Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted May 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 7:39 AM, BigJag said: Does anyone know what this documentary is called and where I can find it? Was it Kings of Pastry? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rhbcv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted May 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted May 23, 2023 That definitely looks like it. I'll have to try and find it online. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I watched the second series of Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal having found the first series fairly interesting, albeit tragic. Long story short: Incredibly wealthy and powerful family in Carolina involved in all sorts of incidents including a boating accident that results in a death, and then other tragedies occur. Spoiler for those who don't want to know: Spoiler There is no doubt in my mind that the Dad did it, but also that there probably was some outside help. Also watched Who Killed Jill Dando? which again was really quite interesting as I'd forgotten pretty much everything about the case. I didn't quite realise just how famous Jill was, and what a huge star she was, and also didn't realise that the murder is still unresolved. It certainly didn't help that I was getting confused every time they said the name Barry George and kept thinking "The Cillit Bang guy?" Both decent but Netflix could really do with one of their bat shit crazy story ones to pop up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted September 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) I watched the first episode of Telemarketers last night, and it was fucking brilliant. It's about the dodgy selling practices of a telemarketing company based in New Jersey and how they swindled people into thinking they were donating to police charities. Really, the actual premise of the scam take a backseat to the characters who worked in the place (all filmed at the time by a worker with a camcorder at the time) who were all various burnouts, people with convictions who couldn't get jobs elsewhere. The management basically didn't give a shit what anyone did as long as they made sales, so you've got these people who hate the job doing all sorts to pass the time. It reminded me so much of jobs I'd done and hated and the stupid shit you get up to. I fell in love with all of them. There's two more eps, going to burned them off tonight. Produced by the Saftie brothers and Danny McBride and Jody Hill (of Eastbound and Down/Righteous Gemstones fame) Edited September 28, 2023 by gmoney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 18, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 18, 2023 I don't know if it quite qualifies for this thread but I went to see Stop Making Sense today. Never really been that bothered by concert films at all and maybe I'll never need to see another one after this. Could not have had a better time with this and it helped so much having a legitimately great director like Jonathan Demme behind it. What an experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Devon Malcolm said: I don't know if it quite qualifies for this thread but I went to see Stop Making Sense today. Never really been that bothered by concert films at all and maybe I'll never need to see another one after this. Could not have had a better time with this and it helped so much having a legitimately great director like Jonathan Demme behind it. What an experience. The best concert film ever made for me, Clive. I was a bit obsessed with it at one point. Obviously David Byrne captures your attention but Tina Weymouth is incredible throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 The Devil On Trial Absolutely shit. Despite not believing in any of it, anything to do with the devil and/or possession makes me poo my pants, so was up for this. It's just really boring, and meanders about. Really disappointed. Netflix please make a good documentary again, it's been ages. Union with David Olusoga Wonderful stuff about the union of Britain, and how it all happened. Pitched just right and he's a great, engaging presenter I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 20, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted October 20, 2023 Living With Chucky This franchise probably deserves the same in-depth treatment that Friday the 13th got for the excellent Crystal Lake Memories. But this was still really good, and it's always been a consistently good horror franchise. The bits with Brad and Fiona Dourif were lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 15, 2023 STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Even better than last year's Val. Told in a similarly chaotic way, dipping in and out of Fox's life and career and health, the splicing in of clips from his films to match the events of his real life is amazing, including moments when he was clearly trying to hide his shaking during scenes. He's just as engaging and funny as ever, and as much as it's still really sad to see how Parkinson's has gripped him, this was still really positive and life-affirming. Best documentary of the year for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 25, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 25, 2023 Chop & Steele Short but funny film about the guys who run the Found Footage Festival and the various pranks they've carried out over the years. Good lads, solid documentary, a very nice dog. My Imaginary Country Documentary about the recent Chilean protests and uprisings that ran from 2019 to 2022 and resulted in a sadly failed attempt to install a new constitution. It's incomplete but in showing the organisation of mass protests and how they can effect genuine political change, I found this quite inspirational. These kids starting it all off because the government put subway fares up, meaning they couldn't afford to travel to school, and then seeing it spread into feminist areas. The desire for genuine equality and socialism and the refusal to accept neo-liberalism as a compromise comes across really well. I hope these people get what they have fought so hard for one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 30, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted November 30, 2023 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (BBC iPlayer) A biography of the American artist Nan Goldin that also doubles up as a documentary about the opioid crisis and Goldin's involvement in the many protests against the Sackler family. It never knits together as well as I'd have liked but she's had a fascinating life and that comes across very well indeed. Bad Axe Focuses on a family of Cambodian origin who run into trouble with a local neo-Nazi gang in a small midwest American town after vocally supporting Black Lives Matter. I really can't speak highly enough of this, even if it did make me extremely sad and angry. They're a lovely family though dealing with generational trauma and trying to keep their restaurant afloat, and I hope they got loads of new business after this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 14, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 14, 2023 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour I regret not seeing this at the cinema as much as not seeing Blade Runner 2049 on IMAX. Obviously the music and her performance are impeccable, but as a sort of concept concert it's an incredible work of art. From the set design to the placement of songs to the segues between albums, the execution is inventive and amazing. I don't mind comparing this to Stop Making Sense in its ability to be an experience that will make you feel like this artist that you liked beforehand is way more brilliant than you even realised. One of the best things I've ever seen. Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything (Prime) The very best suspense thrillers are those you have seen before and yet still feel tense about. I knew the ending to this and yet couldn't have been more on edge. The last 20 minutes are as compelling a portrait of the pressures on a top-level sportsperson as you will see. It's also superb at showing a man locked in this inescapable prison of genius driving him to continue being a part of something that he often hates and may well kill him. What a great documentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jesse Posted December 15, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2023 I was dragged to the Eras Tour in cinemas by my wife. I've liked Taylor on and off but at the time I was very much off and work gets horrendous this time of year so I was not in the mood to go sit and watch a very long recorded concert. It's exactly as you described though, and by a third of the way through I was buzzing and even enjoying entire albums of hers that I usually can't stand. Might be the best thing I saw at the cinema this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything Really enjoyable and probably the most meme-able documentary I've seen. Mister Organ I really enjoyed David Farriers other docs (Tickled and his Netflix series, Dark Tourist) and this up there with them. It's in the same vein as Tickled - an innocuous news story that falls down a massive rabbit hole trying to find out more about the central character. Theres not a story arc like his previous one. It's more of a overview on the life of the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God HBO doc about a hippie/new age/conspiracy theory/Robin Williams-obsessed cult. The story is told predominantly via talking heads from the members of the cult who still fully believe all this shit. They are all fucking insane. I've watched plenty of documentaries about people like the Branch Davidians of Waco, the Twin Flames Universe lot, NXIVM etc but these guys take the biscuit. Fucking hell. It's a whole new level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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