The Filth and the Fury (2000)
Julien Temple’s second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale–including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Julien Temple
Actors: Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, David Bowie, Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Malcolm McLaren, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, Stewart Copeland
A Most Beautiful Thing (2020)
A chronicle of the first African American high school rowing team in America made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of…
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)
Martin Scorsese spends an evening with larger-than-life raconteur Steven Prince—a former drug addict, road manager for Neil Diamond, and actor who memorably played Easy Andy, the gun salesman in TAXI…
My Old School (2022)
In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff…
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career…
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007)
Film-makers and academics discuss the use of mythology in Star Wars and the impact of the films on society
Higher (2014)
Higher traces Jones’ snowboarding journey from hiking Cape Cod’s Jailhouse Hill as a child to accumulating several generations’ worth of wisdom and expertise about thriving and surviving in the winter…
Death of a Gentleman (2015)
Two cricket journalists set off on a journey to the heart of the game they love, only to stumble upon one of the biggest sporting scandals ever. This is a…
Giving Voice (2020)
Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these students, examining how Wilson and his characters…
Come on In, We’re Dead (2018)
The true story of the deadliest shootout for lawmen in US history, 10 cops and one civilian went to arrest 2 brothers for murder on Jan 2, 1932, just outside…
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)
A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and…
Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles (2009)
Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison…
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world’s first defense of “state terror” – claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive…