Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jeffrey Schwarz
Actors: Budd Boetticher, Diane Baker, Forrest J. Ackerman, John Badham, John Waters, Sidney D. Balkin, Steve Bickel, Stuart Gordon, Terry Castle, William Castle
Operation Crossbow (2011)
The heroic tales of World War II are legendary, but Operation Crossbow is a little known story that deserves to join the hall of fame: how the Allies used 3D…
A Place Called Chiapas (1998)
In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The government…
From the East (1993)
Chantal Akerman retraces a journey from the end of summer to deepest winter, from East Germany, across Poland and the Baltics, to Moscow.
Dealt (2017)
Sixty-two year old Richard Turner is renowned as one of the world’s greatest card magicians, yet he is completely blind. This is an in-depth look at a complex character who…
Becoming Nobody (2019)
The core arc of Ram Dass’ teachings and life: whether as Dr. Richard Alpert, the eminent Harvard psychologist, or as Ram Dass who serves as a bridge between Eastern and…
The Last Race (2018)
A cinematic portrait of a small town stock car track and the tribe of drivers that call it home as they struggle to hold onto an American racing tradition. The…
All Things Must Pass (2015)
Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with two hundred stores, in thirty countries, on five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower Records eventually…
Britney Spears Live: The Femme Fatale Tour (2011)
Sexy. Slammin’. Outrageous. Hurl all the adjectives you want, but one word says it all: Britney. (Ms. Spears if you’re nasty.) The Grammy-winning pop diva storms the stage with a…
Working on the Douro River (1931)
Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.
My Architect (2003)
World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his…
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife (2007)
Louis Theroux: Under the Knife is a TV documentary written and presented by Louis Theroux about the people and doctors involved in plastic surgery operations. Filmed mostly in the USA,…
8 Days: To the Moon and Back (2019)
Join Apollo 11 on its historic journey. The film seamlessly blends mission audio featuring conversations among Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins with new footage, NASA archive and stunning…