Ballets Russes (2005)
For many, modern ballet began with the Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo, originally made up of Russian exiles from the Russian Revolution. This film tells the story of this landmark company with its stars and production as well as its power games, rivalries and tribulations that marked its turbulent history.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Actors: Frederic Franklin, Irina Baronova, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Raven Wilkinson, Yvonne Chouteau, Yvonne Craig
Chandmani Sum (2009)
Review on Twitchfilm.com: “Visually Chandmani Sum is a true beauty. Completely presented in a light blue monochrome color, only rarely allowing other colors to come through, the documentary gives a…
Two Years at Sea (2011)
Experimental film following a bearded Scottish hermit as he goes about his outcast life.
9/11: Inside the President’s War Room (2021)
Experience the events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes of President Bush and his closest advisors as they personally detail the crucial hours and key decisions from that historic…
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier (1995)
Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist…
The Bit Player (2019)
The Bit Player tells the story of an overlooked genius, Claude Shannon (the “Father of Information Theory”), who revolutionized the world, but never lost his childlike curiosity.
King Corn (2007)
King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to…
The White Diamond (2004)
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.
Playing Hard (2018)
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970)
The portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, the “Minister of Information” for the Black Panthers movement, in exile in Algiers.
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita, “Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen” is an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves…
Miss Americana (2020)
A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational period in her life as she learns to embrace her role…
Facing Nolan (2022)
In the world of Major League Baseball no one has created a mythology like Nolan Ryan. Told from the point of view of the hitters who faced him and the…