Found Footage, modern horror and 1970s British sleaze are explored in our latest video interview.
Tag: documentary
Louise Woodward: The Making Of A Media Martyr
The conflicting evidence, lost facts, fervent nationalism and tabloid-driven hysteria surrounding one of the most notorious trials of the 1990s.
Printed Poison – Mid-Sixties Moral Panic From The Citizens For Decent Literature
More 1960s anti-smut hysteria from notorious fraudster Charles Keating.
What Is A Happening? Man Alive Investigates The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream
The BBC TV documentary exploring the rise of the psychedelic underground in 1967.
Living For Kicks In 1960
A vintage TV documentary looking at thrill-hungry beatniks.
Gross Out Cinema: The Faces Of Death Story
Proving fiction to be stranger than truth, the story of the outrageous Shockumentary that spawned sequels, imitations and a cultural phenomenon.
Don’t Stop Believing – The Hazards Of Changing A Rock Band’s Lead Singer
Why unknown singers joining famous rock bands are almost always doomed to fail.
Max Mosley: Sex, Power And Tabloid Hypocrisy
A new documentary reveals more of the truth about the controversial F1 boss and privacy campaigner than his tabloid enemies ever could.
The Media Show Investigates Horror Films
Channel 4’s art show examines the appeal of horror films in a somewhat haphazard manner.
The Making Of The President – 1960
The ground-breaking book that chronicled an election, and the David L. Wolper Kennedy documentaries that it inspired.
Marjoe Gortner, The False Prophet Who Exposed The Truth
The child preacher turned movie star tried to pull the rug from under evangelical con-men, but no one wanted to listen.
Lake Mungo – Cult Movies, Found Footage And Fake News
The mockumentary ghost story from 2009 has found a new audience – and new relevance in a world where no one knows what is real and what is fake.