Biography of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, one of the principal figures of the big band/jazz Read More »
Documentary
The Singing Revolution (2006) James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty, Heiki Ahonen, Gustav Ernesaks, Linda Hunt
Most people don’t think about singing when they think about revolutions. Read More »
Slingshot Hip Hop (2008) Jacqueline Reem Salloum, Tamer Nafar, Suhell Nafar, Mahmoud Jreri
Palestinian youth write and perform hip hop in the ’48 (what they call Israel) and the occupied territories (Gaza and the West Bank). Read More »
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey (1984) George Stevens Jr., Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman
Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors Read More »
Origins of a Meal / Genèse d’un repas (1979) Luc Moullet
Bananas, eggs, and tuna: three basic foodstuffs with three wildly different points of origin. Read More »
Driving Me Crazy (1988) Nick Broomfield, André Heller, Graciela Daniele, Mercedes Ellington
Both uproaringly funny and unerringly cautionary, Broomfield’s behind-the-scenes document Read More »
Directed by John Ford (1971) John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles
In 1971, Peter Bogdanovich was, perhaps, America’s most promising young filmmaker Read More »
Our Body AKA Notre corps (2023) Claire Simon
Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. Read More »
Electronic Awakening (2011) Andrew Johner, Adam Apollo, Chiara Baldini, Eric Baumgartner
In Electronic Awakening, director Andrew Johner lifts the veil on an underground spiritual Read More »
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015) Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Peggy Guggenheim, Marina Abramovic
A portrait of a patron of the arts extraordinaire who transformed a modest fortune Read More »