Documentary Movies

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Oct 05, 2016

Church of Chills: The First Event

Dec 20, 2024

Witness the first edition of Charles Band's riotous "Roadshow" revamp that took over Full Moon's…

Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

Jan 10, 2017

In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction",…

Disintegration Loops

Mar 16, 2021

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looms near, William Basinski contemplates the enduring legacy of…

Brâncuși

Jan 01, 1996

A documentary which follows the most important events of Constantin Brâncuși, a Romanian artist.

Everybody Dies Trying to Make a Masterpiece

Nov 10, 2023

A fictionalized documentary about a group of artists in residence at the Yaddo Foundation, one…

Working Class Rock Star

Apr 27, 2008

The lives and struggles of touring musicians as they expose a little seen face of…

Changer la vie !

May 10, 2011

A documentary drama retelling the shift of Mitterand's policy. In May 1981, F.Mitterrand is elected…

Desire Lines

Jan 22, 2024

Past and present collide when an Iranian American trans man time-travels through an LGBTQ+ archive…

The Last Rapture

Sep 21, 2025

Arrebato (1980) is the great cult movie of today's Spanish cinema and Iván Zulueta, its…

Song of Heroes

Dec 23, 1932

The building of blast furnaces Magnitogorsk and the Kubas Basin by Komsomol, the Communist Union…

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

Jun 20, 1984

The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which…

The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son

Apr 07, 2016

The Hague, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Two ambitious lawyers face each…

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema

May 17, 2023

For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the…

Poeta de Sete Faces

Oct 31, 2002

Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work.

Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

Jul 23, 2013

In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s…

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

Dec 31, 2016

An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior…

The Great Heisman Race of 1997

Dec 09, 2023

An immersive, time-capsule style film chronicling the controversial Heisman race that unfolded at the center…

Where the Bay Becomes the Sea

Dec 31, 1985

This is a documentary about the fragile and complex marine ecosystem in the Bay of…

A música que meu pai gostava

Jul 09, 2018

Nelson Pereira dos Santos talks about The Highway of Life (1980)