Films
This rarely seen “engaging comedy” about con-artists who cheat a millionaire out of his money was Marcel Ophüls’s first feature film, and perhaps, in hindsight,…
MORE ›Michele, a Sardinian shepherd wrongly suspected of theft and murder, is forced to hide out in the scrub. In the long flight through impervious and…
MORE ›A group of people are forcibly removed from their homeland. This isn’t the Middle East or ethnic cleansing in Eastern Europe, but good old racism…
MORE ›It’s been a while since Marek or Piotrek have held a steady job. Almost 30 and still living with their families in a small Polish…
MORE ›A meditative microcosm of the American Dream, BARGEdocuments a hard-working crew’s month-long hitch abord a Mississippi River towboat bound for New Orleans.
MORE ›The Hoeks are united in name but severed by history: Ethiopian-born Daniel and his estranged Dutch father, Joop, each tell their story, but who can be trusted in this tangled tale of regret and misdeed?
MORE ›Soulful Danish centenarian Micky bathes in the sea over the course of a year, reminiscing about life, love, and family.
MORE ›Letizia Battaglia is a photographer, deputy council member and grandmother who risked her life to challenge the reign of the Mafia in Sicily during the…
MORE ›The story of the Portland Mavericks, who joined the minor leagues in 1973 as the lone single-A team without a major-league affiliation.
MORE ›“Electricity has no friends but me.” The story of a (super)man who can withstand, and control, up to 20,000 volts of electricity.
MORE ›The Iraq war as viewed by staff at a British Army Hospital. Director Olly Lambert skillfully outlines a quiet and stark documentation of the lives…
MORE ›The Battle of Chile (Part 2) opens with the attempted Chilean military coup of June, 1973 which is put down by troops loyal to the…
MORE ›An essay in four chapters, this mysterious exploration of the footprints of war reveals European landscapes in which military past and peaceful present converge.
MORE ›This melancholic tribute to songwriter Townes Van Zandt feels like a wake held in a tavern. It is full of rich interviews with the songwriter’s…
MORE ›In Iran, homosexuality is punishable by death. Transexuality, on the other hand, is not only legal, it is promoted as a “treatment” for gay men…
MORE ›This cinematic autobiography by celebrated French filmmaker Agnès Varda unfolds in a luminous series of recollections from her extraordinarily rich life. In her eighties during…
MORE ›At a time when foreign journalists are increasingly considered “fair game,” more women than ever perform the dangerous work of the war correspondent. Bearing Witness…
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