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The streaming service Discovery+ recently put the upcoming docuseries House of Hammer on people’s radars with a chilling trailer that begins to dig deep into the accusations made against Armie Hammer by multiple exes. Two of the women featured in the trailer, Courtney Vucekovich and Julia Morrison, appear to turn over their phone records and social media accounts so that the creators of the series could paint a fuller picture of the sexual abuse allegations – and even cannibalism rumors – that have plagued Hammer for…

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — There’s a moment in Post Malone’s new concert film when its star confesses to how surreal his life has become: “Sometimes I feel like I’m not a real person.” Fans will get no clarity on that astounding statement after watching Amazon’s “Post Malone: Runaway,” a limp, uninspiring 60 minutes of flash with no substance. It’s unreal. Not only does the bestselling, genre-mixing hitmaker himself not come across as a real person, the film never tries to help him. Fans won’t learn…

On 7 June 1973, a 20-year-old man named Chol Soo Lee was arrested for a gang-related murder in Chinatown, San Francisco. Lee was – as he put it in his memoir – a “young street punk” working odd jobs across the city. He was the only Korean in his community: playful and charismatic, testifies a friend.Lee was arrested and imprisoned, but within Chinatown he was widely believed to be innocent. By the time he was retried and released, 10 years later, Lee had become an international symbol, bringing together an unprecedented…

Currently on an extended release in theatres and already earning itself awards buzz, Fire of Love, Sara Dosa’s breathtaking documentary about the relationship and career shared by French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, is the surprise independent hit of the summer. But Dosa is not the only director to be inspired by the extraordinary daring of the Kraffts.In 2016 Werner Herzog released his documentary Into the Inferno, which sparingly included clips from preserved reels out of the couple’s extensive collection.…

Steve Martin has graced the screens in our homes for decades and, in the face of a kind-of retirement, the comedian wants to take one last bow in the form of a documentary film.As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Apple and A24 are teaming up again for a documentary film that will cover the life and career of the award-winning comedian. According to the report, the film will be broken up into two parts, much like any good finale like Avengers, Harry Potter, or Twilight.Production is already underway, and Martin is…

Hendrika van Genderen first came to the internet’s attention during the early days of the pandemic, after videos of her shopping at a pretend Coles went viral. Her son Jason and his wife, Megan, along with their four children, built the cardboard supermarket so that their mother and grandmother – who they all called Oma – could do her regular food shop at home. Having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, it was crucial that her routine was not disrupted.Oma’s shopping trip was featured on The Late Late…

With its imposing sandstone mountains, the magnificent desert of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan is no stranger to the movie world. Once the actual base of TE Lawrence, the location was put on the silver screen in David Lean’s epic Lawrence of Arabia. But cutting through the hypnotic grandeur of the place, Pavel Borecký’s absorbing documentary reveals the large-scale exploitation of the desert’s water reserve: an underground aquifer known as the Disi, which also runs under neighbouring Saudi Arabia.Since the 1960s when water…

Cara Delevingne’s New Documentary Is On Its Way (Photo Credit–Instagram) Model-turned-actress Cara Delevingne will be diving into some of the biggest questions about sexuality in an upcoming new documentary titled “Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne” for Hulu. “On this immersive journey, she puts her mind and body on the line in search of answers regarding human sexuality, its joys, mysteries, and constantly changing nature,” the streamer announced. “In every episode, she shares her own personal…

Image: Oscilloscope LabsClaydream, Marq Evans’ new documentary about animator Will Vinton, addresses the elephant in the room immediately: yes, this is the guy who lost his company to his most deep-pocketed investor, Nike founder Phil Knight. It’s something that looms over the film, but it’s not the only melancholy element that colors this portrait of Vinton’s life and career.Made with the cooperation of Vinton himself, who died of cancer in 2018 but is interviewed extensively here, Claydream offers a visual history of…

Dir: Lee Cooper. Starring: David Raven, Paul O’Grady, Jason Sutton, Dave Lynn. 15, 75 minutesDavid Raven doesn’t like the term “drag queen”. He prefers to be known as a “drag artiste” when he performs as his sensational alter-ego Maisie Trollette, a role in which he’s been dazzling audiences for over half a century. First-time feature director Lee Cooper’s sweet, soulful documentary Maisie captures Raven in the run-up to his 85th birthday celebrations and provides a joyful insight into the trailblazing life of Britain’s…