The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Mami Sunada
Actors: Hayao Miyazaki, Hideaki Anno, Isao Takahata, Joe Hisaishi, Toshio Suzuki, Yoshiaki Nishimura
Country: Japan
Color Adjustment (1992)
From Amos ‘n’ Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows…
My Next Challenge (2020)
Introducing the famous French Spider-Man, Alain Robert, in his home in Bali to reminisce over his past feats, mapping the mind of a world-class daredevil. In our interview with Alain,…
Faces of Death III (1985)
The third installment of the infamous “is it real or fake?” mondo series sets its sights primarily on serial killers, with lengthy reenactments of police investigations of bodies being found…
Toscanini in His Own Words (2009)
This film is a docufiction on the great Toscanini directed by well-known filmmaker Larry Weinstein; who pushes the boundaries of conventional documentary storytelling by borrowing tools from fiction films; including…
Pressing On: The Letterpress Film (2017)
Why has letterpress printing survived? Irreplaceable knowledge of the historic craft is in danger of being lost as its caretakers age. Fascinating personalities intermix with wood, metal, and type as…
The Truth About Marriage (2020)
This documentary follows three couples to see how things turned out several years after their weddings. The film presents challenging ideas about relationships, as it answers the question: Why is…
Prescription Thugs (2016)
Americans consume 75% of the world’s prescription drugs. After losing his own brother to the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, documentarian Chris Bell sets out to demystify this insidious…
In the Starlight (2018)
During the darkest hours of the night, while the rest of the world is sleeping, outdoor photographer Paul Zizka ventures out into the wilderness in search of the world’s starriest…
The Jam: About The Young Idea (2015)
Sky Arts presents the definitive story of The Jam, one of the most successful British bands in rock history, who were at the forefront of the late 1970s punk-mod scene….
Alexandria: The Greatest City (2010)
Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the…
The Gap Year Paedophile (2017)
Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates how a teenage gap year student became one of Britain’s worst ever paedophiles.
Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (2019)
An account of the life and work of Russian filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-86) in his own words: his memories, his vision of art and his reflections on the fate of…