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  • 20 Feet From Stardom (2013)
    Review preview for 20 Feet From Stardom

    This is great stuff - a fantastic musical documentary.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Backing singers tell their stories.
  • Best Of Enemies (2015)
    Review preview for Best Of Enemies

    Neville and Gordon wisely embed the verbal duels into the surroundings.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F Buckley Jr, and their rancorous disagreements about politics, God, and sex.
  • The Cool School (2008)
    Review preview for The Cool School

    There's a sense that some of the humour which must have been present around these strong personalities is missing.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A look back at the birth of L.A.'s modern art movement and the famous Ferus gallery.
  • The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble (2015)
    Review preview for The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble

    This film doesn't so much go from A to B as form a back and forth dialogue with itself, so that there is a sense of circling back to ideas already mentioned and even of foreshadowing elements to come.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Ma and his musical collaborators discuss their work and the importance of cultural dialogue.
  • Troubadours (2011)
    Review preview for Troubadours

    The film is crammed full of archive footage, talking heads and some cracking music.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    A documentary about the singer/songwriter boom in late Sixties Los Angeles.
  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
    Review preview for They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    The documentary lifts the various stones around the movie's creation and lets us have a good look at the monsters hiding underneath Welles's barely watchable, misogynistic hate parade.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    Documentary about Orson Welles unfinished film, The Other Side Of The Wind.
  • Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
    Review preview for Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    Neville makes a solid case about why Rogers' impact remains so great even if the man himself remains partially concealed from us.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    Documentary about the US public TV children's show host who had a lasting influence.

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