions, but your psychological existence, too; it’s everywhere, and it’s always been there. It’s called sugar. Some horror story,… Read More >
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Pirates of Salé – Review
You’ve seen this type of documentary before; underdogs going against the system, triumphing and failing, where the human spirit faces great adversity. These features can be a little too sweet, or even a little biased – but despite this, that’s kind of their point. They’re about little things, yet they feel big – but only if… Read More >
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