Tag Archives: Documentary
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024) Review
Sediments (2021) Review – BFI Flare
Long Live My Happy Head (2022) Review – BFI Flare
Review in Brief: Flee (2021)
FLEE, an animated memoir/documentary telling of Afghan migrant Amin’s remarkable journey, is some powerful stuff. I’ve heard some people find the animation somehow alienating, that it lessons Amin’s story but I just don’t agree. The style of the animation, almost … Continue reading
Review in Brief: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)
In 1971, child actor Björn Andrésen starred in Luchino Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE and was proclaimed by the director as “The most beautiful boy in the world”. Andrésen’s experiences making that film and his subsequent catapulting to worldwide fame changed … Continue reading
Delphine’s Prayers (2021) Open City Documentary Festival Review
Songs for the River (2021) Open City Documentary Festival Review
Juste un mouvement (2021) Open City Documentary Festival Review
Review in Brief: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Harlem, 1969 and something special was happening in the same months as Woodstock and the Moon Landing. The Harlem Cultural Festival brought to the stage such acts as a 19-year-old Stevie Wonder, BB King Gladys Knight and Nina Simone and … Continue reading
Review in Brief: The Sparks Brothers (2021)
You’re a lot more likely to fall in love with the very alternative musical duo Sparks after watching Edgar Wright’s comprehensive, affectionate rock doc THE SPARKS BROTHERS. Wright interviews famous fans (often having fun with the captions in the process), … Continue reading