The Making of ‘The Frighteners’ (1998)
Documentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, John Astin, Jon Labrie, Matt Aitken, Michael J. Fox, Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Robert Zemeckis, Trini Alvarado
Startup.com (2001)
Friends since high school, 20-somethings Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman have an idea: a Web site for people to conduct business with municipal governments. This documentary tracks the rise…
Foreman (2017)
Cast as America’s Villain in the famed Rumble in the Jungle against Muhammad Ali, George Foreman lost one of the greatest fights in sports history. Immediately after the defeat, “Big…
One Way Boogie Woogie (1977)
Sixty one-minute shots with no camera movement. This tension between painterly and cinematic space is not only experienced as an intellectual contrast but is also felt as a dialectic between…
The Panama Papers (2018)
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.
Ivory Tower (2014)
As tuition spirals upward and student debt passes a trillion dollars, students and parents ask, “Is college worth it?” From the halls of Harvard to public and private colleges in…
Polar Bear (2022)
A new mother’s memories of her own youth prepare her to navigate motherhood in the increasingly challenging world that polar bears face today.
Nelma Kodama: The Queen of Dirty Money (2024)
Out of prison, notorious black-market currency trader Nelma Kodama exposes her part in a major Brazilian corruption scandal.
That Summer (2017)
Albert and David Maysles’ classic GREY GARDENS immortalized the estate of Edith and Little Edie Beale, relatives of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, who lived in alarmingly poor conditions. But there is…
Thriller 40 (2023)
Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes fans back in time to the making of a pop masterpiece, featuring…
Genghis Blues (1999)
Blind blues musician Paul Pena is perhaps best known for his song “Jet Airliner”. In 1993, Pena heard Tuvan throat singing over his shortwave radio and subsequently taught himself how…
28 Up (1984)
Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted’s documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they’ve found their place in the world.
The Jodorowsky Constellation (1994)
This documentary depicts the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky talking about his life, his loves, his career as a filmmaker, graphic novelist, and workshop leader, and his eccentricities including tarot reader and…