Tag: Documentary

I’ll be honest, when I first heard about My Octopus Teacher I was a tad weirded out. It seemed like a documentary about this strange man who developed a creepy love story with an octopus. I put off watching it, and then when it got nominated for Best Documentary at the 93rd annual Academy Awards…
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I’m a sucker for music documentaries, especially about pop stars. And Billie Eilish has become one of the biggest pop stars in the last few years. Her music is edgy and she is eccentric so her documentary seemed like it would be entertaining and compelling. The director, R.J. Cutler, is no stranger to documentaries having…
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The Mole Agent is a documentary from filmmaker Maite Alberdi. Alberdi bends the genre and form of traditional documentaries by setting the stage as more of a slick spy thriller. Investigator Rómulo Aitken has a client who suspects that her mother is being abused at a nursing home. He places an ad for an older…
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Time is a fickle thing. Throughout this documentary, time is examined via voice-over musings as well as video diaries from years ago. Further echoing the subject of time, Sibil Fox Rich flits across the screen in two forms. Her current self, a middle aged woman who is a public speaker and activist. And her former…
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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a documentary produced by Michelle and Barack Obama. It shows the story of a group of disabled individuals who band together to fight for change. The documentary begins with an introduction to how some of the main players in this story met. A place called Camp Jened is where…
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Miss Americana promises an unfettered look at Taylor Swift’s life. But does it deliver? Miss Americana opens with a scene of Swift at a piano with one of her cats playfully walking across the keys. A wholesome image to begin a documentary that at times is anything but. The documentary covers the last few years…
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Honeyland was one of my favorite documentaries this year. Directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov shot this movie over the course of several years in Macedonia. The film follows beekeeper Hatidze, a middle aged woman who takes care of her ailing mother. Hatidze approaches beekeeping in a natural way, preferring to let nature take its…
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am came out a few months ago. It was brought back to theaters after Toni Morrison passed away on August 5th of this year. I didn’t get around to watching it, so when I saw it was back in theaters I immediately jumped at the chance to go. I’ve only…
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I saw the trailer for Maiden a few months ago and immediately wanted to see it. That may be because I love documentaries about incredible feats (see Free Solo, Meru). But I also love sailing even though I have literally zero knowledge about it whatsoever. I just recently learned what it means to tack. Here’s…
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Director Ron Howard tackles the distinguished life of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti in this documentary. To be very honest with you, I have zero knowledge about anything related to opera. I had heard of Pavarotti and I knew how important he was in the opera world, but I’ve never been to the opera and I…
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