The Rules of Film Noir (2009)
Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers: *Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future *Use no fiction but pulp fiction *See America through a stranger’s eyes *Make it any colour as long as it’s black *It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Elaine Donnelly Pieper
Actors: Adrian Wootton, George Pelecanos, John Mathieson, Matthew Sweet, Neil Brand, Paul Schrader, Roger Deakins, Sarah Churchwell, Sheri Chinen Biesen
Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama (2009)
Fall Of The Republic documents how an offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the US economy by design. Leaders are now declaring that world government has arrived and that the dollar…
Union Maids (1977)
Three women labor activists in America tell their stories of organizing in the 1930s.
Manson (2009)
Follows Charles Manson’s ‘Family’ member Linda Kasabian, and her story to what when on at Spahn’s Movie Ranch and the final days leading up to the grisly 1969 Tate/La Bianca…
Freeway: Crack in the System (2014)
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity—more compelling than fiction, it’s the real story behind America’s longest war. This…
Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2019)
Christmas Island, Australia is home to one of the largest land migrations on earth—that of forty million crabs journeying from jungle to sea. But the jungle holds another secret: a…
The First World War From Above (2010)
The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective. Featuring two remarkable historical finds, including a piece of archive footage filmed from an airship in summer…
George Carlin: On Location at USC (1977)
George Carlin’s first ever comedy special, filmed live at the University of Southern California. Here, he talks about monopoly, flying on planes, random thoughts, walking, and other things.
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994)
A look behind the scenes of Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 Oscar-winning film, ‘Forrest Gump’.
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…
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)
At 89 years old, Stan Lee’s name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has…
Michael Jackson’s Private Home Movies (2003)
Reformat the Planet (2008)
‘Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet’ is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as ChipTunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old…