Animated documentaries may be few and far between, but this is an affecting work that skilfully details an Afghan refugeeโs harrowing life story fleeing from war and conflict, and more introspectively, from himself.ย
Akermanโs final film, shot in long takes that arenโt always compelling, features her late mother in the domesticity of her home as they enjoy the conversations and comfortable silences.
Any film about the Holocaust is always essential viewingโthis Oscar-winning documentary details the testimonies of five Hungarian Jews who survived the concentration camps during the time when the Nazis brutally intensified their extermination plan despite knowing they were losing the war.ย ย
The Oscar-winning directors of ‘Free Solo’ tackle with lucidity and suspense the incredible international rescue efforts of a group of Thai boys trapped deep in a flooded cave back in 2018.
This quaint self-reflective piece by Oliveira doesnโt always work, but it is an introspective glimpse into the filmmakerโs mind, his life experiences and awareness of his mortality.
This is an extraordinary documentary about an even more astonishing feat of mankindโthe landing on the Moon in 1969โprimarily using archival footage, some never seen before, as it details the still mind-boggling journey, one suspenseful step at a time.
More educative than cinematic, Herzogโs documentary about technology, particularly the affordances and perils of the Internet, lacks the cutting-edge incisiveness of more well-developed treatises on the subject.
Arnold makes a detour into documentary filmmaking as her camera brings us up close and personal with several cows in a dairy farm, capturing their magnificence as well as the sheer drudgery of their reality.
This Oscar-nominated documentary pitting bold investigative journalism against dirty politics reveals how the state could be complicit in the killing of innocent citizens as this eye-opening exposรฉ shows us the shocking depths of corruption in Romaniaโs beleaguered healthcare system.
Fantastic documentary about a fantasy, a failed dream, accompanied by a stunning electronic soundtrack to boot, with the misunderstood Jodorowsky at the center of his whirlwind.ย
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