Inna de Yard
From the director of Hannibal Rising comes another movie about going back to one’s roots, in this case a reggae supergroup (including Ken Boothe, Kiddus I, Judy Mowatt, Winston McAnuff […]
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Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
This documentary follows people who have chosen to climb down the corporate ladder and embrace a life of minimalism, in which every possession and action is justified in terms of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Grateful Dawg
This 2000 documentary explores the musical partnership between David Grisman and Jerry Garcia, the world’s greatest mandolinist and guitarist respectively. Sorry if that’s controversial. People get very opinionated about mandolin […]
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 […]
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 […]
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Nick Broomfield’s new documentary charts the storied relationship of Jewish Buddhist Canadian (or American if you’re Louise Mensch) singer/songwriter/monk Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, his most significant lover – and […]
Screen Goblin 