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Dig! XX review – the original version is still the best

by David Jenkins

Ondi Tim­o­n­er revis­its her clas­sic 2004 rock doc with an extend­ed ver­sion that doesn’t add much to the great­ness of the original.

Flow | The Alto Knights | Dig! (2005)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss the whim­si­cal ani­mat­ed delights of Flow, review dou­ble De Niro in The Alto Knight and final­ly, for film club, revis­it music doc­u­men­tary Dig! for its 20^th anniversary.

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other review – a portrait of love and resilience

by Marina Ashioti

The beau­ti­ful, com­plex bond between acclaimed pho­tog­ra­ph­er Joel Meyerowitz and writer/​artist Mag­gie Bar­rett is the sub­ject of this art­ful doc.

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found review – a vital piece of cine-portraiture

by Lucy Peters

Film­mak­er Raoul Peck unearths the sear­ing social real­ist pho­tographs of an artist whose work was thought to be lost.

I Am Martin Parr review – a one-sided artist portrait

by David Jenkins

An unapolo­getic hagiog­ra­phy of the famed British pho­tog­ra­ph­er whose work chron­i­cles work­ing class leisure time.

Architecton review – taps into the short-order nature of modern construction

by David Jenkins

Vik­tor Kos­sakovsky takes us on a jour­ney through the con­crete and stone that makes up much of our mod­ern world.

Merchant Ivory review – an affectionate yet shallow biodoc

by Marina Ashioti

Stephen Soucy delves into the cre­ative and per­son­al part­ner­ship of Ismail Mer­chant and James Ivory which pro­duced some of Britain’s great­est lit­er­ary adaptations.

Favoriten review – a moving exploration into the artistic potential of children

by Jordan Cronk

Over three years, Ruth Beck­er­mann doc­u­ments school life in a mul­ti­cul­tur­al work­ing class dis­trict of Vienna.

Grand Theft Hamlet review – all the world’s a stage

by Marina Ashioti

A pro­duc­tion of Shakespeare’s Ham­let in online world of Grand Theft Auto became these two actors’ answer to the pandemic’s enforced lockdowns.

The Contestant review – discomforting and totally immersive

by Barney Nuttall

Clair Tit­ley’s doc tells the out­ra­geous sto­ry of a Japan­ese man who was left naked and trapped in a room for over a year, unwit­ting­ly becom­ing a real­i­ty TV star.