
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Raoul Peck
Actors: Dick Cavett, H. Rap Brown, Harry Belafonte, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, Paul Weiss, Robert F. Kennedy, Samuel L. Jackson
Country: Belgium, France, United States of America
War Photographer (2001)
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
Room 237 (2012)
A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick’s classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips,…
George Carlin: Complaints & Grievances (2001)
George Carlin performs a hilarious set of never-before released material in “Complaints and Grievances.” His 12th HBO special was recorded live at the Beacon Theater in New York City on…
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
A documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest…
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline… Ten years later, these cars were…
Tarnation (2003)
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette’s documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother — a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more — culled from…
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida…
The Gleaners and I (2000)
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at…
Jackass 2.5 (2007)
The crew have now set off to finish what as left over from Jackass 2.0, and in this version they have Wee Man use a ‘pee’ gun on themselves, having…
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Fulton and Pepe’s 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam’s attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage…