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A singer performing on stage, wearing a light-coloured jacket and holding a microphone. Figures can be seen in the background against a smoky, dimly lit stage.
Film Music

How Never Say Never revolutionised (and ruined) the pop star doc

by Sydney Urbanek

The Justin Bieber con­cert film cre­at­ed a for­mu­la that stream­ing giants are now run­ning into the ground.
Crowd of protestors carrying placards and banners. Person in black robe playing guitar in foreground.
Festivals

How documentary cinema is reframing the Civil Rights era

by Nick Joyner

At this year’s Sun­dance Film Fes­ti­val, three films broad­ened our under­stand­ing of the fight against racial discrimination.
Two individuals wearing personal protective equipment cleaning a mirror-like surface on a stone wall.
Review

Life in a Day 2020

by Leila Latif

Kevin Mac­don­ald updates his crowd­sourced 2010 doc­u­men­tary to give a glimpse of life on Earth in the age of Covid.

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A man with a beard, eyes closed, framed by translucent, flowing material.
Festivals

‘For some people, simulation theory is not a joke’ – Rodney Ascher on A Glitch in the Matrix

by Isaac Feldberg

The doc­u­men­tary mak­er on the deep exis­ten­tial con­cerns at the heart of his lat­est project.
A large, shaggy brown bear foraging in a lush, mossy forest clearing.

A new short doc paints an unforgiving portrait of human stupidity

by Rebecca Speare-Cole

Otto Bell’s The Tox­ic Pigs of Fukushi­ma shows the dev­as­tat­ing after­math of a nuclear disaster.
Performer playing keyboard on stage, surrounded by large crowd.
Festivals

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – first-look review

by Leila Latif

Questlove’s tri­umphant direc­to­r­i­al debut charts the cul­tur­al impact and lega­cy of the 1969 Harlem Cul­tur­al Festival.

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Healthcare worker in protective suit attending to a patient on a hospital bed.
Review

76 Days

by Weiting Liu

This inti­mate doc­u­men­tary, shot dur­ing lock­down in Wuhan, mea­sures the human cost of the coro­n­avirus pandemic.

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Close-up portrait of a serious-looking man in a suit, with focused eyes and an intense expression.
Review

MLK/FBI

by Rógan Graham

Based on new­ly declas­si­fied tran­scripts, this doc­u­men­tary charts the US government’s harass­ment of the civ­il rights leader.

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Back of a person's head wearing a dark suit, overlooking a cityscape.
Review

Mayor

by Matt Turner

This strik­ing por­trait of the may­or or Ramal­lah digs into the details of gov­er­nance, diplo­ma­cy and dignity.

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Sleeping person surrounded by coffee mugs, books, and clutter on a table in a dimly lit room.
Review

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

by David Jenkins

Last call for drinks in this liquor-lashed cel­e­bra­tion of Amer­i­can bar cul­ture from Bill and Turn­er Ross.

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