Documentary

WHAM! on Netflix – need to know
Everything you need to know about the new Netflix documentary in less than 30 seconds.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival program picks
The 8th edition of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival kicks off on 1 July 2023, with a plethora of iconic…

The Giants, Bob Brown documentary – need to know
Everything you need to know ahead of watching the new Bob Brown documentary, coming to streaming this month.

Equal the Contest: charting local women's footy and the call for gender equity
Director Mitch Nivalis started playing football with the Mount Alexander Falcons at 42, and documents a journey of inclusion, belonging…

Marc Fennell faces his Pentecostal past in The Kingdom: 'it was quite weird and uncomfortable'
Journalist Marc Fennell delves into new territory in his latest SBS doco The Kingdom, which means opening up about his…

Still: A Michael J Fox Movie’ on Apple TV+ – a beloved star’s unsentimental reckoning
Still celebrates Fox's strength of character as he shakes off showbiz bullshit, becoming more powerfully himself.

Is Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra cultural appreciation or cultural appropriation?
Statements that mix imagination and fact in a documentary are just the beginning of everything wrong with Netflix's Queen Cleopatra.

Review: John Farnham: Finding the Voice truly sings
This loving tribute to John Farnham, a star who would not give up, is also a gorgeous send-off for Olivia…

Director and star talk Watandar: My Countryman – 'Today's Australia is not something that came from the sky'
Watandar: My Countryman is a new documentary by Jolyon Hoff that reveals the untold story of Afghan cameleers in 19th…

The Giants co-director Rachael Antony: 'this is a film about being alive'
Australian environmentalist Bob Brown and trees are intertwined in this urgent, beautiful documentary.