Jürgen Böttcher – Die Mauer AKA The Wall (1991)
A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements. From the Potsdamer Platz to the Brandenburg Gate, the camera...
View ArticleAfsaneh Salari – The Silhouettes (2020)
An engineering student in Iran whose parents fled war-torn Afghanistan. As Afghans are only allowed to have manual-labor jobs in Iran, Taghi plans to move to the motherland he never knew. He faces...
View ArticleBoris Hars-Tschachotin – Phänomen Blade Runner AKA Phenomenon Blade Runner...
SynopsisAn exploration of the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. Slated when first released, it has since built a cult following for its visionary urban setting as well its unique futuristic film...
View ArticleVladimir Léon – Mes chers espions AKA My Dear Spies (2020)
Were my grandparents Soviet spies in the 30s in Paris? I bring to my brother Pierre a suitcase full of memories. Our investigation starts between France and Russia, yesterday and today. 2.12GB | 2h...
View ArticleVirpi Suutari – Aalto AKA Aalto: Architect of Emotions (2020)
This captivating exploration of Alver Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe’s greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino....
View ArticleEric Lange – Le Mystère Méliès AKA The Melies Mystery (2021)
SynopsisSon of a shoe manufacturer, Georges Méliès decided to devote himself to magic. In 1888, he used his share of the inheritance to buy the Robert-Houdin Theater, Boulevard des Italiens, where his...
View ArticleFrançois Reichenbach – Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
Medicine Ball Caravan is a scaled-down Woodstock-ish rock concert documentary. Director Francois Reichenbach followed a large troupe of performers known as the Caravan as they made a nationwide tour...
View ArticleCaveh Zahedi – In the Bathtub of the World [+Extra] (2001)
Quote:At turns humorous, touching, and revealing, IN THE BATHTUB OF THE WORLD is the video diary of a year in the life of independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi, and his real-life girlfriend Amanda...
View ArticleRoss McElwee – Sherman’s March [+Extras] (1986)
Filmmaker Ross McElwee grew up in the South and always marveled at how the folks there were affected by Union general William Tecumseh Sherman’s legacy. Aiming to delve deeper into the region’s...
View ArticleCollectif Mohamed – Le Garage (1979)
In 1977, some teenagers from Alfortville, Vitry-sur-Seine and Val-de-Marne estates created the Collectif Mohamed and made three shorts. They wanted to produce their own images and stories, created by...
View ArticleEnrique Juárez – Ya es tiempo de violencia AKA Now is the Time for Violence...
Quote:In 1969, the film director Enrique Juárez thus anonymously produced Ya es tiempo de violencia (Now is the Time for Violence), mainly concerned with the events of the May 1969 Cordobazo riots and...
View ArticleStefan Jarl & Lukas Moodysson – Terrorister – en film om dom dömda AKA...
A feature-length documentary, possibly focusing, at least in part, on the recent anti-globalisation protests in Gothenburg, Sweden and the alleged police misconduct during the protests. The first film...
View ArticleSenem Göcmen – Turkish Riviera (2020)
A video cassette is inserted: A toddler in a paddling pool somewhere on the beach. Parents and grandparents scurry around. Pictures of Senem’s first visit to Turkey, so she tells us. This is the...
View ArticleDenys Arcand – On est au coton AKA Cotton Mill, Treadmill (1976)
Quote: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 National Film Board production,...
View ArticleChristian Petzold – Ostwärts (1991)
Shortly after German reunification, three residents of a quiet area north of Berlin talk about their plans and attempts at new economic beginnings amid the changes brought by the fall of the Berlin...
View ArticleKogonada – Mirrors of Bergman (2015)
SynopsisSylvia Plath based her poem “Three Women“ on Ingmar Bergman’s Brink of Life (1958). The idea of Plath watching and engaging the women of Bergman is almost too much to bear. Who would have more...
View ArticleKogonada – Godard in Fragments (2016)
SynopsisThe filmmaking career of Godard is a cinematic record of increasing fragmentation as part philosophy, part resistance, part aesthetic, part madness, part genius – a way of making sense and...
View ArticleKenneth Sorento – The Fight for Greenland (2020)
The film follows four strong-willed and dynamic young Greenlanders that deeply disagree on which direction their country should follow, but all are fighting for a better Greenland. 1.51GB | 1h 35m |...
View ArticleArthur Barron – Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
Comment from IMDb:The tragic life of Rita Hayworth, one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood’s golden years, is examined in this documentary directed by Arthur Barron. Her life, during her...
View ArticleSpike Jonze – Beastie Boys Story (2020)
Here’s a little story they’re about to tell… Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend, collaborator,...
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