Channel 4’s art show examines the appeal of horror films in a somewhat haphazard manner.
Tag: documentary
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.
Is Nothing Sacred? Faces Of Death Is Being Remade
The most notorious shockumentary of the 1970s gets an unexpected Hollywood makeover.
The Flowers Of Passion: A Journey Into The Japanese Idol Underground
The mysterious, unexplored world of the strange and wonderful chika idol scene.
Time Out Of Mind: Science Fiction Authors Explored
The TV series covering the major names from the final days of serious science fiction literature.
The Historical Warnings Of Night Will Fall
Sidney Bernstein’s documentary of concentration camp footage and the reconstructed version of the long-suppressed film.
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Message
A hot and cold pop culture-laden Sixties documentary about the mass media theorist.
Hardcore Uproar: The Extreme And Erotic Performance Art Of Beth B’s Beyond Burlesque
Exploring the intersections of traditional burlesque, performance art and classic striptease, and just how far it is all removed from the modern, uptight burlesque scene.
America Divided – Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park
Peter Watkins’ Vietnam-era study of protest, politics and punishment remains timely, but it’s too much in love with sloganeering to win over hearts and minds.
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd And Yoko Ono Battle The Bootlegs In A 1971 Documentary
The new threat of illegal live recordings explored in a 1971 documentary that includes shameless criminality and John Lennon hiding in a bag.