Tag: documentary

The current flood of football documentaries shows no sign of abating; the recognition certain teams and individuals enjoy means that it’s not likely to any time soon. Geoff Hurst, the hat-trick hero of the 1966 World Cup final, is no doubt a natural subject for the “legacy” strand of these things: along with the likes… Continue reading Hurst: The First and Only review – misty-eyed football doc reveals the man behind the hat-trick | Movies

Dr. Eric Burnett, a physician who was on the frontlines of the pandemic in New York City, describes the impact Dr. Anthony Fauci has had on him throughout his medical career and the importance of combating COVID-19 misinformation. Dr. Anthony Fauci. Photo courtesy of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases As an internist, diagnosing… Continue reading How Dr. Fauci guided me as a physician on the frontlines of the pandemic | American Masters

I recently mingled with 800 delegates attending AIDC – the Australian International Documentary Conference – on a beautiful, late Summer day in Melbourne. Two award-winning producers described local industry highlights: Industry veteran Simon Nasht (Nasht&Smith) spoke about the uncertain impact on producers of forthcoming local content quotas on Netflix and the scaled-up streamers. And Mint Pictures’… Continue reading AIDC: Local Content Quotas for Aussie Streamers. Conversations with Simon Nasht & Dan Goldberg

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, due in July, is sure to fit its eponymous physicist out with dutiful misgivings on the atomic weaponry front. But this engrossing documentary by Hoop Dreams’ Steve James tells the story of someone who actually did something about it: Ted Hall, who confessed in 1998 – a year before his death –… Continue reading A Compassionate Spy review – love story of scientist who tried to stop nuclear war | Movies

We all know the name Dr. Anthony Fauci and recognize the man who regularly appeared on television screens in 2020, giving advice and guidance on how to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is more to Anthony Fauci beyond the public figure. This article aims to explore the many facets of the man, the scientist,… Continue reading 10 photos exploring the many facets of Dr. Anthony Fauci | American Masters

It takes mere seconds to warm to Sharon-Rose Khumalo. The former beauty queen waves away my apology for having a croaky Covid voice. “That makes two of us! I have strep throat from all the travelling” she says. It’s her smile that sets her apart from the other impossibly beautiful finalists in footage from Miss… Continue reading ‘The biggest shock was not having a uterus’ – the film about intersex beauty queen Sharon-Rose Khumalo | Documentary films

Often mocked by standup comedians and sitcom writers – a sure sign of its ubiquity – ayahuasca, the hallucinogenic tea, has brought an influx of western travellers going on healing retreats to the forests of Peru. Focusing on its medicinal properties, Marc Silver’s documentary aims to dispel certain misconceptions about the psychedelic brew. Among Indigenous… Continue reading Antidote review – ayahuasca tourism film lauds hallucinogenic tea’s healing powers | Movies

In his second full-length documentary, Swiss director Andrea Pellerani gives us a guided tour of what a post-industrial, post-growth, or even an eerily post-human future might look like. We are on the south-western Japanese island of Ikeshima. Once a thriving mining outpost that was home to 8,000 people, since the facility’s closure in 2001 it… Continue reading Dreaming an Island review – an eerie tour of planet Earth’s depopulated future | Movies

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, a new Netflix documentary on the biggest porn website in the world, opens with a simple question: do you remember the first porn you ever saw? The film’s older subjects (read: late millennial and above), including several adult film performers, recall bespoke, analog porn, illicit and enticing – movies of… Continue reading ‘The story is really complicated’: inside the controversial world of Pornhub | Documentary films

In 2001, when I was producing and directing American Masters – Quincy Jones: In the Pocket, Quincy was writing his autobiography. He told me it was the toughest thing he had ever done. Filmmaker Michael Kantor and Quincy Jones. This came from a guy who produced a film with Steven Spielberg, the best-selling album of… Continue reading Quincy Jones taught me: “Be ready for the call” | American Masters