Anyone can make a documentary that serves their own purpose, the real skill is presenting something analytically that explores the facts and encourages the audience to come to their own conclusions. The difficult prospect there of course is that no one really sets out to make a documentary that doesn’t touch controversial ground, so usually either the audience or the filmmaker themself will have some prefigured opinion on the subject that will color their judgement no matter what the doc says. And to a certain extent, it doesn’t matter what this documentary/expose by Keith Allen (father of Lily and co-creator of hit UK jingoistic single “Vindaloo”) succeeds or fails at because his subject matter is solid gold. Allen takes the opportunity in Unlawful Killing to probe analytically whether there was a cover up during the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, as well as driver Henri Paul in a Paris tunnel in 1997, or at least he claims that as his intention…

Why Watch? This is a brand-new feature on the site, but we may never be able to top this entry. Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses lives up to its single-tear-inducingly brilliant name as the most straight-forward depiction of a conspiracy theory wrapped in a bad break up. It’s hilarious, inventive, it looks great, and it should give you a few ideas for how to get rid of that pesky girlfriend or boyfriend you can’t seem to break it off with. Or does it???? Conspiracy! What Will It Cost? Just fifteen minutes of your time (which may be the best fifteen you spend today). Does it get better any better than that? Only if we broke up with your annoying partner for you while you watch. Check out Eagles Are Turning People Into Horses for yourself:

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