‘The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann’ spent much of its production time in limbo. Kate and Gerry McCann themselves wanted to have nothing to do with the latest Netflix true crime series and the show itself […]
Abducted in Plain Sight Review
Abducted in Plain Sight has taken the internet by storm, and it’s no surprise. True crime is fascinating enough in itself, but this new Netflix documentary, tackling the story of Jan Broberg’s horrifying childhood, is […]
Why is Society Fascinated With Serial Killers?
In light of the recent release of the Netflix documentary ‘Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes’ and the subsequent release of the film trailer with Zac Efron playing the serial killer, a great […]
Leeds 2018 Palestinian Film Festival: 1948 Creation & Catastrophe Review
‘A people without a land for a land without people”- a now infamous slogan for those who supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, and […]
REVIEW: Flint Town
Filmed from above, a dark police car rolls noiselessly along a snow-covered track. Streetlights above reveal the road to be quiet and deserted. A crackly voice issuing from a police radio breaks the silence: “We […]
Vice-Chancellors Under Fire For Expenses
Following two years of research and hundreds of freedom of information requests (FOIs), Channel 4’s Dispatches programme uncovered the extraordinary sums of money paid as expenses to Britain’s university vice chancellors. Given the ongoing strikes […]
Blue Planet II: Coral Reefs
Being elevated to the status of national treasure I am sure has many benefits. You can avoid taxes like there’s no tomorrow and basically get away with murder. David Attenborough has reached this pinnacle. If […]
Blue Planet II – Secrets of the Deep
As with the other 10.8 million viewers last Sunday night, I made sure to book my evening off from all form of work as it was time to watch the second instalment of Blue Planet […]
My Week as a Muslim
Tyler Denyer reviews the new and controversial documentary on Channel 4 that has had the whole country talking. With Halloween passing and cultural appropriation becoming a strong controversial topic again, Channel 4 have put […]
Docs to Knock Your Socks Off
Hannah Simpson-Orlebar takes a look at some of the documentaries that we should be watching instead of trashy TV. Indulge in a form of procrastination that will make you smarter. Fresher’s week has come to […]
Before the Flood
‘Before the Flood’ is a documentary addressing the issues within climate change, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio with co-creator Fisher Stevens. Released on October 30th on the National Geographic channel, having spent 3 years in production. […]
Review: Revolution – A New Art for a New World
Making its debut at the Vue ciema in Kirkstall on the 10th of November, Margy Kinmoth’s Revolution: New Art for a New World is a fascinating, if slightly dense insight into the Russian revolution, and […]