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Quick Doc Recommendations
My goal this year was to watch more documentaries. I discuss Inside the Manosphere, Andre is an Idiot, Grand Theft Hamlet, and more.
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Long Way Up - Review
Over the course of sixteen years actors Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman created three ‘Long Way’ series that culminated in the two friends documenting their motorcycle trips around the world. Long Way Up takes their 13,000-mile journey across thirteen countries and condenses it into eleven gripping episodes of
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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet - Review
His voice for nature documentaries, and documentary series, is famous. His passion for preserving the wild and helping us understand the natural ecosystems of our planet is boundless. This time around, Sir David Attenborough presents us with his most personal, almost video essay, documentary. At the time of its recording
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Feels Good Man - Review
What does it take to change an image into a symbol? This documentary tackles that as it explores how the character of Pepe the Frog went from a goofy indie comic to an alt-right hate symbol to something more hopeful. Through Pepe, the documentary also breaks down internet and
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Scorsese Ep 4: ItalianAmerican + Shorts
Download scorsese%20ep%204%20Italian%20american%20plus%20shorts.mp3 Cody takes a step back and provides a soothing, more relaxed, podcast episode as he covers the short documentary ItalianAmerican and a few of Scorsese's previous shorts. https://ia601404.us.archive.org/8/items/ScorseseEp4ItalianAmericanPlusShorts/scorsese%20ep%204%20Italian%
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They Shall Not Grow Old review
There is something special when it comes to images and films from the early 20th century. Being a century old creates a unique perspective that is close to our present day culture, but also one that is completely different and slightly off. A lot of that footage is scratched, burned,
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The Road Movie Review!
An awe inspiring documentary edited together from public dash cam footage from Russian drivers. Ranging from crazy stunts you wouldn't believe unless captured on video, to the majestic, yet terrifying, mother nature as you have people who captured the meteorite falling, and a wildfire. Documentary is a title
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Ep 2: Herzog is God
Download Film%20Assist%20ep%202.wav https://ia601505.us.archive.org/23/items/FilmAssistEp2/Film%20Assist%20ep%202.wav Welcome back to the latest cringe fest that is my podcast! It's a hell of a lot better than my first episode, but there's still a lot
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Where to Start with Documentaries?
Wade into Non-Fiction
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Dinosaur 13 Review
One of the most shocking documentaries I have watched since Black Fish, Dinosaur 13 is one of those stories where truth is stranger than fiction. Seriously, I don't think even a novelist would put what happened here in a fictional world. The first time I heard about this