The dreadful warfare in Chechnya, a neighbor of Georgia, provides a unique poignancy into Otar Iosseliani’s intriguing Read More »
Documentary
White Wilderness (1958) James Algar, Winston Hibler, Volmer Sørensen
The wildlife of the arctic is explored in this true-life adventure. Read More »
Let It Be (1969) Michael Lindsay-Hogg, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
A documentary showing both how The Beatles made music together, and how they split up. Read More »
Far from Poland (1984) Jill Godmilow, Ruth Maleczech, Mark Margolis, Olek Krupa
An attempt to cover Poland’s Solidarity movement – the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country Read More »
A Man, When He Is a Man AKA El hombre cuando es hombre (1982) Valeria Sarmiento
What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture “machismo” and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin America? Read More »
Kino Eye AKA Kinoglaz (1924) Dziga Vertov
This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers around the activities of the Young Pioneers. Read More »
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (2005) Allan King, Claire Mandell, Sherry Mandell, Jeff Glickman
At Baycrest, an old-age home in Toronto, we follow a social worker as she talks to residents, particularly Max, Claire, Ida, and Rachel. Read More »
Mondo cane n. 2 (1963) Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi, Stefano Sibaldi, Henning Skaarup, Peter Ustinov
The original shockumentary sequel made up of episodes in the life of man and beast, filmed all over the world Read More »
The Edge of Dreaming (2009) Amy Hardie, Phyllida Anam-Aire, Claudia Goncalves
This is the story of a rational, skeptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not remember her dreams. Read More »
The Mouth of the Wolf AKA La bocca del lupo (2009) Pietro Marcello, Vincenzo Motta, Mary Monaco, Franco Leo
Pietro Marcello directs this genre-defying Italian docudrama that follows mustachioed ex-con Enzo Read More »