Let me say upfront that I have absolutely no interest in Formula 1 racing, or sport in general for that matter. However director Asif Kapadia’s extraordinary documentary about racing legend Aryton Senna is a fascinating, gripping, thrilling, emotionally devastating powerhouse of a film that deserves to be seen by a very wide audience in spite … Continue reading
Documentaries are strange beasts. Purportedly a form of cinema that gets closer to the truth than fiction, and yet all documentary film-makers construct their story in more or less the same way as a fictional movie. So far on this website we have reviewed two: Supersize Me! (a movie whose ending came as no surprise … Continue reading
Waltz with Bashir was on my to-see list late last year, but it only recently arrived at my local arts cinema, hence the lateness of this review. Anyway, it’s an extraordinarily bold, shocking and visually stunning animated documentary and further evidence that animation is not always for children. Rather amusingly, Ratatouille/The Incredibles director Brad Bird … Continue reading
Supersize me!: a documentary feature looking at the effects of the fast food industry on America in general, and specifically, one person’s health. Morgan Spurlock, director, takes it upon himself to eat nothing but McDonald’s food for a month (morning, noon and night) and check the effects on his body. Alongside this, he looks at … Continue reading
