Becoming Led Zeppelin
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin agreed to make this film on the strength of Bernard MacMahon’s previous work as a director of music documentaries. Chronicling the rise of the…
Avicii: I’m Tim
A year after the death of the immensely successful DJ Tim ”Avicii” Bergling, journalist and filmmaker Henrik Burman started working on this documentary that ended up sharing themes with another…
Super/Man: Broken but Not Defeated
Christopher Reeve. Photo: CNN Films While preparing for a TV movie called Above Suspicion in 1995, Christopher Reeve did some research. He was cast as a police officer who had…
G: 21 Scenes from Gottsunda
Director Loran Batti’s documentary is a return to the place where he grew up, and an attempt to capture its people and problems. Suburban Gottsunda is tormented by its gangs,…
President in Waiting
What comes with the job of being vice president of the United States? Not much, may be your gut reaction, based on what it’s been like ever since the republic…
Garbo: Leave Me Alone
A documentary that tries to capture the essence and mystery of one of the great screen icons. Tracing Greta Garbo’s beginnings in Sweden working as a salesgirl, then traveling to…
Occupied City
This documentary had the potential to become something great. Steve McQueen adapted his Dutch wife Bianca Stigter’s book that chronicled the war years in Amsterdam, creating a comprehensive guide to…
Music by John Williams
John Williams, the king of film music composers, gets the golden Hollywood treatment in this elegant, adoring documentary. Don’t look for any revelations of a thrilling personal life, aside from…
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
An epic dive into the archives of Swedish public-service television, chronicling 30 years of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, beginning with the Jewish state celebrating its first ten…
Will & Harper
Things happen when we go on road trips; relationships might break down or new bonds could be forged. This is a good idea, having Will Ferrell and one of his…