documentary

Tribeca Film Festival Reviews: Around The World In Three Docs
Tribeca Film Festival Reviews: Around The World In Three Docs

Lee Jutton reviews three documentaries from all over the world: Tanzania Transit directed by Jeroen van Velzen, Studio 54 by Matt Tyrnauer and Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football by Louis Myles.

SKID ROW MARATHON: Positively Life-Affirming Documentary Gem
SKID ROW MARATHON: Positively Life-Affirming Documentary Gem

It is always a breath of fresh air when a documentary like Skid Row Marathon comes along, which is so heartwarming and heartfelt that you can’t help but be moved emotionally.

San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Roundup
San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Roundup

Arlin Golden does a roundup for his second week at San Francisco International Film Festival, including Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, lesser-known documentaries, and more.

GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI: Portrait Of The Artist As An Uncompromising Queen
GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI: Portrait Of The Artist As An Uncompromising Queen

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami highlights the unique life of the legendary singer, delving into her personal background and daily activities, and of course showcasing several of her mighty performances.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Trailer
San Francisco International Film Festival Week 1 Roundup

In our report of week 1 of San Francisco International Film Festival, we cover films like Generation Wealth, City of Sun, First Reformed, Hal and many more!

SXSW Interview: The Lagralane Group
SXSW Interview: Executive Producers of Oscar-Winning Doc ICARUS – The Lagralane Group

We sat down with documentary producers Yvonne Huff Lee and Jason Delane Lee of the Lagralane Group and chatted about their journey into film finance, their favorite past productions, what they have coming up next.

Miss Kiet's Children: Meet Your New Favorite Class
MISS KIET’S CHILDREN: Meet Your New Favorite Class

Prepare to be charmed by Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch’s documentary Miss Kiet’s Children, a heartwarming ode to the power of education, and the reality of the refugee crisis on European shores.

Portrait of Mike Ott from the 2017 Champs-Elysees Film Festival in France. Photo by Julien Labrosse
Interview With CALIFORNIA DREAMS Director Mike Ott: “It Was My Own Kind Of Dream Come True”

We had the chance to talk with Mike Ott, director of fiction/non-fiction blend CALIFORNIA DREAMS, about documentary filmmaking and about the fine line between fiction and reality.

WILDE SALOMÉ & SALOMÉ: Pacino's Passion Project Finally Sees The Light Of Day
WILDE SALOMÉ & SALOMÉ: Pacino’s Passion Project Finally Sees The Light Of Day

Oscar Wilde enthusiasts won’t get too much out of Al Pacino’s Salomé films, though Jessica Chastain fans will want to check them out to see her first performance on the big screen.

CALIFORNIA DREAMS: I Don't Know What I Just Watched & I Don't Care
CALIFORNIA DREAMS: I Don’t Know What I Just Watched & I Don’t Care

California Dreams blurs the line between fact and fiction, focusing on a young man aspiring to make it in the movies and achieve the American Dream.

D'INKED - A TATTOO REMOVAL DOCUMENTARY: An Eye Opener
D’INKED – A TATTOO REMOVAL DOCUMENTARY: An Eye Opener

D’Inked: A Tattoo Removal Documentary delves into the world of tattoos and the people who subsequently decide to have theirs removed, showing the arduous process and how it has changed the culture of tattoos.

WILD WILD COUNTRY: A True Story That Seems Stranger Than Fiction
WILD WILD COUNTRY: A True Story That Seems Stranger Than Fiction

Wild Wild Country is highly intriguing, captivating its audience from the very beginning, provoking sincere emotion and proving itself to be wild indeed.

Interview with Chapman and Maclain Way, Directors of WILD WILD COUNTRY
WILD WILD COUNTRY Interview: Chapman & Maclain Way, Directors

Chapman and Maclain Way’s six part documentary series Wild Wild Country is an ambitious six part documentary series that needs to be seen to be believed. The directors spoke to Film Inquiry’s Kristy Strouse about making this monumental project a reality.

WILD WILD COUNTRY Interview: Mark Duplass, Executive Producer
WILD WILD COUNTRY Interview: Mark Duplass, Executive Producer

We were able to talk with Mark Duplass, executive producer of the six-part Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country, about what it was like to delve into such a hidden and bizarre piece of history.

DEMON HOUSE: Watch This Movie at Your Own Risk!
DEMON HOUSE: Watch At Your Own Risk!

Demon House has a crawling sense of escalating paranoia, with witness accounts and medical testimonials, Zak Bagans presents a documentary that will have you believing this just might have happened.