From Bob Dylan to Beyoncé, These Are The Most Memorable Music Documentaries
Photo: Music Documentaries The massive film genre of the documentary has long been as unpredictable and complex as the subjects their cameras capture. Whether it exhibits the disheveled lives of a mother-daughter duo past their prime in Grey Gardens or acquits an...
‘Alien Worlds’: One of Netflix’s Best Nature Documentaries of the Year Isn’t Even Set on our PlanetÂ
Photo: ‘Alien Worlds’/Netflix When we conjure up images of life on other planets, we have a host of sources to draw from. Perhaps we think of the little green men parodied in Paul, or the prawns from District 9, or the oddities that made us laugh in Tim...
‘No Other Land’ and ‘5 Broken Cameras’: Palestinian Resistance on Film
The first time I watched Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s 2012 documentary ‘5 Broken Cameras,’ I was struck by its intimacy and undying hope. The film was not just a documentary, it was a life being lived in real time. Through the lens of Burnat’s five cameras, I saw his...
