Documentary

‘American Animals’ | Film Review

September 2 2018, by Tyler Howat

Writer-director Bart Layton’s American Animals is a funny, suspenseful heist film wrapped around a true crime documentary. And it’s just brilliant. Evan Peters, Barry Keoughan,...

Inside the Criminal Mind Season 1 Review

August 31 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix’s Inside the Criminal Mind is a four-part series exploring the answers experts have been seeking for decades – what makes evil criminals tick? Each episode...

‘Zion’ | Netflix Short Film Review

August 10 2018, by Alix Turner

Zion is a short documentary film about one remarkable young man, and most especially his attitude about himself. By “short”, I mean it’s less than...

‘Afflicted’ | Netflix Original Series Review

August 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Afflicted is an extraordinarily bleak seven-part Netflix Original documentary series created by Dan Partland. It follows individuals with severe, chronic illnesses who seek out increasingly...

‘The Most Unknown’ Review – A Fascinating Documentary

August 9 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The Most Unknown is a fascinating documentary by Ian Cheney that unites nine scientists from a slew of fields in pursuit of intellectual common ground....

The Bleeding Edge Review

July 27 2018, by Daniel Hart

The Bleeding Edge is somewhat a human tragedy articulated by Kirby Dick. The Netflix documentary has no balanced approach, clearly blaming the industry, with systematic failures...

100 Days of Solitude (100 días de soledad) Review

July 7 2018, by Daniel Hart

In the opening minutes of 100 Days of Solitude, also known as 100 Days of Loneliness (100 días de soledad), Spanish photographer José Díaz sounds like he...

Recovery Boys Review

June 25 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

According to some relevant factoids deployed at the end of Netflix’s new original documentary, 90% of Americans who need help recovering from drug addiction don’t...

Netflix’s Explained Episode 1-3 Review

May 24 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

When I read about Netflix’s Explained, a new documentary series, I was definitely intrigued. It claimed to be a series that was going to shed some...

‘Evil Genius’ Review – Maniacal Laugh

May 7 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Evil Genius opens with the story of Brian Wells, a pizza delivery guy who attempts to rob a bank with a homemade bomb forcibly locked...

End Game (2018) Documentary Review – Embracing Hope in the Final Hours

May 4 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

I often lie about what I do for a living, as I haven’t yet found a way to say, “I write about movies and video...

“The Rachel Divide Review – A Documentary on Identity and Media Scrutiny

April 27 2018, by Daniel Hart

A lot of thoughts came to my mind whilst watching The Rachel Divide. The first was that I found it incredible how Rachel Dolezal had managed to...

‘Ram Dass, Going Home’ Review – Insightful Netflix Documentary on Spirituality and Life

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Ram Dass, Going Home is a Netflix short documentary that follows spiritualist and author Ram Dass at his home in Maui, Hawaii. The film gives...

Trump: An American Dream Review

April 5 2018, by Tyler Howat

[yasr_overall_rating size=”medium”] Trump: An American Dream is a documentary mini-series of four hourlong episodes, and takes a deep dive into the history of Donald Trump’s...

‘Take Your Pills’ Review: A Fractured Look at America’s ADHD Drug Epidemic

March 16 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The increasing use of amphetamines, like Ritalin or Adderall, to treat ADHD (amongst other things) is becoming a real cause for concern in certain parts...

Review | Ladies First (2018)

March 8 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Ladies First is a Netflix Original documentary short that tells the inspirational story of Deepika Kumari, who, after being born on a roadside to abject...

Review | Girls Incarcerated Season 1 (2018)

March 3 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix Original docuseries Girls Incarcerated, follows the lives of some of America’s youngest female offenders as they adapt to life incarcerated. Set in a female juvenile...

Flint Town Review – Exceptional Documentary Filmmaking

March 2 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Docuseries Flint Town offers a tantalizing glance into one of the most underfunded yet hardest-working police forces in America. The town of Flint is riddled...

Review | First Team: Juventus Part One (2018)

February 16 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

First Team: Juventus, the latest Netflix Original Docu-series, takes us on a behind the scenes look at one of Europe’s most famous, most loved and...

Review | Seeing Allred

February 9 2018, by Daniel Hart

Gloria Allred, one of the most famous American attorneys of all time, most known for taking on high-profile cases for women’s rights, is celebrated and...