Watched: 01/08/2025
Format: Netflix
Viewing: First
Director: Al Campbell
A couple of years ago I stumbled across the amazing documentaries guided by journalist Philomena Cunk. Insightful, sprawling, challenging television in which our host dares us, the audience, to ponder the pictures both big and small, how they fit together, and what it all means. From Shakespeare to biology, there's no topic Philomena Cunk can't take on while wandering through the woods.
Her team assembles a wide variety of academic notables to shed light on the topics at hand, and Philomena is not shy about asking the hard questions to shed light on the thorniest of subjects.
I'm not sure this special counts as a movie, but it is slightly longer than an hour, and is also self-contained. In this new installment, Cunk on Life (2024), we're taken to the start of life on Earth, look into the meaning of life in a Judeo/ Christian context, look into nihilism, the Higgs-Boson particle, the Big Bang, and the value of streaming services.
I highly recommend this doc. It's something like 70 minutes and well worth your time.
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