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Festivals

The Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend highlights the infinite possibilities of documentary

by Marina Ashioti

Fea­tur­ing films by Joan­na Arnow and Miryam Charles, the inau­gur­al Cre­ative Non­fic­tion Film Week­end at Lon­don’s Gen­e­sis Cin­e­ma cel­e­brates all the strange and cre­ative forms that doc­u­men­tary films can take.
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Festivals

Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

Car­la J Eas­t­on and Blair Young’s infor­ma­tive doc­u­men­tary about Scot­land’s unsung musi­cal pio­neers strikes an impact­ful chord.
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Festivals

*smiles and kisses you* – first-look review

by Marina Ashioti

A man’s com­pli­cat­ed rela­tion­ship with an AI-pow­ered doll is the sub­ject of this odd­ly mov­ing yet moral­ly grey documentary.
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Review

Clandestina review – fails to do Tengarrinha’s story justice

by Maes Kerr

Maria Mire directs this inno­v­a­tive doc­u­men­tary about Mar­gari­da Ten­gar­rin­ha, a mem­ber of the Por­tuguese Com­mu­nist Par­ty dur­ing António de Oliveira Salazar’s premiership.

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3
In Retrospect
Large satellite dishes and several men in traditional Afghan clothing standing in a barren outdoor setting.
Review

Hollywoodgate review – a fascinating, chilling, if limited study

by David Jenkins

An aban­doned CIA base in Kab­ul becomes a play­ground for the resur­gent Tal­iban in Ibrahim Nash’at’s intrigu­ing piece of doc­u­men­tary reportage.

3
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3
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3
In Retrospect
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Review

blur: To The End review – flails for a sense of narrative closure

by Callie Petch

The lat­est doc­u­men­tary about the Brit­pop come­back kings sad­ly does­n’t reveal much that we did­n’t already know from pre­vi­ous film outings.

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2
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2
In Retrospect
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Review

Orlando, My Political Biography review – a dive into the collective trans consciousness

by Esmé Holden

Span­ish philoso­pher Paul B Pre­ci­a­do makes his fea­ture doc­u­men­tary debut with an inno­v­a­tive homage to Vir­ginia Woolf’s sem­i­nal 1928 novel.

4
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3
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4
In Retrospect
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Review

Bye Bye Tiberias review – gets under your skin and stays there

by Rógan Graham

Lina Soualem’s poignant new doc­u­men­tary traces the sto­ries of four gen­er­a­tions of Pales­tin­ian women in her family.

3
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4
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4
In Retrospect
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Festivals

Oh, Canada – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

A cel­e­brat­ed doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er makes a deathbed con­fes­sion in Paul Schrader’s adap­ta­tion of Rus­sell Bank’s nov­el Foregone.
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Review

Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger review – a delicious whirlwind tour

by David Jenkins

A rous­ing per­son­al jour­ney with Mar­tin Scors­ese through the films made under the icon­ic ban­ner of The Archers.

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4
In Retrospect