Documentary
After the Raid Review: A Small Window Into The Emotional Fallout After An Immigration Raid
With the release of After the Raid it’s evident that Netflix, as a streaming platform and as an organisation, have a vested interest in the...
Don’t F*ck With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer Review
Don’t F*ck With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (Netflix) debuted on December 18, 2019. As a cat owner, I can tell you with some degree...
The Cave (2019) Review: A Devastating, Horrifying Account Of Injustice And Suffering
National Geographic’s The Cave is a documentary that is siloed amongst a rare breed of films that archives an unforgivable moment in 21st-century history. The documentary is...
The Confession Killer: A Fresh Take On True Crime
True Crime has been having its moment for a little while now. Nothing quite gives an audience a shudder like seeing real-life monsters come to...
The Movies That Made Us Season 1 Review: A Fond, Informative Look At the Classics
Spun-off from Netflix’s docuseries The Toys That Made Us, and retaining the same format and nostalgic tone, The Movies That Made Us serves a quartet of classics for...
Broken Season 1 Review: Netflix Exposes Mass Consumer Products
Netflix Series Broken Season 1 is a 4-part series looking into negligence in the consumer business. The series will be released on November 27, 2019....
Spirits In The Forest Review: A Depeche Mode Concert Film
Over the course of 2017 and 2018, legendary band Depeche Mode embarked on a tour that was eventually attended by a band of six fans,...
Narcoworld: Dope Stories Review: Netflix’s New Docuseries Doesn’t Deliver A Good Hit
The drug trade is — along with true-crime murder-mysteries — among Netflix’s favorite subjects, and so it should come as no surprise that Narcoworld: Dope Stories is...
‘Who Killed Little Gregory?’ Review: Another True-Crime Hit For Netflix
In answer to the question posed by the title of this five-part docuseries, who, indeed? It’s a dramatic conundrum likely to be not at all...
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator Review: An Empire Built On Abuse – And How Its Founder Continues To Get Away With It
An old and well-known fable holds that the way to cook a frog is slowly. If one is tossed into a pan of boiling water,...
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman Review: Absolutely Extraordinary
Before I watched Lorena, Light-Footed Woman I didn’t even know ultra-marathons existed. It’s any marathon that exceeds the traditional 26.219-mile length. I didn’t know who Lorena...
Maradona in Mexico Season 1 Review: The Legend Shows It Never Goes Away
Netflix Series Maradona in Mexico Season 1 will be released on the platform on November 12, 2019. I know what you are thinking — Maradona...
Fire in Paradise Review: An Intense Account Of 2018’s Catastrophic Camp Fire
Netflix short documentary Fire in Paradise documents California’s deadliest wildfire. It’s an intense account of the events that occurred in 2018 and was ironically titled “Camp Fire”....
‘Little Miss Sumo’ Review: A Brief But Powerful Look At One Of Japan’s Best Female Sumo Wrestlers
Needless to say, “little” doesn’t apply to Hiyori, the subject of Netflix’s short documentary Little Miss Sumo. But the “miss” certainly fits. Hiyori is 20,...
A 3 Minute Hug Review: Netflix Reveals A Kind Initiative But Further Exposes America’s Cruel Policies
Netflix Short Documentary A 3 Minute Hug will be released on the platform on October 28, 2019. In 2018, an initiative was set up to...
Drag Kids (NewFest 2019) Review: A Documentary Strutting With Tiny Joy
Laddy Gaga, Queen Lactacia, Suzan Bee Anthony, and Bracken Hanke. Those are the four stage names for the kids at the center of Megan Wennberg’s...
One Taxi Ride (NewFest 2019) Review: A Story That Desperately Needs To Be Told
My first film at NewFest, New York City’s LGBTQ premiere film festival for the last 31 years, was one that strikes at you with a...
It Takes A Lunatic Review: A Celebration Of An Undeniably Great Man That Fails To Live Up To Its Subject’s Example
Great teachers are a really special thing, aren’t they? Most of us have been lucky enough to have encountered at least one person in our...
Dancing with the Birds Review: Netflix Documentary Shows Courting Birds
I will admit, when I saw the premise of Netflix documentary Dancing with the Birds I was ready to be bored. But pause, because I was...
Tell Me Who I Am Review: Netflix Documentary Presents An Extraordinary Ethical Dilemma
If you are reading this review, and you have not read the premise for the Netflix documentary Tell Me Who I Am, I’d prepare yourself for...