LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order Read More »
Documentary
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov, Nikolay Nikiforovitch Siniaev, Gennady Soloviev
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. Read More »
Human Remains (1998) Jay Rosenblatt, Eva Braun, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler
We see a gravedigger’s shovel at work. Then, we watch archival footage that, for the most part Read More »
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 »
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 »