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FAVOURITE DOCUMENTARIES: TOP 15
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Two parallel stories brilliantly reveal both the reality & malevolent glamour of Mexican drug cartels
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Banksy’s mischievous masterpiece about graffiti art, celebrity, media gullibility & art snobs
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Visually inventive film about the rise & fall of an iconic American city
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Errol Morris’ classic documentary noir – which solved a murder
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Oscar-winning tale of a high-wire walk between the Twin Towers – filmed like a heist movie
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Epic African-American civil rights series from PBS
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Overlooked jewel about the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landings & their impact on earth
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Set in the world of 1970’s cricket – a terrific film about West Indian underdogs fighting back
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Live through the Roaring Twenties as PBS brings the era to life with astonishing archive footage
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Heavy police corruption in 1980’s New York – with characters straight out of a Scorsese movie
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Sublime surfing film by director of the equally good skateboarding film – Dogtown & Z-Boys
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Delightful & beautifully observed film of Cuban youngsters training to become boxers
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One of the finest Vietnam War documentaries – captivating, haunting & shocking
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Another fascinating Adam Curtis polemic wrapped around the Afghanistan war
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Absorbing & immersive film about Brazilian Formula One racer, Ayrton Senna
SENNA (2010)
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FAVOURITE MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES: TOP 15
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A strange, magical, bewitching trip through the American Deep South
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With intimate access to the Beatles – watch Ringo do the twist in the Peppermint Lounge
WHAT'S HAPPENING! THE BEATLES IN THE USA (1964)
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Filmed over 7 years, the relationship between 2 bands becomes an hypnotic psycho-drama
DIG ! (2004)
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Terrific moral tale about ambition & strained friendships as a Scottish duo pretend to be US rappers
THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX (2013)
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Ginger drives from London to Nigeria for Afro-Beat madness with Fela Kuti & friends
GINGER BAKER IN AFRICA (1971)
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Beautifully-structured, uplifting Oscar-winning film about black-American backing singers
20 FEET FROM STARDOM (2013)
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We, The Music – a gorgeous film-poem from the heady days of 1960’s post-revolutionary Cuba
NOSOTROS, LA MUSICA (1966)
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Cracking film about the two fascinating men – complete opposites – who managed the Who’s career
LAMBERT & STAMP (2015)
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Julien Temple’s very fine film about Canvey Island’ s Dr. Feelgood
OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL (2009)
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Brilliant, evocative & emotional portrait of the band and the city they emerged from
JOY DIVISION (2007)
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The Maysles Brothers take on The Rolling Stones, the Altamont Festival & the death of the 1960’s
GIMME SHELTER (1970)
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Ingeniously-constructed & beautifully-shot – the film’s a tease, but a very enjoyable one
NICK CAVE: 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH (2014)
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Liz Garbus’ absorbing film unfolds Nina’s life through archive audio & revealing performances
WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? (2015)
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A great film and one of the very few that captured 1970’s reggae as it was actually happening
ROOTS, ROCK, REGGAE (1977)
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Engrossing film – like watching a beautifully-constructed slow-motion car crash in close-up
AMY (2015)
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FAVOURITE MOVIES: TOP 25
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Scorsese’s dazzling first New York hoodlum masterpiece
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Sergio Leone’s final movie & poignant mobster classic set across four decades
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984)
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Visually seductive, Oscar-winning meditation on hedonism & innocence, aging & memories
THE GREAT BEAUTY (2013)
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On the streets of San Francisco – director Don Siegel in his finest collaboration with Clint Eastwood
DIRTY HARRY (1971)
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Funny & moving coming-of-age tale with a terrific performance from young Mickey Rourke
DINER (1982)
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Mesmerizingly sublime set pieces in this Cuban-Soviet co-pro about the rise of the revolution
I AM CUBA / SOY CUBA (1964)
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Alain Delon is the laconic hitman in this killer French neo-noir masterpiece
LE SAMOURAI (1967)
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Epic Hong Kong action madness from director John Woo – set during the Vietnam war
BULLET IN THE HEAD (1990)
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Woody Allen’s wonderful homage to New York City & George Gershwin
MANHATTAN (1979)
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A hitman chase thriller across Texas – the Coen Brothers definitive masterpiece?
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)
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A film noir masterpiece set on a train from Chicago to LA – with an Oscar-nominated script
THE NARROW MARGIN (1952)
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s surreal, satirical triumph about a fading Hollywood star’s Broadway debut
BIRDMAN (2014)
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A forgotten jewel – a Californian hostage/ransom crime thriller with John Cassavetes
THE NIGHT HOLDS TERROR (1955)
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Orson Welles’ baroque film noir classic set on the US-Mexican border
A TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
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This is the brilliant Hong Kong undercover cop original – remade as The Departed by Scorsese
INFERNAL AFFAIRS (2002)
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Richard Linklater’s wonderfully observed comedy set in the final 24 hours of the summer term
DAZED & CONFUSED (1993)
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Low-budget indie comic classic starring Steve Buscemi as loser, Tommy
TREES LOUNGE (1996)
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Shane Meadows’ brilliant revenge thriller set in the Midlands
DEAD MAN’S SHOES (2004)
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Fascinating & controversial guerrilla war movie shot on location & with an Ennio Morricone score
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966)
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Three stories intertwined around a car crash in Mexico City – Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s brilliant debut
AMORES PERROS (2000)
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Wonderful & witty con-man movie from Argentina
NINE QUEENS (2000)
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Overlooked at the time, Lee Marvin stars in this brilliant experimental crime thriller
POINT BLANK (1967)
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2 Irish hitmen sit it out – a highly original black comedy thriller
IN BRUGES (2008)
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Spike Lee’s funky, red-hot, day-glow masterpiece
DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
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Hitchcock’s real time thriller about the perfect murder – long takes all filmed in just one location
ROPE (1948)
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FAVOURITE ALBUMS: TOP 30
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Their mythical country – rock & roll – gospel – soul classic recorded on the French Riviera
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His meditative modal masterpiece – an album which sustains an infinity of plays
MILES DAVIS – KIND OF BLUE (1959)
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Raucous, fuzzy, garage-blues rock from Ohio – with the classic, Girl Is On My Mind
THE BLACK KEYS – RUBBER FACTORY (2004)
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A potent mixture of boogie blues & slow Southern Gothic-flavoured tracks like TB Sheets
JOHN LEE HOOKER – NEVER GET OUT OF THESE BLUES ALIVE (1972)
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Ryley has brilliantly absorbed Van Morrison, John Martyn & Tim Buckley into his own style
RYLEY WALKER – PRIMROSE GREEN (2015)
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Sly’s introverted shuffle-funk masterpiece
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE – FRESH (1973)
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Hypnotic big-band Afro-Beat from the originator
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I love Brown’s voice but this album is full of his tight funky instrumentals
JAMES BROWN – THE POPCORN (1969)
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Shimmering swamp-rock fantasies of the Deep South from this great San Francisco band
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – BAYOU COUNTRY (1969)
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Masterful melancholia from Sheffield
RICHARD HAWLEY – COLES CORNER (2005)
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Country-rock meets bluegrass & wonderful bittersweet harmonies
DILLARD & CLARK – THE FANTASTIC EXPEDITION OF… (1968)
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An album of beautiful, dark, baroque samba rhythms by this Brazilian singer & guitarist
JORGE BEN – FORCA BRUTA (1970)
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Where it all crystallized for Jimi – psychedelia, hard rock, soul, blues…
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE – ELECTRIC LADYLAND (1968)
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One of the funkiest & most joyful soul-jazz albums ever recorded
CHARLES EARLAND – LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE (1972)
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Shimmering acoustic blues soundtrack
RY COODER – PARIS, TEXAS (1984)
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You are there in the front row looking up at Sam – a brilliant, visceral live recording
SAM COOKE – LIVE AT THE HARLEM SQUARE CLUB (1963)
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Red-hot bebop from immediate post-war New York City
JAMES MOODY – JAMES MOODY & HIS MODERNISTS (1948)
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Atmospheric tales of strange street life dipped in a funky surreal-blues-jazz soundtrack
TOM WAITS – RAIN DOGS (1985)
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Ex-Bob Marley & The Wailers’ brilliant acoustic reggae recordings – just vocals & guitar
PETER TOSH – I AM THAT I AM (1970’s)
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With Watch That Man, Cracked Actor & Drive-In Saturday, it’s my favourite Ziggy-era album
DAVID BOWIE – ALADDIN SANE (1973)
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High octane big-band Latin jazz from New York City via Cuba
MACHITO – KENYA (1957)
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Reflective indie folk masterpiece
SUFJAN STEVENS – SEVEN SWANS (2004)
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Sprawling brilliance – my favourite late 60’s album of theirs
THE BEATLES – THE WHITE ALBUM (1968)
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Incendiary political hip-hop that shattered the musical landscape
PUBLIC ENEMY – IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK (1989)
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Their 3rd album and the often overlooked, understated jewel in their catalogue
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (1969)
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Deep, edgy, atmospheric jazz – the sound of a master at work
YUSEF LATEEF – PSYCHICEMOTUS (1965)
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Joe’s finest moment – raw Latin street rhythms over sweet, melodic vocals
JOE BATAAN – RIOT! (1968)
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Great title – and an album full of hypnotic folk-blues drones
STEVE GUNN & MIKE GANGLOFF – MELODIES FOR A SAVAGE FIX (2013)
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New York Hispanics & African-Americans come together for this Latin funk classic
HARLEM RIVER DRIVE – HARLEM RIVER DRIVE (1971)
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Alternative-rock’s loud-quiet masterpiece full of unbelievable melodic rage
NIRVANA – NEVERMIND (1991)
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FAVOURITE BOOKS: TOP 20
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Tough, lyrical autobiographical bestseller – Harlem drug addict & stick-up artist discovers himself
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Washington DC’s crime novelist supremo wraps a tight thriller around Martin Luther King’s death
GEORGE PELECANOS – HARD REVOLUTION (2003)
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Marion “Joe” Carstairs was bisexual, the fastest woman on water in the 1920’s – and so much more
KATE SUMMERSCALE – THE QUEEN OF WHALE CAY (1997)
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Brilliant exploration of Muhammad Ali’s impact on the 1960’s – in and out of the boxing ring
MIKE MARQUSEE – REDEMPTION SONG: MUHAMMAD ALI & THE SPIRIT OF THE SIXTIES (2005)
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His hilarious satire on South African Apartheid
TOM SHARPE – RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY (1971)
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Beautifully observed short-stories of Dominican Republic life from this Pulitzer-Prize winning author
JUNOT DIAZ – DROWN (1996)
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The definitive tale of the rise of renegade 1970’s American movie directors – Scorsese, Coppola…
PETER BISKIND – EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS (1998)
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Superb account of the turbulent, complex relationship between the USA, Cuba & its exiles
ANNE LOUISE BARDACH – CUBA CONFIDENTIAL: ITS REVOLUTION AND ITS EXILES (2004)
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Wonderful collection of his impressionistic colour photographs from the 1940’s & 1950’s
SAUL LEITER – EARLY COLOR (2006)
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The first in his USA Underworld Trilogy – reimagining the dark political deeds of 1958-1972
JAMES ELLROY – AMERICAN TABLOID (1995)
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Exceptional portrait of Chet Baker’s music – and his life – the image & the reality
JAMES GAVIN – DEEP IN A DREAM: THE LONG NIGHT OF CHET BAKER (2003)
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Superb investigation into the JFK & RFK years – their politics & their assassinations
DAVID TALBOT – BROTHERS: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY YEARS (2007)
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Wild, hilarious & sharp biography of pot smuggling misadventures in 1970’s Colombia & Venezuela
ROBERT SABBAG – SMOKESCREEN: A TRUE ADVENTURE (2002)
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Powerful collection of journalism documenting how the Vietnam War started, then imploded
REPORTING VIETNAM: AMERICAN JOURNALISM 1959-1969 (2000)
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Funny, brutal exploration of his teenage years – darkness amongst the Californian orange groves
CHARLES BUKOWSKI – HAM ON RYE (1982)
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Crazy tales & sharp observations from their mythic Exile On Main Street American tour in 1972
ROBERT GREENFIELD – STP: A JOURNEY ACROSS AMERICA WITH THE ROLLING STONES (1974)
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Innovative biography of this flawed World Heavyweight Champion and his ties with the mob
NICK TOSHES – NIGHT TRAIN: THE DEVIL & SONNY LISTON (2000)
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Beautifully-written, tender, half-dreamt vignettes about the lives of jazz icons
GEOFF DYER – BUT BEAUTIFUL: A BOOK ABOUT JAZZ (1991)
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Wolfe’s New Journalism tackles Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters, acid trips & Hell’s Angels
TOM WOLFE – THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST (1968)
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Highly engaging, brilliantly candid memoir
KEITH RICHARDS – LIFE (2011)
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Terrific account of Frank Sinatra & his buddies’ Las Vegas coup – and their endless party
SHAWN LEVY – RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL (1998)
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