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One to One Finds John Lennon on the Couch

Kevin Macdonald built a John Lennon film out of the television the man was watching in a small New York apartment, and then let him stand up once, to sing.

Jules Okonkwo·22 Sep·5 min

An empty flight simulator cockpit seen through a rain-streaked observation window.

The Rehearsal Season 2 and the Aviation Problem

Nathan Fielder returned in April 2025 with six episodes about cockpit communication and commercial aviation safety. The premise sounds like a joke. It is not a joke.

Priya Nair·12 May·7 min

An empty wrestling ring lit from above, the ropes slack and the canvas marked with scuffs from an earlier event.

Mr. McMahon and the Documentary That Its Subject Agreed To

Chris Smith's six-part documentary arrived on Netflix in September and did the specific job the genre rarely gets to do. It let its subject speak, and then it outlasted him.

Marcus Vell·14 Mar·7 min

A stylised LEGO minifigure in a yellow jacket stands in the centre of a black recording studio.

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Piece by Piece: Morgan Neville, Pharrell, and the Biopic in Plastic

Morgan Neville's LEGO-animated Pharrell Williams biography arrived in October 2024 as a formal provocation: a documentary rendered in plastic bricks. The film solves a specific genre problem, and creates a different one.

Lena Ashworth·8 Jan·7 min