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Must-watch Louis Theroux documentaries
The Week Recommends From the manosphere to Jimmy Savile, the filmmaker isn’t afraid to grapple with controversial subjects
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Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere – documentary leaves you ‘quivering behind the sofa’
Talking Point The filmmaker meets ‘extremely unpleasant’ content creators – but fails to call out ‘disgusting rhetoric’
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The Voice of Hind Rajab: ‘innovative’ drama-doc hybrid
The Week Recommends ‘Wrenching’ film about the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza
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The Salt Path Scandal: an ‘excellent’ documentary
The Week Recommends Sky film dives back into the literary controversy and reveals a ‘wealth of new details’
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Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks – a fascinating portrait of the great painter
The Week Recommends BBC2 documentary examines the rarely seen sketchbooks of the enigmatic artist
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A Spinal Tap reunion, Thomas Pynchon by way of Paul Thomas Anderson and a harrowing Stephen King adaptation in September movies
the week recommends This month’s new releases include ‘Spinal Tap II,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘The Long Walk’
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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Confessions of a Brain Surgeon: an 'exceptional' documentary
The Week Recommends Retired neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reflects on his pioneering work with exquisitely 'raw honesty'
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army: a troubling documentary
The Week Recommends BBC2's harrowing two-part series shines a light on the abuse at the heart of the Christian group
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Apocalypse in the Tropics: a 'troubling' portrait of modern Brazil
The Week Recommends Petra Costa's sobering documentary examines the rise of right-wing evangelical Christianity in Brazilian politics
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Louis Theroux returns to the West Bank for new documentary
In the spotlight The film-maker meets Jewish settlers with his signature 'faux naivety'
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What They Found: Sam Mendes's powerful debut documentary
The Week Recommends The Oscar-winning director's harrowing film features footage and first-hand accounts of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
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Movies to watch in April, including 'A Minecraft Movie' and 'The Legend of Ochi'
The Week Recommends An all-timer video game gets a wacky adaption, Ryan Coogler makes a vampire flick and a new fantasy puts practical effects back in the spotlight
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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Twitter: Breaking the Bird – a 'riveting' documentary
The Week Recommends BBC2's 'fascinating' film charts the social media platform's fall from grace
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Israel detains director after West Bank settler clash
speed read The director of Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land' was arrested and beaten
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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