There is a general perception that an artist is responsible for fighting for a cause, even if it is in their own small way. There’s the argument that all art is inherently political, and even if it isn’t making clear statements, there is something that motivates an individual to create something, regardless of the reason….
Category: documentary
No Other Land (2024)
“They have destroyed our homes. We have no other land” These chilling words were captured by Basel Adra while witnessing the destruction of the homes of civilians in Masafer Yatta, a region in the southern part of the West Bank and one of the many locations where Israeli military forces set out to destroy for…
Sugarcane (2024)
The past is a place in which many people genuinely seem to think they can hide their crimes without ever being discovered – but everything that is hidden will eventually come to light, especially in an era where more people are rebelling against the oppressive forces that sought to silence entire generations. This is the…
Marty, Life Is Short (2026)
When asked how he manages to maintain such a joyful disposition, Martin Short simply attributes it to being born with the “happy gene”, the kind of personality that always finds the positive in any situation. It has informed his outlook on life, guided his career, and been the foundation on which he has built what…
Cover-Up (2025)
George Orwell famously defined a journalist as the act of “printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations”, which is not only a great example of the esteemed writer’s wit, but an oddly prescient statement that was made as both an observation of the era in which he lived, and…
Below the Clouds (2025)
How does one begin to describe a city? Do you examine the architecture and how it has evolved? Or is it a case of exploring the culture through the generations of people who have called it their home? Perhaps the most effective approach would be to simply choose one aspect and allow the rest to…
Mr Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Purely based on logic, it seems implausible that there is any subject that could attract a range of notable names in the entertainment industry to gather for a discussion, in which this group includes the likes of Clint Eastwood and Sidney Poitier, to Joan Rivers and Chris Rock, and everyone in between. However, such a…
Bye Bye Tiberias (2023)
“Images of the past overlap those of the present “ These words are spoken by Lina Soualem, whose voice is heard primarily as the narrator of her film Bye Bye Tiberias (Arabic: باي باي طبريا), in which she travels from her home in France to a small village in Palestine, in an effort to unearth…
The Méliès Mystery (2021)
For as long as we have been celebrating the history of cinema, there has been a concerted effort to cite someone as the proverbial “father” of the medium. There is a debate around who we can consider the first true pioneer, so it would seem that the most appropriate solution is not to label an…
Black Box Diaries (2024)
While it was only labelled as such roughly a decade ago, the MeToo movement has been around a while, but only started to gain momentum once more women stepped out and decided to talk about their own experiences with sexual violence and harassment. In the early days of the movement, many of us found ourselves…
The Postmodern Pelican 