Leningrad Cowboys: Total Balalaika Show (1994)
A 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like “Sweet Home, Alabama”) as well as more traditional Russian songs like the “Volga Boatman”.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Actors: Atte Blom, Ben Granfelt, Ekke Niiva, Jore Marjaranta, Mato Valtonen, Pemo Ojala, Sakari Kuosmanen, Sakke Järvenpää, Silu Seppälä, Twist-Twist Erkinharju
Do Not Resist (2016)
Do Not Resist is an exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Opening on startling on-the-scene footage in Ferguson, Missouri, the film then broadens its…
The Sweatbox (2002)
Trudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of Kingdom of the Sun/The Emperor’s New Groove as part of the deal that originally brought her husband Sting…
Before the Flying Circus (2008)
Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy’s inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and…
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (2020)
John Shepherd spent 30 years trying to contact extraterrestrials by broadcasting music millions of miles into space. After giving up the search, he makes a different connection here on earth.
Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop (2009)
Fleetwood Mac are one of the biggest-selling bands of all time and still on the road. Their story, told in their own words, is an epic tale of love and…
Domestic Violence (2001)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE shows the Tampa, Florida police responding to domestic violence calls and the work of The Spring, the principal shelter in Tampa for women and children. Sequences with the…
The Universe of Keith Haring (2009)
A portrait of New York artist Keith Haring. The film looks to Haring as an artistic role model for his preternatural talent, of course, but also for his infectious lust…
The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a…
Alternative 3 (1977)
Purporting to be an investigation into the UK’s contemporary “brain drain”, Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and…
American Prince (2009)
After being forgotten for 30 years, the filmmaker revisits Scorsese’s lost documentary ‘American Boy’ and it’s raconteur subject, Steven Prince.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer: Welcome Back (1992)
Musical Biography outlining the birth and rebirth of ELP
Point and Shoot (2014)
At first glance, Matthew VanDyke—a shy Baltimore native with a sheltered upbringing and a tormenting OCD diagnosis—is the last person you’d imagine on the front lines of the 2011 Libyan…