
Beef (2003)
A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Peter Spirer
Actors: 50 Cent, B-Real, Bone Thugs n Harmony, Common, Damon Dash, DMX, Ice Cube, Mobb Deep, Sean Combs, Ving Rhames
Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019)
Michael Hutchence was flying high as the lead singer of the legendary rock band INXS until his untimely death in 1997. Richard Lowenstein’s documentary examines Hutchence’s deeply felt life through…
Tower (2016)
Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man…
Ocean Oasis (2000)
Ocean Oasis is a fascinating journey into the bountiful seas and pristine deserts of two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds — Mexico’s Sea of Cortés and the Baja California…
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature (2022)
With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special.
Super Size Me (2004)
Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald’s fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans…
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022)
A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called…
Studs Terkel: Listening to America (2009)
For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on TV. This documentary takes a fond…
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes…
Justin Bieber: Our World (2021)
After a three-year hiatus from a full performance, and with concert venues shut down due to the pandemic, Bieber delivers an electrifying show to close out 2020 on the rooftop…
The Making of ‘Psycho’ (1997)
A retrospective on the entire movie, from start to finish. There are interviews with many of the principle cast and crew (including Janet Leigh and Joseph Stefano), who all talk…
A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake (2002)
Profile of musician Nick Drake, who was only 26 when he died in 1974 but whose three albums have been deeply and increasingly influential on the rock and pop world.
The Story of Stuff (2007)
For most of the world, consumption has been the unquestioned duty of every individual. Then garbage activist Annie Leonard brought her two-hour lecture to Free Range who helped her turn…