This week is a little different, in that I am going to bring you three different documentaries that are mind blowingly interesting. They are all new-ish. But all worth their weight in gold. (What exactly does a 1 gig streaming of data weigh exactly Taylor… shhhh.) I’ve recently watched all three and found them each to be riveting in their own way.
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal
Did you watch The Tiger King with your hands over your eyes, but your eyes wide open, aghast at what you were watching? Then the Murdaugh Murders, season 1 AND season 2 are for you. This show is the craziest story, of the craziest horrors ever. Just unbelievable how horrifying the unraveling of this family really was.
Vjeran tomic: The Spiderman of Paris
If you know me at all – like even a smidge – you know that I love art. Any time that I find myself in a large city, I head straight for the art museums. I grew up camping out in the D.C. National Gallery of Art, hanging out there every single chance I could get when visiting the capitol. The Tate Modern in London, the Met in New York, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum (oh, the Rembrandts that they have!), Marmottan – the Monet Museum in Paris, obviously The Louvre, The Getty in Los Angeles, The Art Institute of Chicago (Bueller? Bueller?), Denver’s gorgeously built Museum of Art, I just can’t… I can’t get enough of the stuff. But this guy? Vjeran Tomic? He’s an art fan of a whole ‘nother calibre.
King of Clones
King of Clones is a cult of personality documentary unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed before. It really must be seen to be believed.
These three – four really if you include season 2 of the Murdaugh series, which you will slip and fall and watch once you watch season 1 – documentaries were hoovered up in the span of an evening or two. Sometimes I just get on doc kicks and I literally cannot stop. Someone, please take the remote from my hand! I need an intervention now! Somebody? Help?
Previously on Spotlight Worth Mentioning:
KILLER OF THE FLOWER MOON – Too long. But glorious story.
THE CREATOR – Dune-esque sci-fi think piece of epic proportions
NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU – Mind jobby home invasion alien greatness
BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES – Indie hilarity perfectly executed
APORIA – time travel (?) movie with a moral backbone, enjoyed!
Coming Soon – Watch List:
2023.10.21 KILLER OF THE FLOWER MOON
2023.11.01 WINGWOMEN
2023.11.02 FINGERNAILS
2023.11.02 ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
2023.11.03 PRISCILLA
2023.11.09 THE BEAST
2023.11.09 THE KILLER
2023.11.22 MAESTRO
2023.11.22 SQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGE
2023.11.22 LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
2023.11.23 NANNY
2023.12.08 EILEEN (Sometimes I think about dying)
2023.12.08 LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
2023.12.22 REBEL MOON
2023.??.?? THE OLD GUARD 2
2023.??.?? TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY
2024.01.05 NIGHT SWIM
2024.01.24 THE END WE START FROM
2024.01.?? 3 BODY PROBLEM
2024.3.14 DUNE: PART TWO
2024.??.?? WHAT REMAINS OF US
Unknown SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
Unknown POOR THINGS (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Unknown THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Unknown YELLOWSTONE (End of season 5??)
