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Ghost in the Machine review – entertaining AI polemic dives into its dark history in race politics and eugenics https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/01/ghost-in-the-machine-review-entertaining-ai-polemic-dives-into-its-dark-history-in-race-politics-and-eugenics #Film #DocumentaryFilms #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Culture #Technology
Ghost in the Machine review – entertaining AI polemic dives into its dark history in race politics and eugenics

The roots of AI in rightwing ideology is examined in Valerie Veatch’s enjoyable doc, including an array of colourful, often crazed, figures

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pHinnWebMay 29

I wrote a bit about Hannu Puttonen's techno documentary Bring the Beat Back! (1992).

https://phinnweb2.blogspot.com/2026/05/bring-beat-back-by-hannu-puttonen-1992.html

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Bring the Beat Back by Hannu Puttonen (1992)

“For me, house means liberation from the burden of history and musical tradition. Rock is dead.” Bring the Beat Back! was a 199...

Culture | The Guardian USMay 27
‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/27/lucrecia-martel-cultural-appropriation-argentine-film-maker #Film #DocumentaryFilms #Argentina #Culture #IndigenousPeoples #Americas #WorldNews
‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing

The film-maker talks about her homeland’s ‘racism, paternalism and infantilisation’ towards Indigenous people and her award-winning documentary about a community leader’s murder

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 26
‘The avalanche of slime has been unbelievable’: E Jean Carroll shares life post-Trump in new film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/26/ask-e-jean-carroll-documentary-ivy-meeropol #DocumentaryFilms #EJeanCarroll #Film #Culture #DonaldTrump
‘The avalanche of slime has been unbelievable’: E Jean Carroll shares life post-Trump in new film

In the documentary Ask E. Jean, the journalist and author provides an unflinching account of her life, career and groundbreaking legal victories

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World news | The GuardianMay 20
Jeff Bezos defends Amazon’s controversial $40m Melania film as ‘a good business decision’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/jeff-bezos-defends-amazon-melania-film #Melania #JeffBezos #MelaniaTrump #Film #Culture #Amazon #AmazonPrimeVideo #DocumentaryFilms #DonaldTrump #UsNews
Jeff Bezos defends Amazon’s controversial $40m Melania film as ‘a good business decision’

The Amazon founder has denied any personal involvement in the film, which failed to recoup its budget on release

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 18
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean review – a dashing retrospective for a cinematic titan https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/17/maverick-the-epic-adventures-of-david-lean-review-a-dashing-retrospective-for-a-cinematic-titan #CannesFilmFestival #Film #DocumentaryFilms #FilmAdaptations #Books #Culture #Festivals
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean review – a dashing retrospective for a cinematic titan

Cannes film festival: Barnaby Thompson’s documentary on the great British director is an exhilarating delve into the ebb and flow of Lean’s peerless career and sometimes complex personal life – with a grand cast of talking heads

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World news | The GuardianMay 16
Harlem Renaissance documentary finally gets global premiere 50 years after cameras rolled https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/16/harlem-renaissance-documentary-once-upon-time-william-greaves #DocumentaryFilms #UsNews #CannesFilmFestival #Film #Culture #Festivals #WorldNews #Race
Harlem Renaissance documentary finally gets global premiere 50 years after cameras rolled

Once Upon a Time in Harlem, completed by relatives of William Greaves after his death, showcased at Cannes

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Culture | The Guardian USMay 11
‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut https://www.theguardian.com/film/ng-interactive/2026/may/11/juliette-binoche-in-i-in-motion-documentary-film #JulietteBinoche #DocumentaryFilms #Film #DramaFilms #Culture #France #Dance #UsTheater #Theatre #LeosCarax #AkramKhan #WorldNews #Stage
‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut

After four decades reigning the international arthouse, the French actor steps into bracingly raw territory with new documentary In-I In Motion

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The GuardianMay 8

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour review – style trumps substance in James Cameron’s 3D oddity

Eilish and Cameron are mismatched in flashy pop documentary that misses the subtlety of her music For a long time concert tour films were seen as a cash-in. Ask a music fan for their favorite, and they’ll probably answer with something that i...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/07/billie-eilish-james-cameron-concert-film-review
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Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour review – style trumps substance in James Cameron’s 3D oddity

Eilish and Cameron are mismatched in flashy pop documentary that misses the subtlety of her music

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The GuardianMay 8

‘The best gift Mom gave me was a peaceful death’: Linda Perry on cancer, abuse and her intense documentary

She hit the big time with 4 Non Blondes, then penned hits for everyone from Christina Aguilera to Courtney Love. But as an intimate new film about her life shows, she’s had to confront illness, family trauma and an identity crisis When Linda Perry agreed to let ...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/07/linda-perry-4-non-blondes-let-die-here-documentary
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‘The best gift mom gave me was a peaceful death’: Linda Perry on cancer, abuse and her intense documentary

She hit the big time with 4 Non Blondes, then penned hits for everyone from Christina Aguilera to Courtney Love. But as an intimate new film about her life shows, she’s had to confront illness, family trauma and an identity crisis

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