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David Bowie: The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
8.0
2006

David Bowie: The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars was the album that did it. This is the definitive independent review of an all ...

Silenced
7.6
2014

Silenced

Three National Security whistleblowers fight to reveal the darkest corners of America's war on terror, challenging a gov...

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
7.0
2011

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation

A look at the rise of crack cocaine in urban America in the 1980s and its influence on popular culture, especially in hi...

Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
5.7
1993

Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family

Documentary film about life in the slums of Palermo, Sicily. Revisiting the family featured in a 1961 documentary from M...

Sleep Furiously
5.8
2008

Sleep Furiously

Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel's parents - both refugees - found a home. This is a ...

Leave No Trace
6.7
2022

Leave No Trace

In February 2022, the Boy Scouts of America reached a $2.7 billion agreement over sex abuse claims, the largest such set...

Citizen K
6.7
2019

Citizen K

The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity...

Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan
10.0
2023

Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan

Filmed in February at the Grand Ole Opry House, the special is a one-of-a-kind collection of performances and storytelli...

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

One in a series of 13 documentaries on renowned American poets produced by the New York Center for Visual History. Descr...

Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen
2016

Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

In this short documentary, film critic Tony Rayns discusses director King Hu and A Touch of Zen.

Diana Princess of Wales: a Celebration of a Life
6.0
2012

Diana Princess of Wales: a Celebration of a Life

This documentary of Princess Diana's royal life and global impact features new insights and previously unseen footage si...

E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo
2021

E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo

In a cinema letter to Jean Vigo, Lynne Sachs ponders the French filmmaker’s 1933 classic Zéro de conduite, in which scho...

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evoluti...

The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
6.8
2013

The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall

Several comic greats pay tribute to the legendary stand-up stage founded by Budd Friedman in 1963.

Survivor At 40: Greatest Moments And Players
10.0
2020

Survivor At 40: Greatest Moments And Players

A retrospective featuring interviews with unforgettable players from the previous two decades of "Survivor"; a sneak pee...

Action J
6.0
1961

Action J

Compilation film, tracing the political career of Dr. Hans Globke, allegedly a former Nazi, now Secretary of State in We...

Le procès du procès de Jeanne d'Arc
2015

Le procès du procès de Jeanne d'Arc

One Step Beyond
1992

One Step Beyond

This documentary is about metaphysics, physiognomy, fungshui and the unseen world. Ming Lam and Ng Kong explore the caus...

Ils ont changé le monde - Les Carthaginois
6.0
2017

Ils ont changé le monde - Les Carthaginois

Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70
6.0
2022

Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70