Nick Bradshaw

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Reviews

High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer

Kevin Macdonald’s compelling documentary on the rise and fall of British fashion designer John Galliano, who was recorded spouting racist and antisemitic abuse in 2010, weighs his character and story with depositions from past acquaintances.

By Nick Bradshaw

High & Low: John Galliano: a thoughtful, expansive portrait of a disgraced fashion designer
Reviews

This Blessed Plot: Marc Isaacs tackles grief, madness, betrayal and England’s ghosts in a mischievous docudrama

By Nick Bradshaw

This Blessed Plot: Marc Isaacs tackles grief, madness, betrayal and England’s ghosts in a mischievous docudrama

2023: the year in documentary film

By Nick Bradshaw

2023: the year in documentary film
Obituaries

Paul Watson obituary: British pioneer of fly-on-the-wall documentary

By Nick Bradshaw

Paul Watson obituary: British pioneer of fly-on-the-wall documentary
Reviews

Tish: a tender portrait of British documentary photographer Tish Murtha

By Nick Bradshaw

Tish: a tender portrait of British documentary photographer Tish Murtha
Reviews

The Eternal Memory: Maite Alberdi’s unexpectedly romantic documentary depicts Alzheimer’s in the context of coupledom

By Nick Bradshaw

The Eternal Memory: Maite Alberdi’s unexpectedly romantic documentary depicts Alzheimer’s in the context of coupledom
Festivals

The Pigeon Tunnel: Errol Morris’s richly crafted portrait of John le Carré

By Nick Bradshaw

The Pigeon Tunnel: Errol Morris’s richly crafted portrait of John le Carré
Reviews

Name Me Lawand: a considerately crafted, impressionistic documentary

By Nick Bradshaw

Name Me Lawand: a considerately crafted, impressionistic documentary
Festivals

Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s charming sci-fi caper is festooned with the markers of 1950s Americana

By Nick Bradshaw

Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s charming sci-fi caper is festooned with the markers of 1950s Americana
Reviews

The Other Profile: a director goes in search of his Facebook double in this self-aware investigative venture

By Nick Bradshaw

The Other Profile: a director goes in search of his Facebook double in this self-aware investigative venture
Reviews

Total Trust: a compelling study of state surveillance

By Nick Bradshaw

Total Trust: a compelling study of state surveillance
Reviews

Subject: this sensitive documentary explores the price of documentary fame

By Nick Bradshaw

Subject: this sensitive documentary explores the price of documentary fame
Features

2022: the year in documentaries

By Nick Bradshaw

2022: the year in documentaries
Features

Anime: the little word that conquered the world

By Nick Bradshaw

Anime: the little word that conquered the world
Reviews

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: heartfelt adaptation that raises the bar for stop-motion animation

By Nick Bradshaw

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: heartfelt adaptation that raises the bar for stop-motion animation
Reviews

All that Breathes: a documentary with wings

By Nick Bradshaw

All that Breathes: a documentary with wings
Reviews

Intimate Distances: a boundary-blurring urban documentary

By Nick Bradshaw

Intimate Distances: a boundary-blurring urban documentary
Features

The winners of the 2012 Sight & Sound Young Journalist Competition

By Nick Bradshaw

The winners of the 2012 Sight & Sound Young Journalist Competition
Features

Cinema du look: Theo Anthony on All Light, Everywhere

By Nick Bradshaw

Cinema du look: Theo Anthony on All Light, Everywhere
Reviews

Explorer: warm, wryly absurdist portrait of a very British throwback

By Nick Bradshaw

Explorer: warm, wryly absurdist portrait of a very British throwback
Obituaries

Brian Winston obituary: leading media academic, documentary studies pioneer and former BFI governor

By Nick Bradshaw

Brian Winston obituary: leading media academic, documentary studies pioneer and former BFI governor
Obituaries

Roger Graef obituary: fly-on-the-wall documentary master

By Nick Bradshaw

Roger Graef obituary: fly-on-the-wall documentary master
Interviews

“In a way it’s my apology to animals”: Victor Kossakovsky on his pig family portrait Gunda

By Nick Bradshaw

“In a way it’s my apology to animals”: Victor Kossakovsky on his pig family portrait Gunda
Festivals

13 films to watch at Sheffield DocFest 2021 – by the programmers

By Nick Bradshaw

13 films to watch at Sheffield DocFest 2021 – by the programmers
Festivals

Caring, context, community: Cintía Gil on the ethos of Sheffield DocFest 2021

By Nick Bradshaw

Caring, context, community: Cintía Gil on the ethos of Sheffield DocFest 2021
Interviews

“Culture is a smokescreen”: Adam Curtis on why art has lost its way

By Nick Bradshaw

“Culture is a smokescreen”: Adam Curtis on why art has lost its way
Interviews

“I’ve tried to remember I need to be having fun”: Don Hertzfeldt on World of Tomorrow

By Nick Bradshaw

“I’ve tried to remember I need to be having fun”: Don Hertzfeldt on World of Tomorrow
Videos

Not in Kansas anymore: Warwick Thornton on Samson & Delilah

By Nick Bradshaw and So Mayer

Not in Kansas anymore: Warwick Thornton on Samson & Delilah
Interviews

“Incompetence was killing the victims”: Alexander Nanau on his health-service exposé Collective

By Nick Bradshaw

“Incompetence was killing the victims”: Alexander Nanau on his health-service exposé Collective
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