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Cinema
Amy Berg's Janis Joplin documentary is the story of an extraordinary performer
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Speed Sisters documentary brings the Middle East's first all-female car-racing team to cinemas
Must See
Fact is stranger than fiction...from Asif Kapadia's tragic AMY to a tribe of teenagers raised by Tarantino, we round up the best documentary films of 2015 so far.
Tried and Tested
Cinema
New film Chemsex shows a growing, troubling trend in London's gay community
Features
BREAKING NEWS: Best Documentary Academy Award 2016 nominees and the films that got snubbed
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Cinema
Jennifer Peedom's documentary sheds light on the struggles experienced by the local heroes in Mount Everest's hugely lucrative climbing industry.
Preview
Feed Me Films invites hungry Londoners to a food-accompanied screening of 'The Art of Flight', a documentary that watches snowboarders push the sport to its limit
Tried and Tested
Cinema
New French documentary from March of the Penguins director Luc Jacquet follows the work of Claude Lorius, the first scientist to be concerned about global warming.
Interview
We speak to director David Sington about new film The Fear of 13 and why he chose to tell his story from the perspective of a convicted murderer
In the Know
Festival
Not a fan of Christmas clichés? This December, the Barbican are sticking it to the man with a selection of films with a punk rock edge
Interview
Things to do
We chat to legendary aerial photographer and documentary filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand about his new film, Human. Watch it online here
Interview
We discuss what's wrong with the second most popular sport in the world with the director of the new cricket documentary 2015
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Cinema
The Bright Young Things Film Club premiere The Age of Love, an exposé of the speed-dating adventures of seniors, in a night celebrating independent film-making
Tried and Tested
Cinema
Cinematic and highly dramatic (at times to a fault) it's still difficult not to be moved by this portrait of one of the world's youngest and most influential political activists.
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Cinema
Chad Gracia's conspiracy documentary The Russian Woodpecker won the Grand Jury Prize in its category at Sundance – we can see why.
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Cinema
New Kenyan cricketing documentary is an uplifting look at the communicative power of sport.
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Cinema
Gabriel Glarke's new documentary delves into the passions of Hollywood's iconic "King of Cool".
Tried and Tested
Cinema
This new documentary is a harrowing look at America's criminal justice system from the perspective of one of its most dangerous convicts.
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Cinema
Read our They Will Have To Kill Us First review. New documentary about musicians from Mali: music in exile
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Cinema
New documentary about Russell Brand is entertaining and disturbing in equal measure – much like the man himself.
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Cinema
Patricio Guzmán's emotive documentary The Pearl Button is a beautiful and haunting new masterpiece. Here's our review from London Film Festival 2015
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Cinema
New documentary about Nottingham Forest will pull the heartstrings of football fans.
Book Now
Cinema
Harrowing documentary looks into the psychology of the Nazi legacy from a very personal perspective.
Tried and Tested
Festival
In the competition for best documentary at the London Film Festival, this brilliantly conceived film shows the emotional repercussions of the six days war on Israeli soldiers
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Cinema
New documentary Orion: The Man Who Would Be King tells the astonishing story of Elvis' greatest impersonator
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Cinema
Colin Rothbart's new documentary Dressed As A Girl takes a look behind the makeup of Soho's glittering drag queens
In the Know
Cinema
New documentary about the Siena Palio Horse Race is an exhilarating hurtle into an ancient tradition of bloodlust and brutality.
In the Know
Cinema
The story of one man's struggle through catastrophic circumstances, The Mark Pollock Story hits UK cinemas in October
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Cinema
Sean McAllister's intensely personal film tells the story of a family caught in the midst of revolution. Read our A Syrian Love Story review
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Cinema
New documentary film about the founders of the Greenpeace movement: How To Change The World
In the Know
Cinema
We review the harrowing Cartel Land – 2015 documentary that follows the raging drug war between Mexico and the US, and won a directing award at Sundance Film Festival
Tried and Tested
Cinema
The Wolfpack movie review: documentary about Manhattan's indigenous tribe of teenagers raised, not by wolves, but by Tarantino, is at once heartbreaking and hopeful