Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)

The magnificent tiger is one of the world’s most beloved, and threatened creatures. Filmmaker Karl Ammann uncovers their illegal breeding in secret South East Asian tiger farms. His nine-year investigation…

Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees of traditional Chinese boxing, Wu-tang, Shao-lin, and Shao-lin…

A live telecast of the public memorial service for the king of pop, Michael Jackson.

He had one chance to show the world he was still the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Discover the story behind Elvis Presley’s triumphant ’68 comeback special.

Details the making of Stephen King & George A. Romero’s 1982 horror anthology classic, from conception through to completion.

A film director confides in his interlocutor. He talks about the working process, about creative blocks, about artistic crises and expressive forces. At some point, the idea takes hold that…

In 1982, soon after the first Gay Games, ‘West Hollywood Swim Club,’ as it was known then, registered as the first openly gay masters swim and water polo club. This…

The raising of King Henry VIII’s flagship Mary Rose in 1982 remains one of the most significant events in the history of maritime salvage. Comparable to the recovery of the…

Daryl Davis has an unusual hobby. As a musician he has played with legends like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, but in his spare time he likes to meet and…

An impressive roster of celebrities — including Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones, John Sayles and Wallace Shawn — lend their voices to this performance of readings inspired…

In 2012, British expat Christine Robinson was raped and murdered in her own South African Lodge. This is the story of how Christine’s niece, whom due to health was stuck…

Life on the Danube is essentially determined by two factors: the river itself and the often strange idiosyncrasies of the people who live along its banks. And they are multifarious:…