Documentaries
Documentary Films, strictly speaking, are non-fictional, "slice of life" factual works of art, sometimes known as cinema verite. As films became more narrative-based, documentaries branched out and took many forms, some of which have been termed propagandistic or non-objective.
One of Alice's favourite sections, and due to the sheer size of this collection, we have split ioto a number of sub-sections. See side bars on left for more options. By scrolling below are you will be exposed to whole darn caboodle - all of Alice's documentaries.
Right: Werner Herzog directs "Burden of Dreams"
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
8.3/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio
The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance", an apt summation of this mesmerizing collection of wonders both natural and man-made. S... Read more
Koyaanisqatsi ( Blu-ray ) (1982)
8.3/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio
The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance", an apt summation of this mesmerizing collection of wonders both natural and man-made. S... Read more
Kurosawa (2000)
7.3/10
Director: Adam Low
The man regarded by many as Japan's greatest filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa, is the focus of this retrospective documentary. Kurosawa's family and colleagu... Read more
Kurt and Courtney (1998)
Director: Nick Broomfield
Starring: Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love
Nick Broomfield's muckraking documentary profiles indie-rock stars Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Love objected to a one-sided, possibly slanderous po... Read more
Kusama: Infinity (2018)
7.1/10
Director: Heather Lenz
KUSAMA explores artist Yayoi Kusama's journey from a conservative upbringing in Japan to her brush with fame in America during the 1960s (where she ri... Read more
KZ (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Rex Bloomstein
On the Austrian banks of the river Danube, lies the picturesque town of Mauthausen. Tour guides come to work here every day while nearby, the locals g... Read more
La Callas: Absolute (2007)
Starring: Maria Callas
September 2007 marked the 30th anniversary of Maria Callas's death. This documentary is the complete poignant story of the singer and the woman, with... Read more
La Verdad? ( The Truth? ) (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Helen Smyth
"Which is more treacherous: to betray your government or to lie to your friends, family and colleagues for more than 40 years? In 2000, journalist Hel... Read more
Ladies And Gentlemen, Mr Leonard Cohen (1965)
7.4/10
Director: Don Owen, Donald Brittain
Starring: Leonard Cohen
This jazzy black and white film portrait catches the imaginative energies, lyrical and comical, of a young Leonard Cohen, the quicksilver poet, noveli... Read more
Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
6.8/10
Director: Randolphe Marconi
Starring: Karl Lagerfeld
For the first time, Karl Lagerfeld, the innovative designer who has ruled the House of Chanel for more than two decades, agreed to trust a director to... Read more