Documentary

Mark Cousins is always a notable presence in his own films. His voice, his authorial stamp, recognisably familiar both in tone and intent has always accompanied his investigations into the personal and the cinematic. For Cousins, the…

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali charts the friendship between two of the towering figures of the twentieth century. Through breathless narration, personal reflections from family members, and commentary from diverse backgrounds,…

Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri’s documentary opens with footage of the titular beautiful boy Björn Andrésen's audition for Death in Venice, the 1971 film that catapulted him to fame. This footage alone – in which the probing camera…

Heartbreaking are the times for those living in Dublin. Whether looked at through the prospective property buyer’s eyes or those hoping to rent, Home Truths: Stories From The Housing Crisis is a short film by Eamonn Dillon that highlights…

A must for true crime junkies, Scandi documentary and Lux Prize finalist Cold Case Hammarskjold is a dizzying, disturbing odyssey. It sees director and onscreen narrator Mads Brugger travel the world investigating the suspicious death of UN…

The latest one-off Netflix documentary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator uncovers the darkness behind Bikram Choudhury and his hot yoga empire. This insightful outing from filmmaker Eva Orner (Chasing Asylum) lifts the lid on a harrowing tale of…

Social media has opened so many doors which cannot be closed. People invest too much in an alternate reality.  The sinister Black Mirror episode Nosedive is testimony to the Orwellian direction we are heading, where ‘Likes’ equal status and…

In the open moments of The Brink we see Steve Bannon, the former Breitbart shit stirrer, former Trump campaign manager and permanent boogeyman of the left reminiscing about a visit to an old Nazi death camp. It's functional design…

Gavin Fitzgerald is the latest guest on FNI Wrap Chat. Gavin has a knack making gripping feature documentaries and television shows. He has worked with some of the biggest clients in the business including Universal Pictures, Warner Music…

About a quarter of the way through this exemplary debut documentary, we are given one of the film’s trademark, free-flowing sequences. Bing Liu’s handheld camera follows the skateboarding exploits of Zack and Kerri as they manoeuvre their…