Documentary

Marley (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Dir. Kevin Macdonald, US/UK, 2012, 144 mins, documentary Cast (themselves): Bob Marley (archive footage), Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Jimmy …Full Article

Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues: Warming by the Devil’s Fire (12) | Close-Up FIlm Review

Dir. Charles Burnett, USA, 2003, 106 mins Cast: Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Dixon, Lightin Hopkins, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington …Full Article

My Kidnapper (15) |  Close-Up Film Review

Dir. Mark Henderson, UK, 2010, 90mins Cast: Mark Henderson, Review by Christopher Upton Back at the turn of the …Full Article

Project Nim (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

Dir. James Marsh, UK/USA, 2011, 99mins Review by Matthew Rodgers This could so easily be the true story that …Full Article

Senna  (12A)  | Close-Up Film Review

Dir. Asif Kapadia, 106mins, UK/France/USA, 2011 Cast: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Ron Dennis, Sid Watkins Review by Matthew Rodgers …Full Article

Sweetgrass (n/c) | Close-up Film Review

Recorded by: Lucien Castaing-Taylor, France/UK/USA, 2009, 101 mins Review by Dave Hall This strange, enthralling documentary follows a group …Full Article

Tabloid (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Dir. Errol Morris, USA 2010, Documentary. Dur. 88 mins Interviewees: Joyce McKinney, Jackson Shaw, Peter Tory, Kent Gavin, Dr …Full Article

Taking Liberties (12A) | Close-Up Film Review

Dir. Chris Atkins, UK, 2007, 105 mins Cast (narration): Ashley Jensen, David Morrissey Review by Richard Badley Following the …Full Article

Tarnation (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Set to go down as the Blair Witch of the documentary world, Tarnation was completed using a free Apple video editor and just over $200. There is also the small matter that the media used, an assortment of various video formats, photographs, TV footage, answer phone messages and music, was collected over 20 tough years. Caouette picked up a camera when he was 11 to chronicle his mother’s mental decline since her disturbing childhood, and after sifting through masses of collected material what follows is a stream of consciousness; images and sound cut together as if they tumbled from the filmmaker’s psyche as he recalls them.

Tell Them Who You Are (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Haskell Wexler has carved a swathe through the film world since the 1960s. Privileged (by birth, talent and hard work), spoilt, self-absorbed and politically active, octogenarian Haskell is now looking back at his legacy with much regret and pride.

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