Nick Broomfield
Film Review: Last Man Standing
Nick Broomfield has been making documentaries for over five decades now. His style and idiosyncratic ways of working have been highly influential on many other filmmakers. The English filmmaker’s most high-profile documentaries have been about musicians. Kurt and Courtney caused controversy and was pulled from Sundance but it’s Biggie and Tupac which probably generated the …
Film Review: My Father And Me
Nick Broomfield has been an ever-present on the documentary circuit since the late 1970s. He is considered to be, inside and outside of the industry, one of the greatest factual filmmakers of his generation. His work is a mix of investigative reportage into difficult subjects and profiles of some of the most influential names within …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Marianne & Leonard – Words of Love
In Greek and Roman mythologies there were nine muses. These daughters of Zeus presided over the arts and sciences and for centuries artists would cite a muse as the inspiration for their greatest work. Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest songwriters of the twentieth century, was no exception. Nick Broomfield’s new documentary, Marianne & Leonard …