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Restless Creature : Wendy Whelan

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The sheer power of documentary is nowhere more apparent than in this excellent affectionate profile of the end of the remarkable career of Wendy Whelan on the eve of her retirement from the NY City Ballet after an unprecedented 30 years with the Company. For non-balletomanes and non-Americans whose education never included the opportunity to … Continue reading



The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America

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Despite what seems like a glut of documentary movies on the veteran rock group The Rolling Stones, filmmaker Paul Dugdale’s contribution and the latest one to the list, is still a sheer treat that will appeal to music-lovers even if they are not die-hard fans. Ever since The Stones were part of the vanguard of the … Continue reading




Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer : an excellent telling of a dispiriting tale

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  Mark Landsman’s excellent documentary makes for depressing viewing . As he details the rise and fall of the scandal rag The National Enquirer he reminds us how the obnoxious self-serving Trump was one of the main instigators of the whole ‘fake news’ syndrome decades before he squirmed his way into The White House. The … Continue reading



School Life

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Headfort the delightful rambling boarding school in the heart of the countryside 50 miles outside of Dublin, is the sort of educational establishment most of us would have given our right arms to spend our childhoods in. The cameras spend a year there for this affectionate portrait by Irish documentarian Nease Ni Chianain which for … Continue reading



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