Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Jonas Mekas
Actors: Andy Warhol, Ed Emshwiller, Edie Sedgwick, Franz Fuenstler, Jack Smith, Judith Malina, Mario Montez, Nico, Storm De Hirsch, Timothy Leary
Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy
Paul Mazursky journeys to a small town in the Ukriane, to witness and participate in a three day celebration by over 25,000 singing, dancing, praying, and emotionally elevated Chassidic Jews.
Doctor X
In Search of… is a television series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour TV documentaries…
Mondo Cane
A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look…
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, “Zidane” consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of…
Les Misérables: The History of the World’s Greatest Story
From Victor Hugo`s classic French novel of the nineteenth century to Tom Hooper`s award winning blockbuster, Les Misérables has undergone one of the most successful transitions from book to stage…
The Vanishing Prairie
Story of the American Prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed.
Madonna: The Confessions Tour
Filmed in its entirety at London’s Wembley Arena during her worldwide sold-out 25-city Confessions Tour (2006’s top-grossing tour world-wide), this concert film features songs from throughout the queen’s career but…
The Fleet That Came to Stay
A propaganda short film produced by the US Navy in 1945 about the naval engagements of the invasion of Okinawa.
Until the Light Takes Us
Chronicles the history, ideology and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal, a musical subculture infamous as much for a series of murders and church arsons as it is for its unique…
The City
A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
On July 31, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley staged a triumphant return to the concert stage from which he had been absent for almost a decade. His series…
Trekkies
Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of “Star Trek” from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.