Tag: documentary
Friday One Sheet: KINDERGARTEN
The poster for this Quebec observational documentary on early childhood, through the titular jardin d'enfants (kindergarden), has at its centre a whimsical, but dense, illustration from France's Jean Millard. His work in watercolor and gouache (a water-based, opaque paint known for its...
THE DARK WIZARD Review: Dean Potter Climbed Every Mountain. And Then Found New Heights.
Filmmakers Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen unpeel the multi-layered life and legacy of Dean Potter, climber extraordinaire and extreme sports enthusiast.
Diagonale 2026 Review: WAX & GOLD Probes Memory and Myth of Ethiopia's Beloved Autocrat
Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann uses the spatial and historical layers of the Hilton Addis Ababa to examine how the legacy of Haile Selassie is constructed, negotiated and contested through personal memory, archival material and competing narratives.
THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST Review: Timely, Personal, Must-See Doc
To Daniel Roher, the documentary filmmaker behind 2022’s essential Academy Award winner, Navalny, AI (Artificial Intelligence) isn’t just an abstract construct or the latest technological wonder endlessly hyped by Silicon Valley CEOs, the mainstream media, and self-appointed tech influencers as...
Friday One Sheet: FACES OF DEATH
Exploiting on the one of the odder alleys of nostalgia, a modern remake of the American Mondo cult classic Faces of Death gets its turn in the meat grinder of capitalism.
SXSW 2026 Doc Roundup: CEREMONY, FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE, ONE ANOTHER, YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
From Canada to Florida, from friendship to data points, four highly-charged documentaries made a mark at SXSW.
SXSW 2026 Review: THE MAN WITH THE BIG HAT, Digging Up a Quietly Influential Musician
Singer and songwriter Steven Fromholz's roots go deep and his influence goes wide.
SXSW 2026 Curtain Raiser: 21 Films To Get Excited About At This Year's Festival
Spring has nearly sprung, and in the film world that means that SXSW Film & TV Festival is finally upon us! 2026 marks the festival's 40th edition, and we've got a bumper crop of films to choose from. Screen Anarchy...
Berlinale 2026 Review: TRACES Follows Survivor Networks Documenting Wartime Sexual Violence
Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko, working with co-director Marysia Nikitiuk, examines the documentation of conflict-related sexual violence during Russia's war against Ukraine through the work of survivor and activist Iryna Dovhan.
Friday One Sheet: PHENOMENA
"A psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe." The poster for Josef Gatti's visual science documentary, Phenomena (not to be confused with the Dario Argento's insect telekinesis movie) is busy and strange. Just like the universe, which if you expand your...
ANDRE IS AN IDIOT Review: Richly Imagined, Deeply Affecting, Often Hilarious
Tony Benna's standout documentary follows advertising executive André Ricciardi as he confronts a fatal diagnosis.
Boston Underground 2026: Full Lineup Announced, Kenji Tanigaki's THE FURIOUS to Close Fest
Action, action, action! Kenji Tanigaki's The Furious will close this year's festival opposite Ben Wheatley's Normal, which is opening the event.
1000 WOMEN IN HORROR Trailer
Donna Davies' documentary, 1000 Women in Horror, arrives on Shudder on March 20th. The trailer has arrived, and you can check it out below. Celebrate Women's History Month with a New Documentary Exploring How Women Pioneers Revolutionized Horror Cinema...
Opening This Week: THE BRIDE! Goes Bold, DOLLY Fights Back, HEEL Rebels
Plus: 'Andre Is an Idiot' and 'Hoppers.'
GHOST ELEPHANTS Interview: Werner Herzog and Dr. Steve Boyes Speak of Dreams, Ritual, and the Vast Mondo Wilderness
Werner Herzog needs no introduction. He has been one of cinema's most fascinating and deliberate risk-takers for over five decades of extraordinary cinema. The enlightenments he discovers through his pursuit of the "ecstatic truth" are often intense and absurd in...
GHOST ELEPHANTS Review: Werner Herzog Reconciles Pragmatism and Poetry in the Angola Highlands
In 1955, Hungarian born Angolan rancher, businessman, and big game hunter, Josef J. Fénykövi, tracked down and killed the largest land animal on record. He was lauded by Sports Illustrated at the time for this sportsman prowess, although Fénykövi...
Berlinale 2026 Review: FOREST HIGH (FORÊT IVRE), Life in an Alpine Hut
Forest High (orig. Forêt Ivre) takes place almost entirely in and around a hut in the Swiss mountains. Subtitled Three Stories, director Manon Coubia's film follows three volunteers who work there over four seasons. Officially the Refuge d'Ubine des Amis...
Shudder in March: THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT, BODYCAM, 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR And More
As quickly as it arrived February is leaving us soon, making way for March and the genre delights that Shudder has in store for everyone. Found footage horror Bodycam, morgue horror The Mortuary Assistant and documentary 1000 Women in...
Available Light 2026 Review: CARIBOU COUNTRY (Wədzįh Nəne'), Exemplary Arthouse Activism
There are oh so many, singular, memorable images in Luke Gleeson’s Wədzįh Nəne’ (aka Caribou Country). The film is so beautiful, and meditative in its execution, that it is almost possible to forget that it is a call to action...
Available Light 2026 Review: BEYOND THE LEFT HAND PATH, Or, A Temple of Set Guide on How to Live a Full Life
James C. Kirby was an intense man. He lived not one life, but several: A priest of the Temple of Set, a hotel chef, a social worker for traumatized men, a craft jeweller, and the former owner of Canada’s...
