Globetrotting presenter hopes ‘value’ of programmes offsets their carbon footprintExplorer and television presenter Simon Reeve is troubled by the carbon footprint of the travel documentaries he makes and sometimes feels a hypocrite, he has confessed.T…
Kenny G: ‘Criticism didn’t affect me then, and it doesn’t affect me now’
In the HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G, the unusual appeal of the much-maligned ‘smooth jazz’ musician is put under the spotlightPenny Lane, who has directed a new music documentary centered on Kenny G, has no interest in music documentaries and w…
Let’s talk about sex: how Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP sent the world into overdrive
A cultural ‘cancer’, soft porn … or the height of empowerment? A revealing documentary examines the debates around one of the raunchiest – and most talked about – rap records aroundAs winter forces many of us to ditch nights out with friends in favour …
Voice Break Choir
A mini documentary on a transitional boys’ choir for boy choir members aging out because of puberty in Sweden. From the New Yorker and via Kottke. Wish they had a place like this for all teenagers!
It’s an … American Underdog Story
The Four Seasons Total Landscaping Documentary trailer has dropped. [CW: Giuliani]
“You can always tell a good luthier because they can count to 10”
Over the course of a week (and a 2 hour video), musician, guitar YouTuber, and weird instrument aficionado Rob Scallon builds a guitar from scratch with professional luthier Marshall Bruné. Previously, Rob plays a pipe organ using MIDI output and plays…
“狂気”のドキュメンタリー「タイガーキング」の続編決定に見る、「邪悪なもの」が売れる世界の現実
残忍で不快とも評されるNetflixのドキュメンタリー「タイガーキング：ブリーダーは虎より強者?!」の続編が発表された。2021年11月に配信が始まるこの続編は、「邪悪なもの」はよく売れるといういまの世の中の現実を反映している。
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Finding Fukue
Three years ago, Canadian musician Jessica Stuart tried again to find a lost friend in Japan. The resulting twenty-minute short film about her quest is a touching story of brief childhood friendships that echo through a lifetime, the experience of bein…
スパイ映画顔負けの逃亡劇の一部始終を「本人」が語るドキュメンタリー『カルロス・ゴーン 最後のフライト』
カリスマ経営者から一転、逃亡者へ──。世界でもトップニュース級の扱いを受けたカルロス・ゴーンの逮捕事件、そしてその後の逃亡劇の背景には、いかなる真相が詰まっていたのか。ゴーン本人を含む関係者へのインタヴューに基づくドキュメンタリーの様相を、映画ジャーナリストの立田敦子がレヴューする。
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Hunting the Football Trolls: Jermaine Jenas review – just who are these faceless, venomous racists?
The former footballer explores the epidemic of football ‘fans’ posting hateful bile online, as he aims to confront the people hiding behind their smartphones and computer screensIt might be time to make an official collation for posterity of all docume…