The film starts by a visit to bucolic Normandy before the events. Read More »
Documentary
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) Jonas Mekas, Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Director Jonas Mekas provides an intimate glimpse of his personal life by constructing a feature length narrative from over 30 years of private home movie footage. Read More »
Nothing But Time AKA Rien que les heures (1926) Alberto Cavalcanti, Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat
A city: we know it’s Paris by its monuments, but it could be anywhere; the lives of the poor are the same. Read More »
Weapons of the Spirit (1987) Pierre Sauvage, Henri Héritier, Emma Héritier
Pierre Sauvage was born in a small village in France in 1944, among what would become as many as 5000 Jews Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, Howard Hawks, Marilyn Monroe
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks Read More »
Slave Trade in the World Today / Le schiave esistono ancora (1964) Maleno Malenotti, Roberto Malenotti, Robert Lamoureux, Robin Maugham, Allen Swift
The film documents modern slave trade through a number of Arabian and African countries, under muslim rule. Read More »
Robinson in Space (1997) Patrick Keiller, Paul Scofield
Robinson is commissioned to investigate the unspecified “problem of England.” Read More »
Robinson in Ruins (2010) Patrick Keiller, Vanessa Redgrave
A tour around England featuring images of nature and various industrialized and militarized settings. Read More »
…And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986) Louis Malle, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Louis Malle, Anastasio Samosa Portocarrero
After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980’s. Read More »
Obit. (2016) Vanessa Gould, Bruce Weber, William McDonald, Margalit Fox
How do you put a life into 500 words? Ask the staff obituary writers at the New York Times. Read More »