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Tag Archives: Documentary
Diane Warren: Relentless (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): Still Relentless as ever
Documentary film “Diane Warren: Relentless” looks over the life and career of Diane Warren, one of the most famous songwriters in our time. As a talented female artist who has gone her way for more than 40 years, she surely … Continue reading
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Tagged Artist, Documentary, Real-life figure, Real-life story, Songwriter
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Queen of Chess (2026) ☆☆☆(3/4): The story of a trail-blazing female chess player
Netflix documentary film “Queen of Chess”, which was released on last Friday, follows the remarkable story of Judit Polgár, a Hungarian female chess grandmaster who was an exceptional trailblazer during her prime. Despite numerous obstacles including sexism, she really tried … Continue reading
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A little but defiant personal chronicle from Karabash, Russia
Documentary film “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”, which won the Special Jury Award when it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival early in last year and then received an Oscar nomination a few weeks ago (It was also the Danish … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Filmmaker, Real-life figure, Real-life story, School, Teacher, War
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The Alabama Solution (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The systemic failures of Alabama prisons
HBO documentary film “The Alabama Solution” is often sobering as presenting the alarming failures of the prison system of the state of Alabama in US. It may not surprise you much if you have ever heard about how problematic the … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Inmate, Prison, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): In the middle of a battle over one Ukrainian village
Ukrainian documentary filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov’ latest documentary film “2000 Meters to Andriivka”, which won the Directing Award when it was premiered at the World Cinema Documentary section of the Sundance Film Festival early in last year, is a pretty grim … Continue reading
Cover-up (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A journalist still fighting for truth and transparency
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’ Netflix documentary film “Cover-up”, which was released around the end of the last year, gives an overview on the career of Seymore Hersh, a Pulitzer-winning American investigative journalist who deserves to be known more in … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Investigtive journalism, Journalist, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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Being Eddie (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Safely being Murphy
Netflix documentary film “Being Eddie”, which was released on last Wednesday, will not impress you that much, especially if you are familiar with all those safe celebrity documentaries during last several years. Although its titular figure seems quite ready to … Continue reading
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): After a terminal diagnosis
Documentary film “Come See Me in the Good Light”, which was released on Apple TV+ a few days ago, is about one loving couple coping with the impending end of their long relationship due to a terminal illness. As following … Continue reading
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Tagged Real-life figure, Real-life story, Documentary, Poet, Terminal Illness, Poem
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1980 Sabuk (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): It’s still painful for them…
South Korean documentary film “1980 Sabuk” is about one large-scale labor uprising which happened in one little rural coal mine town in April 1980. Although the incident is almost forgotten at present, there are still many people who remember well … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal mine, Coal miner, Documentary, Real-life incident, Real-life people, South Korean Film, Uprising
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Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Remembering his famous parents
Documentary film “Stiller & Miller: Nothing Is Lost”, which was released on Apple TV+ a few days ago, presents an intimate personal perspective on the life and career of one famous American husband-and-wife comedy team. Although their life and career … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedian, Couple, Documentary, Family, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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