Norman Hull – Airplaneski! (1995)
It’s an exceptional documentary about the Soviet Air Industry after the end of the Soviet Union, full of anecdotes about what’s happened to people on Russian airlines. Really, this is priceless. This...
View ArticleGöran Olsson – Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much (1998)
In 1998, SVT made a documentary about Leila K’s claim for stardom called Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much. The event focuses on an incident that happened during the 1996 Swedish Grammis awards. In 2000,...
View ArticleBarbet Schroeder – Koko, le gorille qui parle AKA Koko, a Talking Gorilla (1978)
Penny Patterson, an American psychology student, began an experiment in primate communication in the early 1970s using a young zoo gorilla named Koko, who was loaned to Penny for the experiment. Due...
View ArticleDori Berinstein – ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
From Amazon.com – The real drama happens behind the curtain in this fascinating and rare look at four high-profile Broadway musicals (Wicked, Taboo, Caroline, Or Change, and Avenue Q) and their...
View ArticleBarbet Schroeder – Le vénérable W. AKA The Venerable W. (2017)
Plot : A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar. “The Venerable W.” by Barbet...
View ArticleRobert E. Fulton – Inca Light (1972)
Interpretive documentary in Peru featuring Machu Pichu. “Book-ended by the most awe-inspiring shots of the sky that I’ve literally ever seen, Fulton’s Inca Light might also serve as one of the most...
View ArticlePierre Étaix – En pleine forme AKA Healthy Holidays (2010)
Quote: The most memorable gags in this short are the extended initial sequence where Étaix meticulously prepares himself a ‘spit’ of coffee and the sheer fact that, when he reaches the seemingly...
View ArticleShunji Iwai – Ichikawa Kon monogatari AKA The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006)
Summary from yesasia – “It has been three years since pop auteur Iwai Shunji’s last film Hana and Alice, and his latest offering may seem a bit surprising. In a marked departure from his previous...
View ArticlePaul McGrath – John & Yoko’s Year of Peace (2000)
It’s 1969 and headlines blare war and civil unrest while John Lennon and Yoko Ono -rock ‘n’ roll’s most eccentric couple- are in love. They have just gotten married,they are happy to be together and...
View ArticleDenys Arcand – On est au coton AKA Cotton Mill, Treadmill (1976)
From the Film Reference Library: One of the most controversial films in Canadian history, On est au coton is an examination of the exploitation and repression of textile workers in Quebec. This...
View ArticleLuigi Di Gianni – Nascita di un culto (1968)
Quote: In a country in the South of Italy, the cult born around the death of a boy, Albert, who each day, from the time of his death, at 8:36, up to 16 “incarnates” in the body of her aunt handing out...
View ArticleCinémathèque Française – Masterclass Brian De Palma (2018)
Masterclass Brian De Palma at Cinémathèque Française, 2 June 2018. http://nitroflare.com/view/FC33E588BC7EA34/Masterclass_Brian_De_Palma_-_Cinematheque_Francaise_2_June_2018.WEB-DL.mkv...
View ArticleFarhad Zamani – Googoosh: Iran’s Daughter (2000)
Quote: Iranian pop star Googoosh was an unparalleled star in Iranian music until the 1979 Islamic revolution when female pop stars were forbidden to perform. This documentary takes a look back at...
View ArticleTimothy Asch – The Ax Fight (1975)
A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch’s stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their...
View ArticleKarla Eduvia – Lesbian Angels (2011)
Quote: A revealing peek into the lives of young lesbians in Los Angeles, who through interviews and poetry, share their experiences and insight about life, love and everything in between....
View ArticleRobert Kramer – Route One USA (1989)
Quote: From more than 65 hours of film footage, acclaimed American independent filmmaker Robert Kramer crafted this epic portrait of the famous highway that runs from Maine to Key West, Florida. Route...
View ArticleLes Blank & Maureen Gosling – Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole...
Yum, Yum, Yum! is a glorius celebration of cooking and eating in Louisiana. It’s Les Blank and Maureen Gosling’s latest love song to the little-known Cajun and Creole cultures of the Gulf Coast and...
View ArticleRobert Kramer – Milestones (1975)
MILESTONES, Robert Kramer and John Douglas US 1975, 3 hours and 15 minutes, 16mm, B/W and color English This epic film represents an essential landmark within the political, intellectual and artistic...
View ArticleAudrius Stonys – Harbour (1998)
About the movie While shooting “Flying over blue field” we lived in Bir�tonas sanatorium hotel. I was watching treatment procedures. People were plunging into bubble, mud and mineral water baths. They...
View ArticleTag Gallagher – The Third Man – Howard Hawks’ The Big Sky (2010)
The Third Man – Howard Hawks’ »The Big Sky« Tag Gallagher’s 20-minutes fine video-essay from 2010 on Howard Hawks’ »The Big Sky«. It’s a slightly revised version of an essay which originally was made...
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