Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world’s greatest comedian and the cinema’s first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Richard Schickel
Actors: Bill Irwin, Claire Bloom, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeanine Basinger, Michael Chaplin, Miloš Forman, Richard Attenborough, Sydney Chaplin, Sydney Pollack, Woody Allen
Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much (2017)
Maths teacher Ted Slauson became adept at recording and memorizing prices of products featured on the iconic game show The Price is Right, an obsession dating back to the show’s…
Destricted (2006)
A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.
The Hunting of the President (2004)
Previously unreleased material outlines the campaign against Bill Clinton’s presidency, from his days in Arkansas up to his impeachment trial.
Racing Dreams (2010)
From go-kart champs, NASCAR winners are bred — or so goes the thinking of the drivers (and their families) involved in the World Karting Association’s National Pavement Series. This documentary…
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What…
In Memory of the Day Passed By (1990)
The film is a day in the life that passes by, even if it seems neverending. In the morning the streets are alive with people, pedestrians and cars, with loud…
Beef II (2004)
Beef II (released on DVD in August 2004) is a sequel to the 2003 documentary Beef, which continued to document the history of rivalries in hip-hop and rap music. Like…
Enemies of the State (2021)
From the outside, the DeHart’s were an All-American family. Parents Paul and Leann were U.S. Military members, and son Matt was obsessed with computers from an early age. As a…
The Tramp and the Dictator (2002)
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
The Phoenix Lights…We Are Not Alone (2005)
During the evening of March 13, 1997, a mile-wide, V-shaped formation of lights (that seemed to be attached to something) slowly and silently traversed throughout Arizona at a very low…
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019)
The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian…
My Amityville Horror (2013)
For the first time in 35 years, Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975. George and Kathleen Lutz’s story went on…