By Ed Gibbs
New York’s pre-9/11 music scene is revisited in this suitably lo-fi documentary from the makers of Shut Up and Play the Hits.
By Ed Gibbs
This multi-sensory look at David Bowie’s life and career is an all-consuming affair that explores and safeguards the man’s legacy.
By Ed Gibbs
New York’s pre-9/11 music scene is revisited in this suitably lo-fi documentary from the makers of Shut Up and Play the Hits.
By Ed Gibbs
A direct and intimate look at the turbulent life of Irish singer Sinead O’Connor.
By Ed Gibbs
The first feature doc to be shot entirely inside the world of social VR is a rich, uplifting experience.
By Ed Gibbs
Edgar Wright’s tribute to two of his musical heroes is an exhilarating look back over a unique pop career.
By Ed Gibbs
Twenty-five years on, the cast of Larry Clark’s controversial ’90s hit reflect on their experiences on and off set.
By Ed Gibbs
This captivating time capsule of the Soviet Union circa 1953 is a staggering feat of archive documentary.
By Ed Gibbs
Edgar Wright delivers a deliciously infectious, suitably absurdist ode to his unsung musical heroes.
By Ed Gibbs
This year’s Sundance docs explored political and personal vendettas so brazen, you couldn’t make them up.
By Ed Gibbs
Oslo-based artist Barbora Kysilkova finds herself innately drawn to the man who brazenly stole her work.
By Ed Gibbs
Documentary maker Alex Gibney surveys post-Soviet Russia via the strange tale of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
By Ed Gibbs
A chilling doc on the bizarre spectacle of the Russian people grieving over the death of Stalin.
By Ed Gibbs
Documentary legend Alex Gibney investigates the current state of Russia through the story of fallen oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
By Ed Gibbs
Documentarian Nick Broomfield shows his romantic side with this touching portrait of Leonard Cohen and his muse.
By Ed Gibbs
Artifishal reveals the grim impact humanity is having on wild salmon populations.
By Ed Gibbs
Paul Verhoeven’s infamously trashy Showgirls is reappraised by commentators and fans ahead of its 25th anniversary.
By Ed Gibbs
Leonard Cohen’s muse takes centre stage in this haunting film from Nick Broomfield.
By Ed Gibbs
Stanley Nelson’s look at the 20th century jazz icon reveals a troubled soul rarely at peace with himself.
By Ed Gibbs
Documentarian Kim Longinotto explores the Mafia’s grip on Sicily through the lens of photojournalist Letizia Battaglia.
By Ed Gibbs
The ground-breaking label marks its half-century with a glossy new documentary celebrating its legacy.
By Ed Gibbs
Director Steve Loveridge was granted unprecedented access to singer-activist M.I.A, but does it meaningfully enhance his film?
By Ed Gibbs
Director S Craig Zahler follows up Brawl in Cell Block 99 with another hefty dose of ultra-violence.
By Ed Gibbs
Charlie Plummer proves his acting chops in this equine drama from writer/director Andrew Haigh.
By Ed Gibbs
Cynthia Lowen’s intimate doc Netizens follows three victims of online abuse as they look to take back control.
By Ed Gibbs
This year’s festival offered plenty of devilishly dark delights within its raucous Midnight strand.
By Ed Gibbs
A compelling look at the global campaigning of sex slave survivor turned reluctant Yazidi activist, Nadia Murad.
By Ed Gibbs
George Clooney adds a dark directorial flourish to the Coen brothers’ tale of murder and moral panic in smalltown USA.
By Ed Gibbs
Vince Vaughn plays against type to spectacular effect in an intense prison drama that’s not for the faint-hearted.
By Ed Gibbs
Frances McDormand unleashes hell in the blackest of black comedies, courtesy of Martin McDonagh.
By Ed Gibbs
Vince Vaughn plays against type in S Craig Zahler’s ultra-violent grindhouse romp.
By Ed Gibbs
George Clooney directs this timely and terrifically twisted fable set in 1950s suburban America.
By Ed Gibbs
Andrew Haigh’s beautifully crafted latest follows one boy’s journey of self-discovery across America.
By Ed Gibbs
William Friedkin revisits his Exorcist franchise with a bizarre doc grounded more in melodrama than cold hard fact.
By Ed Gibbs
Alexander Payne’s gentle satire has a point to make about the state of the union – and the future of planet Earth.
By Ed Gibbs
John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols career is examined in this intimate doc that proves as frustrating as it is fascinating.
By Ed Gibbs
This timely, well-intentioned doc offers a revealing look at the inner workings of the Oakland PD.
By Ed Gibbs
Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara reunite for David Lowery’s slow-burn meditation on loss and grief.
By Ed Gibbs
Cate Blanchett goes hell for leather in this unapologetically arty film about art.
By Ed Gibbs
There’s shades of Straw Dogs and Deliverance in this effective Aussie backwoods horror.
By Ed Gibbs
Jason Segel and Rooney Mara are an unlikely central pairing in this low-key sci-fi about the discovery of an afterlife.
By Ed Gibbs
The Fab Four’s meteoric rise from local grafters to global game-changers is relived in Ron Howard’s emotive doc.
By Ed Gibbs
The cult filmmaker shares stories and archive from his childhood, while still managing to remain as elusive as ever.
By Ed Gibbs
Andrew Dominik’s documentary about Nick Cave’s new album offers a gentle, haunting portrait of a family consumed with grief.
By Ed Gibbs
Paolo Sorrentino transitions to the small screen (with a Jude Law assist) and comes up trumps.
By Ed Gibbs
This Australian chiller about a rash of grisly murders makes a play to be the new Snowtown.
By Ed Gibbs
The actor discusses stepping behind the lens for his startling directorial debut The Childhood of a Leader.
By Ed Gibbs
This darkly comic factual drama hits all the right notes thanks to inspired turns from Christian Slater and James Franco.
By Ed Gibbs
Katie Holmes puts in a memorable shift as a struggling single mom in her impressive directorial debut.
By Ed Gibbs
The buzz film from this year’s Sundance is a stirring, historical tale of racial injustice that feels more vital now than ever.
By Ed Gibbs
Spike Lee’s follow-up to Bad 25 shines a light on the King of Pop’s indisputable talents, but is otherwise alarmingly lightweight.
By Ed Gibbs
Todd Solondz’s typically bleak ensemble piece serves up a fresh ingredient for an otherwise familiarly grim trek across America.
By Ed Gibbs
The African-American icon’s richly textured and often traumatic story is unpacked in this near-definitive documentary for PBS.
By Ed Gibbs
The events leading up to the 2012 Aurora multiplex shooting are reimagined, Elephant-style, in this unsettling and deeply affecting drama.
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