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“The Tokyo Toilet” is an urban renewal project where 17 public toilets are turned into veritable works of art by architects from around the world. Photo: Screenshot from the THE TOKYO TOILET Website 12 May 2022 | Dagmar Breitenbach | DW | With additional information from The Tokyo Toilet “The Tokyo Toilet” is an urban renewal project through…
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‘Box of Rain’ looks at the community that evolved around the Dead and their music. Photo: A Deadhead poses in front of Grateful Dead posters at a Haight-Ashbury apartment in January 1980 in San Francisco.Ed Perlstein/Redferns 10 May 2-22 | Nicholas G. Meriwether | SFGate More than 25 years after the Grateful Dead’s last concert,…
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Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, saying the phrase — and now this film’s title out loud is viewed as inciting secession 07 May 2022 | Wing Kuang | ABC News Kiwi Chow’s film cannot be named in Hong Kong. But Revolution of Our Times is empowering the diaspora in Australia As the beating of drums…
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An unsettling and detailed documentary describing the many events over the past decade that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 11 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News The Fake and Offical 24/7 News Streams By James Porteous | Clipper Media News As you will see in this documentary, the situation in…
Yakutia is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, where temperatures can reach -71C Photos: Early morning in Yakutsk, the capital city of the Sakha Republic (Screenshot) 10 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News From Kiun B YouTube Page ‘Here is a short documentary about life in Yakutia, the coldest inhabited region on…
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Details are scarce, but it sounds like the star with two first names wanted a reshoot Photo: Larry David JON KOPALOFF/FILMMAGIC 01 March 2022 | Rick Porter | Hollywood Reporter In what sounds like a storyline from Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO has pulled a documentary about Larry David from its schedule — at David’s request. The Larry David Story — in…
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Louis Theroux has revealed that he “wrestled” with the idea of interviewing far-right influencers for his doc Photo: Louis Theroux reveals what ‘terrifies’ him about documentary-making (Amanda Benson/BBC Radio 4) 15 Februrary 2022 | Ellie Iorizzo, Senior Entertainment Reporter PA | Belfast Telegraph Louis Theroux has said the idea of documenting a story that turns…
Given our current state of affairs, it might be said that Mr. Stone has made a documentary for future generations. They will certainly discover a detailed examination of events. 12 July 2021 | Stephen Dalton | Hollywood Reporter Oliver Stone returns to the scene of the crime in his new documentary, JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass,…
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SBS Dateline features international documentaries on many current affairs topics not covered elsewhere. 24 October 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media ‘Dateline is an Australian award-winning international documentary series with a current affairs backbone. ‘Every week we transport you to a different part of the world to share half-hour stories about family, social injustice,…
04 October 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Fans of the work of Anthony Burgess have grown weary of pointing out that he wrote quite a few books much better than Clockwork Orange (among them The Long Day Wanes Trilogy and his hilarious Enderby quartet.) Or that he wrote dozens of other novels and…
In a new documentary, the underrated singer’s life of depression, addiction and poverty is told while her incredible talents are celebrated Photo: Karen Dalton in 1971. ‘She used her voice like an instrument,.’ Photograph: Christian Rose/Fastimage 27 September 2021 | Jim Farber | The Guardian The outlines of the life led by singer Karen Dalton tell…
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Youth Unstoppable is a new documentary, filmed over eight years, documenting the rise of the youth climate movement, told through the eyes of youth climate activists. Photo: Youth Unstoppable screenshot 22 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Youth Unstoppable follows award-winning filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemer on her 8 year documentation of the Global Youth Climate…
