Tag Archives: Documentary

Ghost Elephants (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Searching for mystic elephants

Needless to say, Werner Herzog is one of the most interesting filmmakers of our time. Besides making a number of unforgettable feature films ranging from “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972) to “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” (2009), … Continue reading

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Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): How they became famous

Documentary film “Becoming Led Zeppelin”, which is currently available on Netflix in South Korea, works best whenever it simply takes time on focusing on the music of Led Zeppelin, which was one of the most popular English rock bands during … Continue reading

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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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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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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