
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Richard Schickel
Actors: Alexis Smith, Carroll Baker, Claire Trevor, Clint Eastwood, James Cagney, Kim Hunter, Margot Kidder, Pat O’Brien, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty
Human Nature (2019)
The biggest tech revolution of the 21st century isn’t digital, it’s biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR gives us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the…
Always for Pleasure (1978)
An intense insider’s portrait of New Orleans’ street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville…
Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016)
In Hillary’s America, bestselling author and influential filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza reveals the sordid truth about Hillary Clinton and the secret history of the Democratic Party. This important and controversial film…
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in ‘Episode II’ (2002)
For Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)….
Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli (2024)
Highlights Rajamouli’s influence on Indian and international cinema, with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.
Drug$ (2018)
A feature-length documentary about the soaring price of medicines in the U.S., featuring interviews with academics, patients, advocates and political leaders, including Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Elijah Cummings. In…
Max Richter’s Sleep (2019)
This is a film for these frenetic times; a meditative respite from the rush and chaos of the modern world. A study of the universal experience of sleep, that unites…
The Giant Robber Crab (2019)
In the secluded isolation of Christmas Island, crabs have become the guardians of a lush rainforest kingdom. The robber crab is an unruly king, with a meter-wide leg-span and claws…
Žižek! (2005)
ŽIŽEK! trails the thinker as he crisscrosses the globe, racing from New York City lecture halls, through the streets of Buenos Aires, and even stopping at home in Ljubljana, Slovenia….
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (2009)
The story of Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis, while trying to rescue Jews in WWII.
The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman (2001)
The second HBO documentary on former mafia enforcer Richard Kuklinski will chill you to the bone. Speaking in the monotonous drone of a man who has numbed himself with remorseless…
Pumping Iron (1977)
Pumping Iron is a 1977 documentary film about the run-up to the 1975 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition. The film focuses on Arnold Schwarzenegger and his competitors, Lou Ferrigno and Franco…