Following on from the original documentary on American politics, Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) by Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 11/9 delivers a close-up examination of the American democracy as it stands today. Which, under a microscope, does not look that great.
Directed by Catherine Scott, the documentary film Backtrack Boys focuses on three youths walking a rocky road to juvenile detention until they cross paths with big-hearted jackaroo Bernie.
Born in 1941, Vivienne Westwood describes her drive to uncover the truth from a very young age. This seems to be a recurring theme throughout this documentary, as her passion to understand and seek meaningful information in order to help the world, continues to this day (her work on climate change, clean energy and civil rights causes).
I knew The Cleaners was a movie about the people who ensure that harmful content is moderated across social media platforms. I didn’t think there would be much to this.
In 1941 Orson Welles released Citizen Kane and changed the face of cinema forever.
A lot of people who have already heard of this documentary might be asking if it would’ve even been made if Paul Walker were still alive. The answer is no.
This film was not what I expected it to be going into it, having read or seen little regarding the thing beforehand, and I have to say, much to the film’s credit. When I hear the words “Ghosthunter”, like many people, my mind immediately jumps to the American TV series; with all its silly camera tricks, night-vision-blair-witch-faces and set-up jump-scare fakery.
Chances are most filmgoers haven’t heard of filmmaker Uwe Boll; one of the main reasons could be that almost all of his movies never make their way onto cinema screens.
Jonah Hill’s directional debut Mid90s is set to be released in Australia later this year and a great warmup to that film is the amazing documentary, All This Mayhem.
If (like me) you hear the title McQueen for an upcoming documentary, do not walk in expecting Steve or Lightning to be on screen – you will be disappointed.
Three Identical Strangers tells the bizarre and heartbreaking story of triplets who discover each other by accident, only to uncover a much darker twist to their estranged lives.
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival returns in 2018, bringing with it plenty of top-notch Australian and international documentaries.
The first trailer for the upcoming Australian documentary Ghosthunter has been released, featuring a gripping mystery story full of twists and turns that will keep audiences guessing.
The classic Australian band Midnight Oil is the subject of a new documentary, due for release on a limited run across Australia in May.
A Plastic Ocean is an important documentary, exposing the devastating and wide reaching effects that mankind’s most prolific invention is having on the fragile eco-system of the oceans.
A new panda documentary, simply called Pandas will be hitting IMAX theatres soon, in what may be the cutest documentary to ever hit the enormous screens.
