‘Mike Hodges: A Film-Maker’s Life’, a cracking two hour documentary about the cult director of Get Carter and Flash Gordon. Now on Arrow Player ( @ARROW_Player )


Get Carter. One of the most iconic British films of all time, starring the great Michael Caine, and directed by Mike Hodges is a film that any film fan knows. and whilst they may know the name of Mike Hodges and know his work. With this new documentary you’ll learn far more than you previously…

Eye-opening documentaries on legendary Hollywood directors Sam Peckinpah and Peter Bogdanovich on Arrow this April ( @ARROW_Player )


Key highlights this April on the streaming service ARROW include these insightful documentaries on legendary directors Sam Peckinpah and Peter Bogdanovich from  celebrated documentarian Paul Joyce (Made in the USA, Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man). The brutally honest eye-opening industry insider documentary that lifts the lid on tinsel town, Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies is an unmissable watch for all cinephiles. The celebrated…

Director John Clayton Doyle’s acclaimed, award-winning I’M AN ELECTRIC LAMPSHADE premieres on digital platforms March 28 from Gravitas Ventures.


Director John Clayton Doyle’s acclaimed, award-winning I’M AN ELECTRIC LAMPSHADE premieres on digital platforms March 28 from Gravitas Ventures. Called both “one of the best documentaries of the year” (on-magazine.co.uk), and “One of the best films we’ll see all year” (KQED), this unique, mind-bending musical odyssey stars Doug McCorkle, a buttoned-up, mild-mannered corporate accountant. After retiring…

Living With Chucky will be available to own or rent in the UK & Ireland from April 24


Lightbulb Film Distribution are pleased to share the poster and trailer for new documentary, Living With Chucky. Filmmaker Kyra Elise Gardner, daughter of iconic special effects artist Tony Gardner, takes an in-depth look at the groundbreaking horror franchise. Featuring interviews with creator Don Mancini, Chucky’s voice actor Brad Dourif, and cast Jennifer Tilly and John Waters. Following its world premiere at Popcorn Frights,…

Gerry Anderson – A Life Uncharted Extended Director’s Cut set to arrive on bluray January 2023 from Network ( @networktweets )


Over a sixty year career Gerry Anderson created some of the world’s most beloved children’s television series – including Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Space:1999, Terrahawks and Space Precinct. In a fitting tribute to this television and film pioneer Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted uses a wealth of intimate audio archive combined with cutting-edge AI deepfake technology to allow Gerry to tell his own…

Captivating documentary on the legendary Oscar-winning claymation animator Will Vinton! CLAYDREAM set for UK release this November ( @AltitudeFilms )


“Colourful eyegasm celebrates all that Will Vinton Studios achieved” VARIETY “The tribute Vinton deserves – and the introduction most of us need” THE WRAP “A fascinating saga, especially for fans of animation” THE WASHINGTON POST “ A lively and illuminating tribute” THE NEW YORK TIMES “A reminder of a master artist and visionary who revolutionised an art form” AUSTIN CHRONICLE A…

A gem of a documentary ‘Pennywise: The Story of IT’ set for UK Home Entertainment release. Digital Download 3rd October and Blu-ray & DVD 24th October


Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment are set to release Pennywise: The Story of IT on Digital Download from 3rd October and Blu-ray & DVD from 24th October and is a two hour documentary that takes a look at the 1990s two part mini series  based on Stephen King’s iconic novel. Whilst IT is a hugely popular mini…

FATHER EARTH, the new feature film from Graham Fellows, is set to tour the UK Autumn 2022. ( @gdfellows )


Iconic Filmmaker and Comedian Graham Fellows has followed his two previous indie features, It’s Nice Up North and Southern Softies, with his most personal film yet. FATHER EARTH is the touchingly quirky true story of one man’s efforts to save his world, whilst attempting to save the planet. Can Graham, armed with a G Wiz electric car, successfully convert a derelict church…

Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: The Complete Collection releases on bluray+ dvd combo pack from Shout Factory Out Now ( @theoliverstone @ShoutFactory )


After a successful TV broadcast in late 2021, on Sky here in the UK and Showtime in other territories. its time for me to add this fantastic and very detailed documentary series to my ever growing Oliver Stone collection. I’m also every happy that it isn’t just the feature length documentary that is getting a…

Char·ac·ter, a documentary by Drago Sumonja featuring Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark Rydell, Harry Dean Stanton and Sydney Pollack


After a recent talk with filmmaker Shaun O’Banion where we talked about our wishlists for podcast guests, Shaun recommended to me a 2009 documentary called Char·ac·ter by Drago Sumonja. Shaun did say he wasnt sure how easy it would be to track down the documentary but it was definitely worth seeking out. Well I found…

That Was A Serious Party – feature-length documentary taking viewers to the The Secret Garden Party festival gets release date


This July 21 – 24, as the legendary immersive The Secret Garden Party makes a welcome return for its 20th anniversary edition, following a self-imposed hiatus of five years, a brand-new feature documentary That Was a Serious Party, directed by Dylan Harvey, takes us on a magical journey of why the UK’s most anarchic, creative festival is so loved, and how it originated.…

Fantastic Tom Savini documentary ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ to get special edition Blu-ray treatment ( @THETomSavini)


Wild Eye Releasing has announced details on a special edition Blu-ray of ‘Tom Savini : Smoke and Mirrors’, the acclaimed documentary that explores the celebrated career of special makeup effects legend, actor, director, stuntman Tom Savini. From his childhood in Pittsburgh, PA; to his tour of duty during Vietnam, to his beginnings with George A.…

Featuring interviews with Punk legends including Vivienne Westwood ‘WAKE UP PUNK’ Coming to UK and Irish cinemas 5th May & Digital Download 9th May!


Fresh off its World premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival, WAKE UP PUNK, comes from the heart of the Punk movement and is a unique insight into the true origins of punk.   Directed by Nigel Askew, the film features fascinating, in-depth interviews with Punk legends from ‘Queen Of Punk’ Jordan, aka Pamela Rooke, who sadly died of…

Vision Films To Release ‘Eating Our Way To Extinction’ across the globe on Amazon Prime from April 18th


Ahead of Earth Day 2022, Vision Films, Inc. (Vision) will release the timely Eating Our Way To Extinction documentary to be promoted by Amazon from 18 – 22 April during Amazon Prime’s Earth Day Campaign. The documentary is simultaneously launching internationally, alongside the UK, in the USA, Canada, Australia and many other additional to-be-announced countries, including Spain,…

Handling stress in high-stress situations ‘Stronger by Stress’ A Biohacking Documentary gets March 8 Release


Leverage the science of stress adaptation and become more resilient in your everyday life in Stronger by Stress, coming this March from Gravitas Ventures. With conventional medicine struggling to keep up with our ever-increasing stress, biohackers show us their holistic approach to life not only increases a resilience against stress but also helps us to perform…

Ailey, a documentary about the ground-breaking and influential choreographer Alvin Aileya Directed by Jamila Wignot. In UK and Irish cinemas 7th January 2022 ( @jamilawignot @Dogwoof )


Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Directed by Jamila Wignot, the celebrated documentary is an immersive profile of ground-breaking and influential choreographer Alvin Ailey, founder of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. AILEY captures the brilliant and enigmatic man who, when confronted by a world that refused to embrace him, was…

Just what id been waiting for! ‘Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman’ by Jon Spira ( @videojon @britbox )


Over the years I have often wondered why there weren’t more documentaries about the stuntmen and stuntwomen that performed such death defying feats in hundreds of the movies that ive seen over the years. Yes now and again we get a small featurette on a DVD or a bluray taking us behind the scenes of…

The Beatles and India a fascinating, award-winning feature documentary from Ajoy Bose, which gets UK digital release 4 October courtesy of 101 Films ( @101_films @ajinbaba )


When the world’s most famous band The Beatles made their seminal trip to India in 1968, not only did it inspire a new musical direction for the band, it paved the way for a brand new sound that still resonates across cultural and musical landscapes to this day. Now a new, award-winning feature documentary The Beatles and India from Silva…

Abundant Art release documentary charting the effects of the pandemic on the performing arts. Movie Forward, Looking Back #2020


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,…

More proof that aliens have and do visit us! In documentary VOLCANIC UFO MYSTERIES. Out now on Amazon Prime


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…

THAT CLICK, the story of Hollywood photographer Douglas Kirkland, out now on digital platforms ( @UKKaleidoscope ) #filmtwitter #photography


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…

What Was Virginia Woolf Afraid Of? receives its DVD release on 16th November 2020


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,…

THE PITY OF WAR: POETS AT THE FRONT explores experiences of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon and fellow poets in insightful documentary, available to buy on DVD from 28th September.


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…

DTF Takes to the Skies on VOD September 15th A Lonely Pilot Searches for Love in New Documentary and takes a hot and heavy trip around the globe


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…