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Dave Grohl: The Sound City Studios

Dave Grohl: The Sound City Studios

This documentary, created in 2013 is directed and produced by the musician Dave Grohl. This is his first project of this kind. It is concerned with the Sound City Studios, a recording studio located in Van Nuys in the city of Los Angeles. The album ‘Nevermind’ from the band Nirvana was recorded in this studio. … Read more

Oppenheimer Vs Heisenberg Battle Between 2 Genius

Oppenheimer Vs Heisenberg Battle Between 2 Genius

World War II brought devastation to the world. Some 75 million people died in World War II. Many more were heavily injured, or perished. At the time, 75 million people represented 3% of the world population. And in the race to end the war, physicists Werner Heisenberg and Robert Oppenheimer had a battle behind the … Read more

Touching the Void

Touching the Void

Mountain climbing can be an adventurous and fun sport. But not when it goes wrong. Touching the Void documents the story of two climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates on a disastrous climb in the Andes in 1985. Through the climbers stories and reenactments the viewer sees the horrors that Simpson and Yates had to go through. Just when … Read more

Canadian Serial Killers

Canadian Serial Killers

This documentary is concerned with the gruesome crimes committed by Karla Leanne Homolka and her husband Paul Bernardo. The couple was found guilty on the charges of rape and manslaughter. They were arrested in 1993 and the trial was in 1995. The case echoed worldwide after the verdict on these charges. The deadly duo was sentenced for … Read more

Undefeated

Undefeated

Undefeated (2011) is an inspirational story of Manassas Tigers football team and their coach Bill Courtney. To call it a football or sports film is unrewarding as it a story of social and political circumstances, poverty, privilege, education and inspiration. The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2012. The impoverished community around the Manassas high school football team struggle to … Read more

Louis Theroux: Bodybuilding

Louis Theroux: Bodybuilding

The episode focused on the US body-building world, and there were plenty of interesting things to uncover. From women’s fetish videos to specialty wrestling video producers, Louis Theroux had a great time investigating this peculiar subculture. His curiosity led him to dig deeper into its secrets and discover the fascinating stories of those involved in … Read more

The Mystery of Picasso

The Mystery of Picasso

“The Mystery of Picasso is a 1956 film, made by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It aims to unravel Picasso’s process of painting and of artistic production of metaphysical meta-projects in just 75 minutes. This film documents the production of 20 original works by Picasso. Here we see how Picasso’s earlier works were made principally in black ink, … Read more

The Invisible War

The Invisible War

The Invisible War is a 2012 documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Tanner King Barklow about sexual assault in the United States military. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the U.S. Documentary Audience Award.[2] The film has been lauded by advocates, lawmakers, … Read more

When Albums Ruled the World

When Albums Ruled the World

Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album. The LP allowed popular music become an art form … Read more

Bobby Fischer: Against the World

Bobby Fischer: Against the World

This is a documentary that is looking into the life of the late chess Grandmaster and eleventh World Champion Bobby Fischer. It consolidates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy, Larry Evans, Sam Sloan, Susan Polgar, Garry Kasparov, Asa Hoffmann, Friðrik Ólafsson, Lothar Schmid and others. It incorporates never-before-seen footage from the World Chess Championship in 1972. This … Read more