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The Nuremberg trials mark the first time in history that moving images—invested therefore with the indisputable power of truth—play a major role as judicial evidence…
MORE ›Eat it, wear it, pet it or feed it to the gators. A goofy short exposition of nutria lore reveals the past, present and future…
MORE ›This wildly fantastic story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, whose goat testicale impotence cure and million-watt radio station brought him fame and fortune, spins together animation and an unreliable narrator.
MORE ›Jem Cohen’s short elegiac comment on street photography in post-9/11 New York reveals the city’s idiosyncratic beauty in striking 16mm. As Cohen tells it “Sometimes…
MORE ›An experimental and haunting collection of vignettes, Deborah Stratman’s O’er the Land weaves several picturesque and arresting strands into an evocative essay on freedom as…
MORE ›The stories of brothers-in-law Abu Jandal and Hamdan—Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard and driver respectively—converge and diverge in ways that shed light on a part of the world too few understand.
MORE ›The stories of brothers-in-law Abu Jandal and Salim Ahmed Hamdan—Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard and driver, respectively—converge and diverge in ways that shed light on Al Quada’s activities and America’s foreign policy.
MORE ›From potato peelers to iPhones, every manufactured item we use has a person behind it. Gary Hustwit’s film brings us behind the scenes of our…
MORE ›“I see history as a badly mixed cocktail,” explains a veteran bartender in Lima, Peru. “Made of semi-democratic elections, coups, terrorism, and corruption.” Dutch filmmaker…
MORE ›Akiko, one of the last living survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, recounts her devastating story through intricate and searing animation.
MORE ›Tracing little more than the movement and texture of the night sky, both the astronomical and the atmospheric, this experimental film truly belongs in a…
MORE ›Renowned banjo virtuosos Béla Fleck and acclaimed bassist Edgar Meyer have been collaborating for more than 20 years. In this verité film, go on tour…
MORE ›Sam Fuller once famously said that the only way to truly represent the reality of war would be to machine gun the audience. Unable—and unwilling—to…
MORE ›Ever see a glass eyeball get made? There’s more to it than one might think! How much reality can someone handle?! JR
MORE ›Of the documentaries dealing with the unjust relocation and internment of Americans of Japanese descent during WWII, this cinematic portrait is quite notable. The familiar…
MORE ›With rare and chilling insights, this film takes us into the lives of a Syrian family, led by an Al-Nusra fighter, where we observe how swiftly the innocence of childhood can fade.
MORE ›Combat veterans at a group therapy center attempt to overcome their PTSD and rebuild their lives in this unflinching look at the walking casualties of war.
MORE ›At some future time, we may appreciate the centuries-old practice of Chinese shadow plays as the forefather of the cinema. But by then the art…
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