Diego Maradona
The filmmakers create a rich portrait of the legendary soccer player by focusing on his most dramatic period, playing for Napoli in the 1980s. It’s the story of how the…
Free Solo: El Cap One Step at a Time
Alex Honnold. Photo: National Geographic In September 2019, the term ”free solo” was added to Merriam-Webster’s English dictionary. The reason was this film and its ability to take what used…
Yung Lean: In My Head
A documentary from music journalist and filmmaker Henrik Burman in the vein of Avicii: True Stories (2017), which also depicted a Swedish talent who found success abroad but came to…
McQueen
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s appearance didn’t really live up to one’s expectations – he came across more like your average bloke who’d spend most nights in a dark pub…
Avicii: True Stories
Released one year before the tragic death of 28-year-old Tim ”Avicii” Bergling, the Swedish DJ who had become a global phenomenon, this documentary feels prophetic now, to say the least.…
The Final Year
The director, who’s made several documentaries about America’s role in the world, got access to President Barack Obama and his foreign-policy team during the administration’s last year. We follow Obama…
Get Me Roger Stone
After the 2016 presidential election, it only seemed logical to see a documentary about the shameless Republican strategist Roger Stone – getting Donald Trump into the White House was after…
Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time
After Mark Halperin and John Heilemann spent months and months covering the 2016 presidential election for the Showtime series The Circus, this summary in the shape of a documentary feature…
Michael Moore in TrumpLand
Michael Moore usually takes his time getting a movie into theaters, but this one was a surprise release just a few weeks before the presidential election where voters decided between…
Life Itself: Ebert’s Four-Star Journey
Roger Ebert. Photo: Magnolia Pictures I first approached this film because of my interest in movies and as a fan of Roger Ebert as a film critic. Would it appeal…