Been recently floored by some new documentaries I've seen, some of which literally feel like one of those 50 page count RI threads unspooling with detective work with each person contributing to the layers. The following I feel are all part of those rare 5 star documentaries that have to be seen to be believed.
Resurrect Dead
Holy expletive is all I can say. Havent been this enthralled by a doc since Dear Zachary and RFK Must die. Rivetting and gripping in the way it plays out, over what started innocently enough as early forms of modern guerrilla street art. I could definitely envision a 9/11 documentary going into the weirder true crime aspects(like the B-thing-Israeli spy ring-florida hijacker angle)
The Imposter
While I have not seen this yet, from all the reviews I've heard it's nothing short of jaw dropping and astonishing.
Shut Up Little Man
Saw this recently as well, and like Resurrect Dead, it focuses upon a rather obscure little curiosity and expands into a world that pulls you in
Talhotblonde
Saw this last year, devasting yet mesmerizing look into a deception online gone oh so very wrong. Has a kind of vibe that pulls you in similar to Errol Morris' Thin Blue Line
The Anthrax Files(originally aired on PBS last year)
Goes into the history of the 2001 anthrax case and the lineage of the blame game...finally centering on the Dr Ivins angle. But was he truly the one who could
have been behind it? The film explores it all
A Man Within: William S Burroughs
Exceptionally well done documentary on the odd life and times of WSB as well as people he associated with
Marwencol
After a man is brutally attacked and suffers terrible brain damage as a result, he soon creates a strange world all his own with toy soldiers. truly fascinating.
The Ballad Of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Saw this at a local art house theater, goes into the life of industrial music founder Genesis P Orridge and his transformation both gender wise and life/music wise
