Chuck Norris Vs Communism
This documentary takes us to Romania in the 1980s to explore the black market in bootleg videos which exploded under Ceausescu’s Communist regime. It’s told through interviews with many people […]
Tag Archives: 2010s
American Factory
The latest film to be titled American something is a documentary which takes place in Dayton, Ohio on the site of the old General Motors factory after it’s reopened by […]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Ferengi foot fetishists have a little longer to wait for Quentin Tarantino’s rumoured Star Trek movie (working title: Once Upon a Time in Ferenginar) because first there’s this one about […]
The Divided Brain
This documentary (with the brilliant strapline ‘The film that half your brain doesn’t want you to see’) takes a look at the arguments articulated by Dr Iain McGilchrist in his […]
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Michael Rapaport (Gary from Friends) dissects the rap rapport of hip-hop’s greatest quartet in this 2011 documentary. Although it’s weird hearing Phoebe’s cop boyfriend’s voice between Tribe verses, it’s Rapaport’s […]
Crawl
In Sam Raimi’s latest production, Kaya Scodelario (Effy from Skins) and Barry Pepper (Jonnie Goodboy Tyler from Battlefield Earth) are trapped in a flooded basement with a pair of alligators […]
The Dark Tower
A boy, Jake (Tom Taylor) has strange visions of another world, where a dark tower keeps darkness at bay (…except its own). When he finds his way there he meets […]
Pavarotti
Ron Howard takes a whistle stop tourandot of the most iconic opera singer of the 20th century (apart from Florence Foster Jenkins, obviously), examining his voice, relationships and career, and […]
The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir
Named after the first song he wrote for the Grateful Dead, The Other One is a 2015 documentary about the rhythm guitarist and singer who has arguably played more gigs “than any […]
Booksmart
Two high school seniors, Amy and Molly (Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein), are top of their class, know their politics and are ready for top universities and stellar careers. But […]
