The Gatekeepers: interesting, informed, even entertaining documentary that is, above all that, quite thought-provoking. The politics of it are likely to rile one group or another; the bias of the film is clear, but it’s interesting, nevertheless, to see how the six voices evolve throughout. The mixture of the interviews with historical footage and special effect shots makes this more interesting to watch.

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Senna: a competent, somewhat emotional, but ultimately quite square documentary. As a Brazilian watching it (one that followed F-1 driving quite intensely at that time, in particular, but, as it’s well documented, one that’s never been anything close to a Senna fan), one feels as if a particular dimension is missing. The Piquet-Senna rivalry split the country, still does, and it’s not even acknowledged in the film. It also doesn’t really touch how important an idol he was for the […]

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