Fyre

Gripping documentary/catalogue of hate-targets surrounding a company geared to target “influencers”, setting up a high-end festival on a tropical paradise, and the attendant tale of how neglect, pig-headedness and wilful denial of the facts led to the event seeing thousands

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

Intimate documentary about the reunion of the Monty Python team for their famous Final Concert series at the O2 in 2014 (of which I was very fortunate to attend twice!).  Having seen 20+ years of the Pythons reminiscing about Python,

Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol

This one presented as a documentary on the social context and history of the toppling of the Colston statue in Bristol but felt like by the end it had crossed over into a party-political for Mayor Marvin Rees.  And televised

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Most people, having just finished 3 Muppet documentaries, would be unlikely to immediately start another… I’ll put my hand up and admit to only having watched the first 20 minutes of this – but after seeing the frigging Pigs/Vikings/In The

I Love Muppets

Most people, having just finished 2 Muppet documentaries, would be unlikely to immediately start another… and this is why I’m on my 4th coffee today.  2002 saw the 25th anniversary of the screening of The Muppet Show – and what

The World of Jim Henson

Most people, having just finished a Muppet documentary, would be unlikely to immediately start another – but you know how this works by now.  This one, produced after Henson’s death, was a bit more fo a general retrospective – focussing

Of Muppets & Men: The Making of the Muppet Show

I’m a bit obsessed with The Muppets, and with Jim Henson. The eclectic, supportive, familial slightly innocent good-natured chaos reminds me a lot of the crowd I used to hang out with growing up, and Henson’s inventive, unique take on

My Way: The Rise and Fall of Berlusconi

Ever find yourself sitting up late & alone watching a documentary about Silvio Berlusconi? I guess I was hoping to learn how/WHY he persisted in office for so long, but got wildly turned off the topic by seeing how much

Being Elmo

I remember this being a documentary focussing on the against-the-odds story of Kevin Clash, following his dream to become a puppeteer and working with Jim Henson – and creating/inhabiting the internationally famous Elmo character. Whilst I’m mildly obsessed with the

The Amber Light

A wonderful whisky documentary led by writer and legend Dave Broom, exploring whisky’s history and relevance against the backdrop of Scotland. It’s hard not to be so massively biased when confronted with so many of one’s friends in a documentary,

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