
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
The fifth film of Frank Capra’s Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
Genre: Documentary, War
Director: Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra
Actors: Alfred Jodl, Anthony Veiller, Ion Antonescu, King Boris III, King Michael, Miklós Horthy, Nikolai Cherkasov
Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai
The film’s story centers on Musashi Miyamoto, one of the most famous swordsmen in Japanese history. He pioneered the Hyouhou Niten Ichi-ryuu style of two-sword fighting and wrote “The Book…
Super High Me
Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian and former Stoner of the Year Doug Benson documents his experience avoiding pot for 30…
Appointment with Dr. Terrible
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of “Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible” featuring Steve Coogan.
Heima
Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel through the country, the band…
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing ‘Man on Fire’
A documentary on the making of the 2004 film “Man on Fire,” mixing movie clips, behind-the-scenes shots and interviews of cast and crew. The program covers the flick’s genesis and…
The Pocket Film of Superstitions
The film is described as a weird and wonderful merging of shades of folk horror, the supernatural with dadaist humour and a quaint British eccentricities that are long gone in…
Why We Fight
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki’s shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an…
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
An overgrown field and a stretch of highway connect a series of grisly murders spanning several decades as grieving families search for answers.
The First Wave
When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses,…
Daniel
The remarkable first-person story of filmmaker Daniel Northcott, who documented his travels around the world, including a visit to a mysterious Mayan cave that may have precipitated his death.
Hollywood’s Magical Island: Catalina
Beginning with William Wrigley’s acquisition of the Santa Catalina Island Company in 1919, the history of the island is explored with archival footage, stills, interviews of residents, historians and celebrities.
Nuclear Now
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges of climate change…