Been watching/catching up on a lot of documentaries/performances since the new year began. Loved loved loved Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind. Gilbert was great as well. Also watched The Beatles: Eight Days A Week, Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, and LCD’s Shut Up and Play The Hits (which was pretty funny given that they’re back together. Especially the ending showing the kid in tears.) Others on the list (please let me know if any of these are not worth checking out, and any recommendations are welcome: Taylor Swift Reputation Tour Michael Jackson’s This Is It Avicii doc on Netflix Jim and Andy (should I watch Man on Moon first?) Gaga Five foot two
It would be a good idea to see the movie first if you haven't. This way you have the context of Carrey playing Kaufman and how the movie ended up turning out. Also if you're into music/show biz docs, some recs off the top of my head: Searching For Sugarman, 20 Feet From Stardom, A Band Called Death, Sound City
What are the forerunners for best doc this year at the Oscars? I'm sure Three Identical Strangers, Won't You Be My Neighbor and They Shall Not Grow Old will be nominated, what else?
I completely forgot about this show 'To Catch a Predator' decoy wanted to warn would-be pedophiles about hidden cameras: 'Go home'
I am guessing this is Netflix's submission to the Oscar doc short category. A documentary short about a photojournalist who has spent the last seven years documenting the untouched empty bedrooms of school shooting victims
A video essay about The Act Of Killing randomly showed up on my YouTube feed and made me think "This was probably the greatest documentary I have ever seen, also I never want to see this again"
rented the Marc Maron doc over the weekend - I'm a superfan of his so I loved it but it was really well done overall
Making my way through the expected Oscar frontrunners for Best Doc Feature 2025. Already saw The Perfect Neighbor. Just watched Cover-Up. Currently watching 2000 Meters to Andriivka. The Alabama Soluton is probably after that.
Damn like every scene in 2000 Meters to Andriivka ends with a voiceover that is like "Demetri dies 6 months from now in a drone strike"
I paid $3 on Amazon to rent 2000 Meters to Andriivka last night and just realized the whole thing is free on the PBS YouTube channel lol Also I watched Apocalypse In The Tropics last night. Gonna try to do The Alabama Solution tonight or tomorrow.
the Oscar nominated documentary shorts this year are all pretty devastating one about school shootings, another about anti-abortion protesters, one about child victims in Gaza and another about a the murder of a journalist