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In 1968, a series of national televised debates matched conservative William F. Buckley against liberal Gore Vidal: intellectual argument quickly gave way to verbal blood sport.
MORE ›During the Vietnam War, more bombs were dropped on Laos than were deployed during World War I and World War II combined. Famed cinematographer Ellen…
MORE ›In this compelling legal thriller, two young Texans stand trial for plotting to terrorize the 2008 Republican National Convention.
MORE ›A woman sits in a chair before the camera. At the urging of the filmmaker, she describes a past event. Years ago, she was invited…
MORE ›A train heads out of a rundown station as night falls; passengers in the third-class sleeping car fall in and out of wakefulness. As the…
MORE ›The inimitable 93-year-old artist Betye Saar—known for such electrifying and boundary-pushing pieces as The Liberation of Aunt Jemima—assembles found objects into profound sculptural collages. This short but astute character film captures Saar’s influence in the art world and her passionate philosophy surrounding craft.
MORE ›Former college football quarterback Byron Hurt gives a first person account of his disenchantment with hip-hop’s thug-centered, misogynist, and homophobic culture. Compelling interviews with hip-hop…
MORE ›While framed around a nostalgic return visit by Professor Vincenzo Tusa, who first saw Selinunte in 1949 and later supervised the archaeological work, this film…
MORE ›Frederick Gertten did not set out to make this film. Originally, it was an entirely different film that was making headlines. Bananas!*, released in 2009,…
MORE ›According to national statistics, there are two million children who rely on their grandparents to raise them. In Big Mama, a touching and completely poignant…
MORE ›Myth and music collide in this story of the influence and impact of revered power-pop band Big Star, featuring never-before-seen footage, photos, and interviews.
MORE ›Jack Hazan’s intimate and innovative film about English-born, often California-based artist David Hockney and his work honors its subject through creative risk-taking. The improvisatory narrative-nonfiction hybrid features Hockney—a wary participant—as well as his circle of friends, and captures the agonized end of the lingering affair between Hockney and his muse, an American named Peter Schlesinger.
MORE ›Being the best is an American obsession and when it comes to body image and athletic performance the pressure to win starts young. Filmmaker Christopher…
MORE ›A global look at bicycles as a tool for change in a world overrun b cars, from the frustrations of gridlock in Los Angeles to the fight for sake bike lanes in São Paolo.
MORE ›Like cineastes, birders live for the eternal, gauzy image imprinted on the mind’s eye in a flickering twinkle. But what of watching the watchers? Using…
MORE ›In 1917, a strike in an Arizona mining town culminated in the exile of over a thousand immigrant workers. One hundred years later, a large-scale reenactment of the shocking events serves as a catalyst for remembrance and reflection.
MORE ›In St. Petersburg, bitch really is the new black. Attractive and accomplished women enroll in the Vixen Academy to learn how to “turn off their…
MORE ›Witness a day at an acupuncture shop in New York’s Chinatown, with Mom, Pop and the family cat. It’s a delightful, affectionate portrait of both…
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