Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield (2004)
Documentary about the real life inspiration behind “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” serial killer Ed Gein.
Genre: Documentary, Horror
Director: Michelle Palmer
Actors: David J. Skal, Ed Gein, Harold Schechter, John K. Russell, Joseph Stefano
The Train Stop (2000)
Trains travel through the night without stopping. The clatter of the carriages quickly disappears, along with the wail of the locomotive. The people at the station are all asleep. But…
Fed Up (2014)
Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to…
Eddie: Strongman (2015)
Truck mechanic, husband and father of two, Eddie Hall wants to be the World’s Strongest Man. This feature documentary vividly illustrates the sacrifices that this extremely driven man must make…
City of Gold (2016)
As the unabashed cradle of Hollywood superficiality and smoggy urban sprawl, Los Angeles has long been condemned as a cultural wasteland. In the richly penetrating documentary odyssey City of Gold,…
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.
End (1992)
Peleshian transforms footage from a train ride into a metaphor for the shape of a life. Early images of faces on the train give way to landscape, a journey through…
The Last of the Sea Women (2024)
On the shores of Jeju Island, a fierce group of South Korean divers fight to save their vanishing culture from looming threats.
The Big One (1997)
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their product abroad where labor is cheaper while…
Last Shop Standing (2012)
Last Shop Standing, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2000 record shops have already disappeared across…
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (2002)
At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably against the legendary unbeatable Soviet Army…
Suzanne, Suzanne (1982)
This poignant documentary profiles a young black woman’s struggle to confront the legacy of a physically abusive father and her headlong flight into drug abuse. Suzanne, after years of physical…
Kareem: Minority of One (2015)
This documentary charts the complexity and genius of the NBA’s all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s legendary career, both on and off the court. Spotlighting a six-time MVP and six-time world…