March of the Penguins (La Marche de l’empereur) (2005) “Penguins are living lessons in caring for the earth and its creatures, in all their beauty and vulnerability.” Charles Bergman This beautiful documentary, narrated by Morgan Freeman, gets close and personal with emperor penguins, marvellous, unique animals that reside in one of the harshest environments found…
Category: Documentaries
“Downfall: The Case Against Boeing” Review
Downfall (2022) I love scrupulously-put-together documentaries that deal with criminal or social justice issues, and Downfall is one of them. It shows the rise and fall of the engineering company Boeing in the context of two airplane disasters that happened in October 2018 (Lion Air Flight) and March 2019 (Ethiopian Airlines Flight) and involved the…
“Tell Me Who I Am” Review
Tell Me Who I Am (2019) Any film or documentary that centres on identical twins and their relationship is fascinating in its own right, but if that film or documentary also involves the case of complete amnesia, dark secrets and buried past, then it becomes one of the most interesting ever (at least for me)….
Documentary Reviews: “Love, Antosha”, “Tower”, & “13th”
I. Love, Antosha (2019) This is a moving documentary that explores the life of actor Anton Yelchin (Star Trek (2009), Green Room (2015), Thoroughbreds (2017)), from his birth in Russia to his last films. This is an engaging and respectful feature that aims to pay tribute to this person of great potential taken too soon….
“The Imposter” Review
The Imposter (2012) This story would have been nice fiction if it were also not so very true. This awards-winning documentary details the real story of Frederic Bourdin, a French confidence trickster, who impersonated Nicholas Barclay, a boy from Texas, who, in turn, vanished without a trace when he was 13 in 1993. This documentary…
“Three Identical Strangers” Review
Three Identical Strangers (2018) Tim Wardle’s Three Identical Strangers is a documentary about an incredible true story of three identical brothers (David, Eddie and Robert) who were separated shortly after birth and who then get to know each other for the first time at the age of 19 through one incredible reunion. However,…
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” Review
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017) “Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck” (Orson Welles). It seems that this quote is particularly applicable to the story, where one financial institution based in Chinatown, New York – Abacus, became the centre of the government’s prosecution in 2012, and still remains to this day…
“California Typewriter” Review
California Typewriter (2017) Narrated by Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard and David McCullough, among others, California Typewriter is an insightful documentary about one particular loss which technological advances are capable of causing. One small family-run business in California revolves around the selling and mending of typewriters, and still believes in the power and value…
“Dreams of a Life” Review
Dreams of a Life (2011) Directed by Carol Morley, Dreams of a Life is a documentary film telling the real case of Joyce Vincent, a 38 year-old woman who died alone at her bedsit flat in London in December 2003, but her body was not discovered until late January 2006. When the body of Joyce…
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