It's Spinal Tap... no... wait - these poor bastards are for real. These Canadians played with Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and a whole host of other reputable metal bands of the 80s, in fact, they heavily influenced some of them. So what happened? Well, eternal optimist Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and ever patient best bud Robb Reiner just didn't seem to get a break. Now recording their thirteenth album, 'This is Thirteen', the two not so known legends give it one last go. find out more...

School. Remember that? When life was all crayons and small glass bottles of milk and the winters were colder and summers dragged out for years..... aaaaaah. Aside from that great scene in Fanny And Alexander when the dad tells his kids the history of a green chair, this beautifully made documentary is about as powerful an evocation of childhood you can get on film. The crew manages not to intrude on the class and as a result we get brief sincere glimpses of children at their most open, childish find out more...

Timothy Treadwell was quite a guy, a self appointed crusader and protector for the grizzly bears of Alaska, his commitment over thirteen summers was without doubt, though his motives and methods were perhaps more confused. What Herzog has created from Treadwell's copious footage is a stunning wildlife documentary in which the observer is as fascinating as his beloved subjects; in fact Treadwell is a perfect real life example of the damaged, obsessive characters in a number of Herzog's films, and find out more...

An engaging and thought provoking documentary following the vascillating fortunes of Marla Olmstead, a toddler from Binghamton, New York State, who took the modern art world by storm in 2004. With her abstract canvases fetching thousands of dollars little Marla became a media darling and her parents became wealthy, but, when a profile on '60 Minutes' questions whether her father, himself a keen amateur artist, had more than a guiding hand in the paintings, the Olmstead family find themselves ens find out more...

Revered Brit film director Terence Davies paints a picture of Liverpool life from his childhood days to the modern in this poetic docu-essay memoir. Heavy on poetry and classical music, heavily against the Church and the monarchy, full of newsreel and documentary footage, this is an awesome tribute to a city that he loves. find out more...

In the USA suicide is far more common than homicide, someone taking their own life every eighteen minutes, with the iconic Golden Gate Bridge confirmed as the most popular suicide destination in the world. Inspired by an article written by Tad Friend of the New Yorker, entitled 'The Fatal Grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge', Steel and his crew watched the bridge for all of 2004, filmed most of the 24 deaths, prevented several others and recorded the suffering and desperation of so many of the ju find out more...

Renowned Slovenian philosopher (or clown) Slavoj Zizek lets rip on every aspect of contemporary social obsession. Refreshing, left field and, as any cultural theorist worth their salt should be, controversial. Charming fascinating and perhaps even a wee bit revelatory. find out more...