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Untold Chess Mates The Scandal That Made the Whole World a Spectator

Taylor Holmes — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:22:59 +0000

Taylor Trivia Time™. I love the world of chess. I love the characters. I love the competition. I love the drama. I especially love the influencer era of Hikaru Nakamura, and his twitch streams. I enjoy the chaos that Magnus Carlsen brings to the world. But do I like playing chess? NOPE. Do I understand the deep inner workings of strategy and end games? Absolutely not. I am highly dependent on commentators telling me what is happening from moment to […]

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Queen of Chess: Why You Need to Watch Netflix’s Documentary

Taylor Holmes — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:05:28 +0000

Look, I’ve been waiting for this documentary since The Queen’s Gambit dropped in 2020 and got everyone suddenly obsessed with chess. Back then, I wrote about how Beth Harmon’s fictional story was glorious, and I made sure to mention the real-life player who actually lived a version of that impossible dream: Judit Polgár. Now Netflix has released Queen of Chess, directed by Rory Kennedy, and after watching all 94 minutes, I can tell you this: if you loved The Queen’s […]

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20 Mind Blowing Documentaries if You Enjoyed Secret Mall Apartment

Taylor Holmes — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 05:09:24 +0000

I recently watched, and fell in love with, the documentary Secret Mall Apartment. I loved the subjectivity and liminality of it all, I loved the conjecture as to whether it was art, and not just illegality dressed up as culture. And if you also enjoyed it, and want other documentaries that scratch a similar itch??? Boy do I have a pile of documentaries for you. The first, and most obvious comparison I would make would be Banksy’s Please Exit Through […]

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The Liminal Spaces of Secret Mall Apartment are Amazing

Taylor Holmes — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:43:09 +0000

The Liminal Spaces of Secret Mall Apartment are Amazing. I had a near feral, subliminal, emotive response to Netflix’s latest documentary Secret Mall Apartment. The subversive art, the thumb in the eye to capitalistic oppression, the joy of just existing subterraneanly beyond the reach of society at large – the documentary scratched a hell of a lot of itches for me. Netflix’s documentary “Secret Mall Apartment” tells one of those stories that sounds too bizarre to be true—and yet, it […]

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A Quiet Masterpiece: The Perfect Neighbor Heralds a New Era of Documentary Storytelling

Taylor Holmes — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:42:22 +0000

In a streaming landscape crowded with true-crime retellings, The Perfect Neighbor (2025) stands apart not because of bells and whistles, not because of dramatic reconstructions or big-name talking heads, but because of its astonishing restraint — and its insistence on letting truth speak for itself. Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir, this remarkable Netflix documentary delivers one of the most haunting and masterfully told real-life stories in recent memory, primarily through raw police body-cam footage and other recorded material, with […]

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Unknown Number: The High School Catfish Documentary Explained

Taylor Holmes — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:46:06 +0000

I love me a good documentary – especially when it is as unhinged as Netflix’s new series: Unknown: The High School Catfish. This documentary unpacks a chilling case that looks like, on the surface, a standard “catfish” story — teenagers tricked online, deception, and a swirl of digital lies. But as the layers are peeled back and the truth is finally revealed, I promise you that your jaw will hit the floor. I know mine did. But why did this […]

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Last Breath An Stressful Survival Thriller

Taylor Holmes — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:09:17 +0000

I walked into “Last Breath” without realizing it was a dramatization of a 2019 documentary about a real-life deep-sea diving disaster. For the first 30 minutes, I found myself questioning the film’s approach – was this supposed to be a character study? A technical thriller? Why were these men risking their lives 330 feet below the North Sea surface with so little backstory? And what was this bizarro job that requires you to plunge to the bottom of the North […]

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The Conspiratorially Alarming Insights of The Grab Documentary

Taylor Holmes — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:46:44 +0000

The Conspiratorially Alarming Insights of The Grab Documentary. As I’ve stated before, documentaries are my go-to for a gripping narrative and deep dives into real-world issues. So when I stumbled upon “The Grab,” directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, it immediately captured my attention—and for good reason. “The Grab” is a riveting exploration of how powerful entities are quietly securing global resources, painting a stark picture of modern-day geopolitical strategies and their far-reaching consequences. “The Grab” dives into the clandestine maneuvers of […]

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The Dangerous Allure of Netflix’s How to Rob a Bank

Taylor Holmes — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:01:28 +0000

The Dangerous Allure of Netflix's How to Rob a Bank - a primer on how to rob a bank that is a college course in the craft.

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