Blog Category: Film Review

In an age when people are advised to stay apart, documentaries as a medium can hold the power to connect us in a way few art forms can.

American Factory can certainly be problematic, but it’s an outstanding critique of why singularity is a far-fetched concept. 

It’s hard not to shed a tear at Chris Bolan’s A Secret Love: Netflix’s latest documentary about two lesbians whose relationship was kept secret for decades.

For Sama’s intentions are pure. It is a heart-wrenching, eye-opening portrait of a mother and her daughter: a declaration of immeasurable love.

Walk, Run, Cha-Cha is an impressive insight into one of the most overlooked struggles of immigrants: the redemption of long-lost history.  

The Kingmaker is an excellent observation of how best to approach our own truths. An essential watch in today’s times.

Capturing the Friedmans, like its family-in-focus, is tangled in a web of dysfunction.

Sunday Beauty Queen is all about breaking the mold – trying to prove to everyone that there’s more to our overseas workers than the sacrifices they make. 

The Look of Silence (2014) is equally brave and meditative as Act of Killing, albeit, perhaps, with higher stakes.

Hearts of Darkness, much like Apocalypse Now, reveals how internal battles can easily interfere with the world around us.

This investigative thriller hangs on the idea that the best types of mysteries are ones solved through collaboration. 

Period. End of Sentence, as its title suggests, is about the process of ending the cultural taboos surrounding menstruation.

Asif Kapadia’s documentary Senna is an exploration of an athlete who tirelessly pushed the borders and trappings of his institution.

Liberated is not an easy watch. However, endure its painful truths and you will find a reflective study of our generation.

The beauty of a documentary lies in its mission to capture a moment in time, transporting us to times and places otherwise unreachable.