The special itself may exert a certain fascination but this documentary reveals that there was much more going on behind the scenes.
The story behind the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, which was watched by 13 million people but never re-aired and is considered one of the worst shows to ever air on TV.
Erlenwein deserves praise for his lean and lithe set-up that keeps delivering surprises.
Experienced scuba divers May and Drew are two sisters with a close but complex bond who go on a deep sea diving trip to a beautiful but remote beauty spot. During their dive, May is struck by a rock from a landslide above the water, leaving her trapped on the seabed 28 meters below the surface.
Corsini agilely combines elements of cinéma verité and farce.
Two women on the verge of a breakup, in a hospital, are further stressed on the night of a big demonstration by the overwhelmed staff and by angry, injured protestors who land up besieging the building.
Sesiguzel sets a standard and works hard to live up to it. The diversity of voices in the film is impressive and enriches the history as well as helping viewers to get a better grasp of the arguments being made today.
A documentary about the division of Cyprus, the island's troubled history and islanders' hopes for the future.
With beautifully choreographed fight scenes intercut with gentle comedy and character-focused drama, this film takes viewers on a thrilling ride.
An Ultimate Fighting champion with a tragic past that has stripped him of his religious faith meets a charismatic priest who draws him into the dangerous world of exorcism.
Teenage egos collide when a self-proclaimed "Broadway Legend in the Making" is forced to share the spotlight with the school's star athlete in the high school musical.
We get to witness the birth of a new genre and are confronted with a violent American history that Hollywood fictions have previously not dared to tackle.
Freed to become a bounty hunter's apprentice, a former slave sets out to rescue his wife from a ruthless plantation owner.
The artifice takes over, making the desired authenticity completely fake.
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia find refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and first love.
Romanian director Andrei Hutleac's consideration of viral videos and everyone's 15 minutes of fame is so barbed and dark in places the comedy feels fully weaponised
A woman finds herself at the centre of a media storm after a video of her dog goes viral.
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants ultimately relishes its uncomfortable themes buoyed by a little humour and hopes of a life happy ever after for our two damaged human beings
A widower is struggling years after his wife drowned... meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.
Don't read this review... simply go and see it, for if ever there was a film that is best experienced without knowing a single detail, this unforgettable oddity from Greece is the one.
Three siblings cut off from society spend their lives trapped in their family’s home.
Nicole Kidman, as the mysterious fugitive Grace, is luminous and breathtaking, capable of evoking strong emotions from the basis of an enigmatic outline.
A beautiful fugitive hides out in a Rocky Mountain village.
Lisa Zi Xiang's astutely written début uses the familiar formula of a multi-generation family saga as a launchpad for thematic and structural experiment.
A Chinese family saga, told in different periods of time, commencing with the wife’s discovery of her husband’s homosexuality.
Meehl puts her animal subjects at ease and is relaxed enough with her human ones that they sometimes - Goldstein included - say a little bit more than they might have meant to.
Called a maverick, a miracle-worker, and a quack, Dr Marty Goldstein is a pioneer of integrative veterinary medicine. By holistically treating animals after other vets have given up, Goldstein provides a last hope for pet owners with nothing left to lose.
Sin, heresy and sexual ecstasy intertwine in a story which lacks theological depth but probably approximates fairly well the understanding of most peasants and low status clergy at the time.
Rotoscope animation sets the stage for this 17th century look at a woman accused of witchcraft
whose trial reveals the presence of a werewolf.
It is the fear of the stigma, the unknown and the misinformation about HIV that Doin’ My Drugs makes its predominant mission to correct - a society where people can be open about their status, and more importantly one where they no longer fear being teste
Thomas Muchimba returns to his native Zambia to share the knowledge he has learned from his familial experiences with HIV and AIDS.
Murphy has long been underrated as an actor so it's really good to see him finally getting his teeth into something this meaty.
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, the comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a Blaxploitation phenomenon.
It's a great set-up for dealing with big concepts on a low budget but it really depends on strong performances, and here it struggles.
Seven people living in post-Apocalypse survival bunkers keep in touch through a computer network. Panic ensues when part of the system goes down and then people start to disappear.
Pretty much everything about Michael S Ojeda’s film is by the book – right down to Chekov’s pregnant woman – but it rattles along fast enough to keep viewers from worrying about that too much.
Trained assassin Dominique, escaping her troubled past, crash lands her plane in a Colombian town rife with violence. Sheltered by a family, she faces attacks from police and must choose between self-preservation or defending her hosts.
Each successive scene hits you over the head with the ferocity of the action.
In the Donbass, a region of Eastern Ukraine, a hybrid war takes place, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs.
The Compton story is an important one, highlighting how queer liberation did not happen just the once in one single location. For me, however, far more interesting was her personal story.
An intimate and candid portrait of trans activist, artist and performer Donna Personna, which follows her journey to live authentically as herself and to reconnect with her family.
