Arts association and independent film makers Abundant Art have released a new documentary charting the effects of the pandemic on the performing arts. MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK #2020 follows three dancers, as they navigate the succession of lockdowns and the sudden shutdown of their working lives – each one at a different stage of their professional development,…
If there is one thing I didn’t like in this documentary its a short sequence at the start of the film where many people all dressed in Star Wars cosplay are all asked if they have heard of Alan Ladd Jr, they all reply ‘no’ Which drove me nuts. Why did it drive me nuts?…
Garnering critical acclaim and sparking many conversations on its premiere at Sundance 2021, A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX from acclaimed documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher is set for its release on Blu-ray and DVD on 10 May 2021 from Dogwoof and is available now on digital HD. The film looks at a question that has been around since the dawn…
Central City Media is delighted to announce that Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies will be available to rent and buy on Digital Download from 26th April. Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies is the story of the Alan Ladd Jr. the Oscar-winning producer and his daughter’s journey to get to know her father not just as…
An absolute gem of a nostalgia documentary which at 2hours and 22 minutes is still too short. I loved this look back at the action heroes of the cinematic and home video era which dragged me right back to my youth. But this isn’t just a run of the mill nostalgia documentary featuring talking heads…
The Mystery of UFO sightings are now well apart of mankind’s oral and written history. This story follows a journalist’s quest to uncover the truth behind UFO sightings at active volcano sights across Latin America, and one activist’s pursuit to have the United State’s government admit to E.T visitation throughout history. Jaime Maussan has been…
The Ventures:Stars on Guitars is a feature documentary film focused on the #1 instrumental rock group in the world, The Ventures. Its the story of their rise to fame in the 1960s right up to now, as they celebrate their 60th anniversary of playing the best guitar-rock of all time. The film features Don Wilson,…
From Marilyn Monroe to Jack Nicholson and Leonardo DiCaprio, Douglas Kirkland has photographed the Hollywood elite for more than 60 years. This is his incredible untold story… A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has, with his camera, portrayed over sixty years of pop…
Following its highly acclaimed TV premiere on the Sky Arts channel in 2019, the new documentary What Was Virginia Woolf Afraid Of? receives its DVD release on 16th November 2020. Exploring her life and work, drawing upon key biographers, literary critics and psychologists, the programme seeks to understand her remarkable but deeply troubled and disturbed life. From 1915,…
Now released is the complete set of the I Spit on your Grave series of films , for the first time, this collection contains the once banned, X-rated original 1978 original I Spit on Your Grave, as well as the 2010 I Spit on Your Grave remake, and sequels I Spit on Your Grave 2 (although this film…
Focusing on those whose poetic output remains perhaps the most impactful and influential THE PITY OF WAR: POETS AT THE FRONT explores the experiences of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon and their fellow poets including Rupert Brooke, Robert Graves and Vera Brittain, in this insightful documentary, available to buy on DVD from 28th September. Through the extensive use…
Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, in a partnership with Jump Seat Productions, has announced the Digital HD and Cable VOD launch of director Al Bailey’s DTF, a documentary about one pilot’s search for love and sex through Tinder and the friendly skies. DTF will premiere at LA’s Dances With Films before a VOD launch in the United States. DTF will be…
71 years in the making, Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo is the feature documentary experience revealing the extraordinary life journey of one of Hollywood’s heroes, Danny Trejo. Taking us through a feature length journey from an early life of drugs, armed robbery and hard prison time, to the red carpets of Hollywood blockbusters…
My journey through horror streaming platform Shudder continues and once again Shudder have shown me gold! In one of my favourite documentaries of the year Scream Queen:My Nightmare on Elm Street takes a look back at the first sequel to the Wes Craven classic ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, The 1985 film A Nightmare on…
Filmmaker Asif Kapadia scores yet another goal in my eyes with his latest feature documentary focusing on footballing legend Diego Maradona. Brilliantly constructed from hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage, the 2 hour documentary centres on the years that Diego played for Naples but also takes us on a journey through Diegos early years and…
