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Doug is engaged in performance, a white cloth strung across his bare chest and figures draped in blue holding another white cloth above his head

REVIEW: ‘I’m An Electric Lampshade’ (2021) Has A Weak Spark of Life

By: Ceridwen Millington 15th Nov 202115th Nov 2021

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This tale of accountant-turned-artist is never clearly docudrama or pure fiction, making for a bizarre watch.

Top of the Docs #53 – SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST REVIEW: ‘Factory to the Workers’ (2021)

By: Joel Whitaker 15th Jul 202119th Jul 2021

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‘Factory to the Workers’ explores the only example of a working factory co-operative in post-socialist Europe, examining its triumphs, its shortcomings, and what is holding it back.

Top of the Docs #52 – SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST REVIEW: Don McCullin: ‘Almost Liverpool 8’ (2021)

By: Joel Whitaker 24th Jun 202124th Jun 2021

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Daniel Draper and Allan Melia explore Liverpool 8 in their latest film, using Don McCullin’s photographs as a rough guide.

Image is from the documentary 'Roger & Me' (1989). Image shows a billboard that has a cartoon car on top of a globe alongside the words "FLINT IS AUTO THIS WORLD!"

Top of the Docs #47 – Roger and Me (1989)

By: Joel Whitaker 22nd Apr 2021

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Roger & Me is undoubtedly a film about how American cities, both big and small, are beholden to corporate power.

Image is from the documentary 'Manhatta' (1921). Black and white image of the New York skyline with the film's title, Manhatta, in large text above it.

Top of the Docs #46 – Manhatta (1921)

By: Joel Whitaker 15th Apr 2021

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Manhatta is considered by some to be the first American avant-garde film, and as such, captures much more than just the city of New York.

Black and white still from Rebel Dykes. An cartoon animated woman is walking across a bridge that has the sentence: "women say no male violence" spray painted

BFI FLARE REVIEW: ‘Rebel Dykes’ (2021) A Wonderfully Focused Lesbian Self-Documentation

In Rebel Dykes, directors Harri Shanahan and Siân Williams stitch together a patchwork of home video, cartoon animation and talking heads, in a reflection on London’s 1980s lesbian communities.

Image shows a red wall with hole in it, which a child stares through. Over the wall are the words Can't Get You Out of My Head.

Top of the Docs #42 – Can’t Get You Out of My Head (2021)

By: Joel Whitaker 4th Mar 2021

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Renowned for his breadth of research and incisive analysis, Curtis’ documentaries usually focus on an aspect of history, exploring its cultural, social and political impacts.

Image is from the documentary 'Cusp'. Three girls sit on top of a car roof at night. One is blowing smoke from her mouth with the other two lean on one another, looking directly at the camera.

SUNDANCE REVIEW: ‘Cusp’ (2021) is a Raw, Unobstructed Look at Teenage Girlhood

By: Thalia Castro 19th Feb 202120th Feb 2021

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From bonfires to soccer games, the film meanders with the whims of these girls as they come to navigate the invisible horrors of being a teenage girl.

REVIEW: ‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart’ (2020) Proves Disco Doesn’t Suck

By: Bailey Herdé 19th Dec 202019th Dec 2020

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“A joy to watch… [a] documentary not so much concerned with hard historical facts as it is with the brothers as they experienced each other, themselves, and their fame.” How Can You Mend A Broken Heart begins with the quintessential. A pared down, echoey version of “Stayin’ Alive”—probably the Bee Gees song to end all…

LFF REVIEW- ‘The Reason I Jump’ (2020) is an Essential Documentary on Understanding Autism

By: Gavin Spoors 16th Oct 202015th Oct 2020

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Director Jerry Rothwell utilises visuals and sound design with such creativity that it lets the audience directly empathise with the cast.