Documentary

‘Fyre’ | Netflix Documentary Review

January 14 2019, by Daniel Hart

What was strange about the Fyre Festival back in 2017 is that no normal living person knew what it was until it became a social...

‘Free Solo’ Review – Best Sports Documentary Ever Made

January 14 2019, by M.N. Miller

Very few films put you in the thick of it, so to speak, like the documentary Free Solo from directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy...

‘Murder Mountain’ | Netflix Original Series Review

December 28 2018, by Daniel Hart

I always become fascinated by stories involving obscure counties in the USA. For some reason, due to living in the UK, I always imagine that...

‘Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski’ | Netflix Film Review

December 21 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

If you’ve heard of Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski, it’ll likely be because the new Netflix Original documentary was produced by Leonardo...

‘7 Days Out’ | Netflix Original Documentary Series Review

December 21 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

There are lots of things that can be said about Netflix’s new behind-the-scenes docuseries 7 Days Out, but the main one should be that it...

‘The Innocent Man’ (2018) | Netflix Original Series Review

December 13 2018, by Daniel Hart

As if by magic, Netflix has managed to become the leading platform for true-crime documentaries with a format structure that works. Making a Murderer will always be...

‘The American Meme’ | Netflix Documentary Review

December 7 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a common and very silly misconception about critics that posits their job is to be objective; to put aside their taste, their preferences, and...

‘I Am Paul Walker’ | Film Review

November 22 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

On the date of November 30th 2013, Paul Walker was involved in a tragic car accident which took his life at just 40 years old...

‘Vai Anitta’ | Netflix Original Series Review

November 16 2018, by Daniel Hart

To be brutally truthful, before watching this Netflix documentary series, I didn’t even know who Anitta was, but to be fair on my knowledge, I...

‘ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black’ | Netflix Review

November 2 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

In 1970, concerned by growing dissent in the face of the Vietnam War, President Nixon reached out to country western musician Johnny Cash to perform...

Terrorism Close Calls Season 1 Review

October 26 2018, by Daniel Hart

It was only a matter of time before Netflix released an original documentary series about the number of times we have managed to evade and...

‘Derren Brown: Sacrifice’ | Netflix Documentary Review

October 19 2018, by Daniel Hart

Derren Brown is the enigma of our time, regardless if you endorse his variety of work. It’s easy to be cynical with his archives of...

‘Making a Murderer: Part 2 ‘| Netflix Original Series Review

October 19 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix did it again with another fiery documentary series that provokes rational thinking. Making a Murderer: Part 2 delivers a damning case study into the pitfalls of...

‘ReMastered: Who Shot The Sheriff’ | Netflix Documentary Review

October 12 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix Original ReMastered is a series of episodes that gives an in-depth look at music’s greatest legends. The other episodes have not been officially promoted yet...

Fightworld Season 1 Review

October 12 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Frank Grillo makes an enthusiastic host in Netflix’s new original documentary series Fightworld. The 53-year-old actor is shredded, grizzled, and a lifelong fight fan; the...

‘Dancing Queen’ (2018) | Netflix Original Series Review

October 5 2018, by Daniel Hart

It’s difficult to comprehend a show like Netflix’s Dancing Queen; I feel torn and uneasy at the pressure put on children to perform. It becomes bizarrely...

‘Two Catalonias’ | Netflix Original Documentary Review

September 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The most effective scene in Two Catalonias occurs early in the two-hour runtime. It’s filmed from above, presumably from a balcony, in a swaying handheld...

‘Three Identical Strangers’ | Film Review

September 13 2018, by M.N. Miller

Three teenagers, who by pure coincidence (some might call it fate) in the fall of 1979 discovered they were triplets separated at birth. They reunite,...

‘Minding the Gap’ | Film Review

September 4 2018, by M.N. Miller

Filmmakers from different races, genders, and upbringings are being given platforms to a wider net to express their unique views that weren’t available before. Alternate...

‘City of Joy’ | Netflix Documentary Review

September 3 2018, by Daniel Hart

I welled up ever so slightly during City of Joy. The Netflix documentary details so much tragedy, yet curtails the depression with hope, signifying a light at...