The Rules of Film Noir (2009)
Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers: *Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future *Use no fiction but pulp fiction *See America through a stranger’s eyes *Make it any colour as long as it’s black *It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Elaine Donnelly Pieper
Actors: Adrian Wootton, George Pelecanos, John Mathieson, Matthew Sweet, Neil Brand, Paul Schrader, Roger Deakins, Sarah Churchwell, Sheri Chinen Biesen
Gimme the Power (2012)
A rock documentary, about the Mexican band Molotov, that focuses more in the political and musical context of Mexico rather than in the actual story of the band.
All Tomorrow’s Parties (2009)
All Tomorrow’s Parties is a 2009 documentary film directed by All Tomorrow’s People and Jonathan Caouette covering the history of the long running All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival. Described as…
Tribute (2001)
Tribute is a feature rockumentary about music’s strangest subculture: tribute bands. Tribute bands go to extraordinary lengths to re-create the experience of rock supergroups like Kiss, Journey, Judas Priest and…
The Passage (2007)
After the death of his girlfriend Tracy, the American Luke travels to Morocco with his British friend Adam to spend vacation and recover his loss. While in Medina, Luke meets…
2001: The Making of a Myth (2001)
The Impact 2001: A Space Odyssey has had on Society and Cinema.
The Making of ‘The X Files: Fight the Future’ (1998)
An exploration of how completely different the television series is from the film. The cast and filmmakers underwent quite a change in order to create the film X Files, The…
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011)
Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up as part of the experimental film…
Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story (2020)
The story of the skaters and developers who came together to create one of the best-selling games of all time, changing the skateboarding scene and pop culture forever.
Pizza, a Love Story (2019)
It’s the most loved food in America. And we want to tell you a story about three pizza places in the town of New Haven, Connecticut that you may or…
Frank Capra’s American Dream (1997)
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
The Tall Man (2011)
This is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty-five minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. This…
The Devil and Father Amorth (2018)
William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioral…