We see a gravedigger’s shovel at work. Then, we watch archival footage that, for the most part Read More »
Documentary
A Face of War (1968) Eugene S. Jones, Michael Mileham
A Face of War is a 1968 documentary about the Vietnam War, by Eugene S. Jones. Read More »
Nobody’s Business (1996) Alan Berliner, Oscar Berliner
A portrait of the director’s father, searching for the extraordinary in the subject’s seemingly normal existence. Read More »
Savage Man Savage Beast (1975) Antonio Climati, Mario Morra, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Pit Dernitz
Here’s a National Geographic style documentary that’s alternately exploitive and informative. Read More »
Brakhage (1998) Jim Shedden, Jerry Aronson, Jane Brakhage, Marilyn Brakhage
Jim Sledden’s 1998 documentary Brakhage is an interesting, well-constructed portrait of avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage Read More »
There Were Seven Simeons (1989) Vladimir Eisner, Herz Frank
One family, one band. They seemed to be happy. A movie that investigates why these seemingly optimistic musicians Read More »
Cosmonaut Polyakov (2007) Dana Ranga, Valeri Polyakov
An orphan child that dreams about the Cosmos, a doctor who donates blood for an experiment on interplanetary flights Read More »
The Curse of the Swastika (1940) Roy de Groot, Bob Danvers Walker
The Curse of the Swastika, a classic British Pathé documentary from 1940 Read More »
Earl Scruggs: The Bluegrass Legend – Family and Friends (1972) David Hoffman, Earl Scruggs, Joan Baez, The Byrds
Songs by performer: JOAN BAEZ My Home’s Across Blue Ridge Mountains Read More »
Jango (1984) Silvio Tendler, Leonel Brizola, Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, João Goulart
The film depicts the life and career of João Belchior Marques Goulart, known as “Jango” Read More »
Complicated Women (2003) Hugh Munro Neely, Jane Fonda, Frances Dee, Kitty Carlisle
Jane Fonda narrates the story of the years between the ascent of talkies until late in 1934 Read More »
There Is No Sexual Rapport (2011) Raphaël Siboni, Hervé P. Gustave, Cindy Dollar, Michael Cerrito
An amusing and poignant examination of one man’s career as a director-performer of pornography. Read More »
Kommunalka (2008) Françoise Huguier, Mano Siri
In Saint Petersburg in Russia, there still exists communal apartments, vestiges of the Soviet system. Read More »
In Search of Beethoven (2009) Phil Grabsky, Emanuel Ax, Jonathan Biss, Riccardo Chailly
In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Read More »
Am I Black Enough for You (2009) Göran Olsson, Malik Abdul-Basit, Jay Berger, Clive Davis
Am I Black Enough for You tells the story about the artist Billy Paul Read More »