Tag Archives: Documentary

For Love and Life: No Ordinary Campaign (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): So they step forward…

Documentary film “For Love and Life: No Ordinary Campaign”, which was released in Amazon Prime in last week, presents an extraordinary story about a bunch of people trying to make some change in the American healthcare system for themselves as … Continue reading

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Soup and Ideology (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Eating together as family despite all that

Documentary film “Soup and Ideology”, which I belatedly checked out yesterday, presents a modest but intimate personal story closely associated with the dark past of the Korean history during the 20th century. As its Korean Japanese director tries to understand … Continue reading

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The Blue Angels (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A promotional film with lots of terrific stuffs

Documentary film “The Blue Angels”, which was released on Amazon Prime a few days ago after getting a limited theatrical release in US, is basically your typical promotional film with lots of terrific technical stuffs to admire. While I was … Continue reading

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The Beach Boys (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The history of the Beach Boys

Documentary film “The Beach Boys”, which was released on Disney+ on two days ago, looks over the history of the Beach Boys, one of the legendary American bands during the 1960s. While it is fairly informative to anyone not so … Continue reading

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Power (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): A Power Called Police

Netflix documentary film “Power”, which was released on last Friday, examines the American history of police brutality and oppression during last several decades. If you are familiar with its main subject like me, you may not be that surprised by … Continue reading

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The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Herzog’s tribute to the Kraffts

Werner Herzog’s documentary film “The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft” is another prime example showing how Herzog has always been fascinated with a certain type of human figures. Many of his movies and documentaries are about … Continue reading

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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2021) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A passionate lecture on the American history of racism

Documentary film “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” is basically a two-hour lecture on the American history of racism, but it is a passionate and enlightening one to recommend. Yes, whenever I think I have learned a … Continue reading

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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (2023) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): The ups and downs in her life

Documentary film “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg” attempts to delve into the dramatic life story of Anita Pallenberg, a German-Italian model/actress who has mostly been known for her complicated personal relationship with the Rolling Stones. It is often … Continue reading

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Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (2022) ☆☆☆(3/4): The story of one album art design studio

Documentary film “Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnonsis” presents the story of one British album art design studio which gave us some of the most iconic album covers of all time. Although I do not know that much about … Continue reading

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Madu (2024) ☆☆☆(3/4): A talented boy from Nigeria

Documentary film “Madu”, which is currently available on Disney+, closely follows one talented boy from Nigeria. Although there are a number of small and big obstacles despite one very fortunate opportunity given to him, he keeps trying nonetheless as helped … Continue reading

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