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A Ukrainian platoon’s mission: traverse a heavily fortified mile of forest to liberate a strategic village from Russian forces. A journalist accompanies them, witnessing the ravages of war and the growing uncertainty about its conclusion.Read More »
An acclaimed experimental documentary tracing the history of airplane hijacking as portrayed by mainstream television media.
Official Selection at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.Read More »
In May 1995, Shawn Nelson, a 35 year-old plumber from Clairemont, California, emerged from an eighteen foot mine shaft he had dug beneath his backyard in search for gold. An ex-soldier and methamphetamine abuser, he stole a tank from a nearby National Guard armory and went on a rampage through the residential streets of his neighborhood, crushing cars and lampposts until the cops took him down. CUL DE SAC goes far beyond this apparently minor news story and provides extensive political, economic and social context that ties Nelson’s life to the larger story of a working class community in decline. Read More »
A lush documentary on the past, present and future of sexually explicit art prints known as shunga. Framed by director Junko Hirata, the film connects with the human stories behind the creation and preservation of erotic prints, woven together with Japanese history, culture and craftsmanship.Read More »
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He is an Aluku man, one of the five tribes of Maroons who survives in the forest during 400 years after escaping from the Dutch sugarcane plantations. All the Maroons are issued originally from the West coast of Africa. They were taken as slaves.Read More »
This is the official FIFA film of the 1982 World Cup Finals in Spain. Runs 98 minutes and includes commentary by Sean Connery with a special score composed by Rick Wakeman. Not your average footie film, this is a stunning record of the 1982 tournament finals which included England and Northern Ireland and culminated in Italy’s thrilling victory against West Germany.Read More »
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After her parents’ divorce, six-year-old Vladlena moves from Crimea to Grozny, not yet aware of the changes that lie ahead. When war breaks out in Chechnya, it deeply affects her city and family. Years later, filmmaker Sandu reflects on her childhood in this poetic, autobiographical hybrid film, exploring how cycles of violence shape children—and how healing and change are possible.Read More »
A mockumentary where reality and fiction are combine to create drama. The director has deceived and manipulated leading world politicians, as well as politicians in his own country, for satirical effect.Read More »
“Abstract silver screen dreams of Monica Vitti, Michelangelo Antonioni, and all the great Italian cinema made at Cinecittà in the 1960s.”
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
“I dreamed I was in bed and the bed was moving. I looked down and it was on quicksand. It was sinking deeper and deeper. There’s something terrible about reality and I don’t know what it is. No one will tell me.”
Giuliana (Monica Vitti) in ‘Red Desert.’Read More »