music documentary
Nobody needs me to sit here and talk about John Williams. We all know who he is and what he has achieved. He is that rare sort of below-the-line film technician that even casual filmgoers recognise not just the work of but his name, too. A symbol of an era
songs from documentaries
Kevin Macdonald divides his time between dramatic features and documentaries. Sometimes, as in the case of Touching the Void, he does both at the same time. I have admired films he has done in both mediums, but his Oscar-winning One Day in September will forever keep be hankering for more
documentary review
There is a bit in Zackary Drucker’s Enigma where the director off-camera exclaims “Amanda…!” to one of Amanda Lear’s answers in such an incredulous tone and it honestly made me laugh. Partly because it surprised me on account of it being rare to hear a filmmaker so brazenly