Step Across the Border (1990)
An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Nicolas Humbert, Peter Zobel, Werner Penzel
Actors: Fred Frith, John Spacely, Jonas Mekas, Julia Judge, Robert Frank, Ted Milton, Tom Walker
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)
At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the “demi-gods of Canadian metal, ” influenced a musical generation…
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3D! On Ice! (2010)
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! is a documentary special that examined the “cultural phenomenon” of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Life and Debt (2001)
Life and Debt is a 2001 American documentary film that examines the economic and social situation in Jamaica, and specifically how the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank’s structural…
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack Obama and various members of…
The Beginning: Making ‘Episode I’ (2001)
The entire process of making Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) is shown here in this documentary. From pre-production through post-production, we get to see visual effects…
Payback (2012)
An adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s book examining the metaphor of indebtedness.
A Year Along the Abandoned Road (1991)
A portrait of a deserted fisherman’s village in Northern Norway called Børfjord – a place with an incredible personality in the middle of a magnificent Arctic nature. The 12 minute…
A Most Beautiful Thing (2020)
A chronicle of the first African American high school rowing team in America made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of…
Three Identical Strangers (2018)
New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they’re identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds’ joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and…
The Biggest Little Farm (2019)
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in…
The American Nightmare (2000)
An examination into the nature of 1960’s-70’s horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.