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Documentary films

  • ‘It was like reliving everything’ … Shiori Ito in Black Box Diaries (2024)

    ‘Editing it was like exposure therapy’: Shiori Ito, the reluctant face of Japan’s #MeToo movement

  • Paul Simon on stage at teh Royal Albert Hall in November 2016.

    ‘I never said I was going to retire ...’ Paul Simon on disability, drive and the mystery behind his greatest songs

  • Children of the Cult.

    Children of the Cult review – fierce doc about the Osho commune survivors

    Courageously covering what Netflix’s Wild Wild Country didn’t, this film confronts those who ran the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh meditation centres with the shocking testimonies of its child victims
  • Maya and the Wave.

    Maya and the Wave review – the sea is not the only risk for female big-wave surfer

    Documentary about Maya Gabeira’s record-breaking feats almost accidentally tells a story too about the endemic sexism in sport
  • Harder Than the Rock.

    Harder Than the Rock review – reggae’s unsung heroes finally get their moment

    Cimarons, the UK’s first reggae band, played with Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley but barely made a penny; this heartwarming film follows their first gig in 30 years
  • A still of No Other Land

    First look review
    No Other Land review – powerful Israel-Palestine documentary is essential viewing

    A Palestinian-Israeli collective have documented violence and displacement in a damning new film that offers a stark insider’s look at the conflict
  • The Battle for Laikipia

    The Battle for Laikipia review – brutal impact of British land ownership in Kenya

    Illuminating documentary examines the tensions between indigenous pastoralists and commercial ranchers as resources become more scarce during a drought
    • Will Ferrell’s Netflix doc Will & Harper is flawed but vital viewing for cis people

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    • Signs of War review – gripping testimony of harrowing march to conflict in Ukraine

    • Medicine Man: The Stan Brock Story review – life story of America’s healthcare saviour

  • Harper Steele and Will Ferrell  standing together taking a selfie.

    Will & Harper review – Will Ferrell hits the road with a newly transitioned pal

    Josh Greenbaum funny and poignant documentary follows the comedian and his old friend across the US in a likable portrait that never quite rings true
  • Will Ferrell and Harper Steele

    Will Ferrell and Harper Steele: ‘More people say they’ve seen an alien than a trans person’

  • Paul McCartney in One Hand Clapping.

    Paul McCartney and Wings: One Hand Clapping review – restored rockumentary is pure pleasure

  • Peter Jewell (left) and Bill in Bill Douglas My Best Friend.

    Bill Douglas: My Best Friend review – inspirational and tender portrait of a brilliant director

  • Winning subject … Libuše Jarcovjáková in I’m Not Everything I Want to Be.

    I’m Not Everything I Want to Be review – sex, fashion and addiction from Czech Nan Goldin

  • Dynamically shot … a still from The Fisherman and the Banker

    The Fisherman and the Banker review – a coastal community’s astonishing fight for justice

  • First look … The Invention of the Other.

    The Invention of the Other review – fascinating first glimpse of uncontacted Amazon tribe

  • Julian Brave NoiseCat and Ed Archie NoiseCat sitting side by side.

    Sugarcane review – impressive account of the Catholic church’s abuse of Indigenous children in Canada

    Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie’s documentary is all the more powerful for its measured telling
  • One Hand Clapping Paul McCartney during the Backyard Tapes session at EMI Studios. London, August 1974.

    ‘The whole human condition is encased in the story’: why Beatles films just keep coming

  • Adrian Horton

    Demi Lovato’s starry documentary Child Star offers hard truths

    Adrian Horton
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