Dziga Vertov – Shagay, sovet! AKA Stride, Soviet! (1926)
Dziga Vertov records the achievements, and some failures, of the Moscow soviet. Shagay, sovet (1926) Dziga Vertov.mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 1 h 8 min Size: 1.32 GiB Video Codec: x264...
View ArticleCalvin Floyd – Vem var Dracula? AKA In Search of Dracula (1974) (HD)
Vem var Dracula? (1974) The book IN SEARCH OF DRACULA, by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu, was one I checked out of school libraries multiple times. The book proposed a link between the character...
View ArticleRaymond De Felitta –‘Tis Autumn- The Search for Jackie Paris (2006)
‘Tis Autumn The Search for Jackie Paris (2006) An exploration into the mysterious life of the late jazz vocalist Jackie Paris, which examines the question of how much we need to know about an artist’s...
View ArticleAnna Hints – Savvusanna sõsarad AKA Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023)
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023) Quote:“Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the...
View ArticleYervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi – Dal polo all’ equatore aka From the...
Dal polo all’ equatore (1987) From the Pole to the Equator (1987)By JANET MASLINApril 6, 1988New York Times LEAD: To watch ”From the Pole to the Equator” is to feel that one has seen a ghost – many...
View ArticleJonas Mekas – Diaries Notes and Sketches AKA Walden (1968) (HD)
Diaries Notes and Sketches (1968) (HD) Walden, Jonas Mekas’ first completed diary film, is an epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s, and also stands as a groundbreaking work...
View ArticleViktor Stefan Görtz – Die Ermittlung aka the Investigation (1966)
Die Ermittlung (1966) This is a nice tv adaptation of Peter Weiss ground-breaking documentary drama the Investigation which is based on the Ausschwitz trials that were held in Frankfurt. Peter Weiss -...
View ArticleMarie Losier – Byun, objet trouvé (2012)
Byun, objet trouvé (2012) Acclaimed mixed-media artist Chong Gon Byun uses found and discarded objects to create intricate, surrealist sculptures that explore the clash between postindustrial...
View ArticleBing Wang – Gudu AKA Alone (2013) (HD)
Gudu (2013) (HD) Three sisters live alone in a small village family house in the high mountains of the Yunan region. Their parents are nowhere to be seen. The three little girls send their days...
View ArticlePål Aasdal & Martin Ledang – Once Upon a Time in Norway (2007)
Once Upon a Time in Norway (2007) Interviews with central members of early Norwegian black metal bands about Mayhem, the early black metal scene and the crimes they committed....
View ArticleWerner Herzog & Denis Reichle – Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten AKA Ballad of...
Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten (1984) Quote:Werner Herzog looks at the young soldiers who make up the Miskito Indian rebel army. The Indians are an abused minority who sided with the Sandinistas in the...
View ArticleRodney Ascher – Room 237 (2012) (HD)
Room 237 (2012) (HD) A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings withinStanley Kubrick’s film The Shining (1980). The film may be over 30 years old but it...
View ArticlePeter Nestler – Pachamama – Unsere Erde AKA Pachamama: Our Land (1995)
Pachamama Unsere Erde (1995) Pachamama is another fine example of Peter Nestler’s extraordinary documentaries. He takes us on an expedition to Ecuador, to the heart of an ancient Indian culture....
View ArticleRuth Beckermann – Waldheims Walzer AKA The Waldheim Waltz (2018) (HD)
Waldheims Walzer (2018) (HD) SynopsisA biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General and the controversy of his participation and role in the Nazi regime during WW II...
View ArticleJoris Postema – Stop Filming Us (2020)
Stop Filming Us (2020) Quote:Based on the struggle of young people in Goma (Northeastern Congo) against the prevailing Western reporting about war and misery, Stop Filming Us investigates how these...
View ArticleKaouther Ben Hania – Les filles d’Olfa AKA Four Daughters (2023)
Les filles d’Olfa (2023) Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker...
View ArticleJean-Christophe Klotz – John Ford, l’homme qui inventa l’Amérique (2019)
John Ford, l’homme qui inventa l’Amérique (2019) The filmography of John Ford, most specifically his westerns for which he is arguably best known, is presented, those movies which largely made western...
View ArticleJohn Boorman – I Dreamt I Woke Up (1991)
I Dreamt I Woke Up (1991) Another in the series The Director’s Place. Filmmaker John Boorman pulls an “8 1/2”-and a good one-in I Dreamt I Woke Up. In this rambling reflection on Boorman’s life and...
View ArticleLea Glob – Apolonia, Apolonia (2022)
Apolonia, Apolonia (2022) Apolonia Sokol was born in 1988 to a French father and a Polish mother, the two of whom owned a Paris theater, Lavoir Moderne Parisien. This was a hub for all kinds of...
View ArticleErrol Morris – The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)
The Pigeon Tunnel (2023) Unlike many of the filmmaker’s subjects, John le Carré knows who Errol Morris is, and more importantly, the author of spy literature also knows Morris’ techniques of getting...
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