400 Years of the Telescope (2009)
A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo’s first use of the telescope to the latest discoveries in cosmology.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Kris Koenig
Actors: Lawrence Krauss, Mark Giampapa, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Wendy Freedman
The Doors: Mr. Mojo Risin’ – The Story of LA Woman (2012)
“Mr Mojo Risin’” is the story of the making of the Doors’ last album with Jim Morrison “L.A. Woman”. 2011 is the 40th anniversary both of the album’s release and…
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009)
On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed school buildings crumbled, wiping…
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special (2012)
TV special about the making of “X-Men: First Class”.
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco (2002)
A documentary by photographer Sam Jones documenting American rock band Wilco recording their fourth album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Originally intended as a showcase of the band’s creative process, the film…
Gilbert (2017)
The life and career of one of comedy’s most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
The Shock Doctrine (2009)
An investigation of “disaster capitalism”, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
We Are One (2020)
Activists around the world fight injustice and drive social change in this documentary that follows their participation in the music video “Solidarité.”
Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019)
Michael Hutchence was flying high as the lead singer of the legendary rock band INXS until his untimely death in 1997. Richard Lowenstein’s documentary examines Hutchence’s deeply felt life through…
Louis Theroux’s African Hunting Holiday (2008)
Louis goes to South Africa where American tourists pay to hunt wild animals in privately owned reserves.
In Search of the Last Action Heroes (2019)
The most comprehensive retrospective of the ’80s action film genre ever made.
A Bronx Morning (1931)
Arrival in the Bronx is shown with a view from an elevated train as it enters the city. Then follows a montage of sights from the Bronx. Many typical neighborhood…
The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008)
A documentary series from Channel 4, hosted by professor Richard Dawkins, well-known darwinist. The series mixes segments on the life and discoveries of Charles Darwin, the theory of natural selection…