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London Archive Film Festival: Cinema Komunisto

by Ben Sheppard 14 May 2012

One of the reasons that the London Archive Film Festival is able to exist is the recent crossover success of documentaries such as Man on Wire, the King of Kong and Senna.  Although these three fantastic films seem completely unrelated aside from being documentaries, one striking similarity that they share is their narrative.  For all [...]

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2011: The Year of the Documentary

by Lucia Hodgson 26 July 2011

By Lucia Hodgson Reportedly, whilst speaking at the increasingly extolled Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival this year, filmmaker Steve James hailed a ‘golden age of documentary film-making. 2011 has already witnessed an epoch-inducing influx of documentaries with the subjects just as diverse as their creators.

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In Review: Senna (2011)

by Adam Vaughan 22 June 2011

By Adam Vaughan What I know about Formula 1 racing would fit on the back of a stamp. Seriously. For all I know a ‘pit stop’ is a chance for the drivers to jump out of their cars and do a dance with fans and feathers…although what common sense I have suggests that that probably [...]

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