Documentary films
Mad About the Boy - The Noël Coward Story review – brisk trot through life and career
Speeding through Coward’s journey from humble origins to all-round megastardom, we don’t get to engage with his complex private life
Cath Clarke
30, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
A Crack in the Mountain review – the moral maze of cave tourism in Vietnam
A documentary exploring the ethical dilemmas surrounding Son Doong cave in Vietnam is well meaning if a bit convoluted
Wendy Ide
28, May, 2023 @10:30 AM
A Way Home review – Alzheimer’s and immigration in portrait of a disappearing past
Karima Saïdi’s documentary movingly tries to shore up memories from her mother’s life, but the ethics of the process are uneasy
Phuong Le
28, May, 2023 @7:59 AM
Paradise review – visually striking account of Siberian wildfires leans towards abstraction
Alexander Abaturov’s stunning film captures the resilience of villagers in remote Shologon, but feels contextless
Phuong Le
27, May, 2023 @5:40 PM
On my radar: Arlo Parks’s cultural highlights
The Mercury prize-winning musician on an inspirational rapper, a Nobel laureate’s views of Paris, where to find chillies and a Red Hot Chili Pepper
Killian Fox
27, May, 2023 @2:00 PM
‘They wanted their accounts to be heard’: the film-maker who drove 400 Ukrainians to safety
As In the Rearview premieres at Cannes, its director explains how he made a movie about transporting people across the border in his VW and why he’s rejected the red carpet for a borrowed rug from a bombed home
Xan Brooks
26, May, 2023 @8:43 AM
‘Competitive femininity’: inside the wild and secretive world of sororities
After the University of Alabama rush went viral on TikTok, a film-maker followed four young women seeking admittance
Adrian Horton
24, May, 2023 @4:30 PM
Tokyo Stories review – artistic immersion into the city’s creative life
The Exhibition on Screen documentary series delves into the boundless energy of the Japanese megalopolis
Andrew Pulver
23, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
A Crack in the Mountain review – scrupulous look at the exploitation of a natural wonder
Alastair Evans’s documentary details the struggle to preserve Hang Son Doong caves in Vietnam, which were discovered in 1991
Phil Hoad
23, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
The Other Fellow review – no, I’m James Bond…
Assorted men who share the fictional spy’s name are the shaken and stirred subjects of Matthew Bauer’s overstretched documentary
Wendy Ide
21, May, 2023 @12:00 PM
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV review – enjoyable documentary about the video artist
Amanda Kim’s documentary encapsulates the disruptive work of the Korean American artist, who was years ahead of his time
Wendy Ide
21, May, 2023 @11:30 AM
‘Kafka-esque nightmare’: what many women face when reporting rape
Netflix documentary Victim/Suspect examines a broken system that too often turns women from victims of sexual assault to suspects of false claims
Adrian Horton
20, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
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