Going the Distance (1979)
After Sherman (2022)
Beautifully layered and expressionistic, After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective American history, especially Black history. The filmmaker follows his father, a minister,…
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood (2022)
In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song: the story of the making of a…
More Human Than Human (2018)
Stephen Hawking has warned that the creation of powerful artificial intelligence will be “either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity”. Inspired by Brian Christian’s study…
Battle of Dunkirk: From Disaster to Triumph (2018)
Relive the bravery of the Dunkirk veterans in defenseless boats crossing the English Channel to rescue the stranded soldiers from the inferno through their uplifting stories of heroism in a…
OG: The Harry Jumonji Story (2017)
‘OG’ is a film about a legendary, Brazilian born, NYC skateboarder, Harry Jumonji. In the course of telling his story, through his triumphs and travails, Jumonji emerges in this portrait…
Original Copy – Verrückt nach Kino (2015)
The heroes, heroines and villains of Bollywood cinema act out their parts in the hand-painted, one-of-a-kind movie posters that Sheikh Rehman still makes for an old Hindi movie palace in…
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz (2025)
In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the enormity of the Holocaust and the catastrophe experienced by its victims. In a journey that…
Call Your Mother (2020)
A hilarious ode to moms and the way they have shaped the work of some of comedy’s biggest stars.
Demon in the White House (2021)
The world’s most haunted house is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where two grieving first ladies may have unwittingly invited evil into their temporary home. This spirit could still be tormenting…
Richard Freeman’s Natural Universe (2024)
A biopic of Australian fisherman, photographer and physicist, Richard Freeman and his fascinating, theoretical, Natural Model of the Universe. In this film, Mr. Freeman showcases scientific proofs that prove out…
Other World (2014)
It offers a nuanced look at life in the women’s ward of a psychiatric clinic, where most patients have been convicted of a crime.
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story (2017)
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying in Sparks, Nevada. After surviving a…