Biography
Monsieur Vincent
Monsieur Vincent is a compassionate and beautiful film about the remarkably selfless life of Saint Vincent de Paul, who devoted his life to caring for the poor and the sick, through poverty and plague.
Moving from Emptiness: The Life and Art of a Zen Dude
With brush, ink, and rice paper, Zen painter Alok Hsu Kwang-han uses the play of light and dark to explore energy, creativity, and the art of life. On the verge of his 75th birthday, with a new love in his life, Alok employs his teachings to confront his personal history.
The Mystery of Picasso
Filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot and painter Pablo Picasso used experimental and innovative techniques to create an entirely new kind of art documentary — one that is both joyous and suspenseful.
NOTFILM
After restoring the short Film, Ross Lipman wanted to explore its surprising history. He ended up making a mesmerizing feature-length essay about Samuel Beckett, Buster Keaton and other luminaries!
The Olive Thomas Collection
Beautiful, talented and charismatic, Olive Thomas reigned as a Hollywood star briefly but magically… and her untimely death was mourned worldwide. Also features her charming comedy, The Flapper
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life explores the life and work of the legendary neurologist and storyteller, as he shares intimate details of his battles with drug addiction, homophobia, and a medical establishment that accepted his work only decades after the fact.
On Meditation
ON MEDITATION explores the deeply personal practice of meditation through an exploration of extraordinary people and their practices including David Lynch, Giancarlo Esposito, Russell Simmons, Congressman Tim Ryan, Peter Matthiessen, Mark Epstein and others.
Oranges and Sunshine
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia.
Ornette: Made in America
Ground-breaking filmmaker Shirley Clarke combined forces with Ornette Coleman to create this dazzling window into the life of the great jazz artist and innovator.
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
A look at the life and work of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
Paracelsus
A physician, alchemist, and spiritual guru, Paracelsus (1493-1541) was one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of science. And, like its subject, this 1943 film is shrouded in mystery, even though it was directed by one of the supreme stylists of the German cinema: G.W. Pabst.
Pasolini
The Roman life and the imaginary worlds of Pier Paolo Pasolini intermingle in Abel Ferrara’s retelling of the final days in the life of the fifty-year-old filmmaker and writer (played by Willem Dafoe), in a lovely, haunting film that draws on his last interview and envisages scenes f…
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
The extraordinary life of Peter Asher, a child actor who became a pop star and then a manager and producer to the likes of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.
The Plainsman
Teaming up with his lover Calamity Jane, as well as Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok helps to pacify the frontier in a period of immense change for the Old West.
Portrait of Jason
Shirley Clarke filmed gay actor, hustler, chanteuse Jason Holliday's 12-hour soliloquy, creating a documentary that Ingmar Bergman said was "the most extraordinary film I’ve seen in my life.”
The President's Wife
Madame Chirac’s rise from invisible political spouse to major media figure—as calculated as it was inevitable—is chronicled with equal parts reverence and wit, driven by Catherine Deneuve’s wryly memorable central performance.
Promise at Dawn
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this epic drama tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French…
Queen of the Ring
An extraordinary, true-life tale that follows a single mom who defied incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning wrestling champion at a time when the sport was banned across most of America.
Ray (4KUHD)
Jamie Foxx won the Academy Award for Best Actor (2004) as the one-of-a-kind innovator of soul who overcame impossible odds to become a music legend.
The Red Star
The Red Star is a mockumentary following Laila Salama, a mysterious woman who may have contributed to the 1960 kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, neglected from the annals of history.
Rodin
An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.
SEMBENE!
In 1952, Ousmane Sembene, a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. This true story celebrates how the father of African cinema, against enormous odds, fought a monumental, 50-year battle to give Africans a voice.
Scalia: Portrait of a Man & Jurist
SCALIA: PORTRAIT OF A MAN & JURIST examines the judicial life and legacy of the controversial Supreme Court Justice.
Scott Joplin
This historic film recounts Scott Joplin's determination in the face of racism, his heroic struggle with a debilitating disease and his ultimate triumph as a composer and musical legend.
Serpico (50th Anniversary) 4KUHD
Serpico is based on the true story of a New York policeman who discovers that honesty is not expected to be part of his job.
Shari & Lamb Chop
The legendary ventriloquist Shari Lewis rose to stardom with her beloved sock puppet Lamb Chop. When her popular children’s show gets cancelled, Shari must find a way to make peace with her alter ego. Together they spend decades reinventing themselves until Shari’s unlikely comeback wher…
Stealing Charlie Chaplin
STEALING CHARLIE CHAPLIN chronicles the disappearance of the interntional icon's body in 1978, as well as the ransom and recovery that followed.
Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara
Director Philip Haas follows land artist Richard Long on his walk across Algeria’s Hoggar, a volcanic region of the Sahara Desert.
To Hell and Back
Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier of WWII, plays himself in this gripping, action-packed battle saga.
Tom of Finland
This stirring biopic follows the life of the artist whose proudly erotic drawings of leather-clad studs served as an emblem of gay liberation and influenced art, fashion and culture for decades to come.
Tous les Matins du Monde
Monsieur de Sainte Colombe is reclusive composer who lives with his two beautiful daughters. Their lives are forever changed by the flamboyant young student Marin Marais who fascinates Colombe and entrances his daughters.
The Valachi Papers
Sentenced to 15 years in prison, former mob “button man” Joe Valachi turns informant when he learns top Mafia capo Vito Genovese has put a $100,000 contract out on his life.
Violeta Went to Heaven
The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood (Machuca) traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of i…
Winsor McCay: The Master Edition
Winsor McCay was the first master of animation and one of its greatest and most influential artists. His films — joyous, hilarious and beautiful —continue to delight and astonish audiences today.
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
For over two decades, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful names Hollywood; now, her fascinating story come alive in this insightful documentary narrated by Uma Thurman and Kathy Bates.
Yangsi
Jigme Lhundrup is the Yangsi, the reincarnation of a greatly revered Tibetan Buddhist meditation master. He must train to uphold this legacy from the age of four. Even with the loving support of his teachers and family, questions begin to arise about the place of his tradition in the modern world.