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Burt's Buzz

Burt's Buzz

Documentary

In Burt's Buzz, Shapiro takes us into the reclusive backwoods world of beekeeper Shavitz, still committed to living off the land in Maine, as he has since the 1970s, in a renovated turkey coop with no running water.

Bushman

Bushman

Docudrama · Drama

Bushman tells the story of a young Nigerian who settles in the Bay Area at the end of the tumultuous 1960s and is falsely accused of terrorism during events at a university strike. With irony, poetry, and a delicate touch, David Schickele’s unshakeable debut sets up a thoughtful and provocativ…

Business of Amateurs

Business of Amateurs

Documentary

The NCAA is the face of college athletics, and it generates billions of dollars every year for the top universities in the United States. The Business of Amateurs is the first documentary that challenges the NCAA from the perspective of former student-athletes.

Business of Being Born (2-disc)

Business of Being Born (2-disc)

Documentary

For the first time, you can own the classic childbirth documentaries The Business of Being Born and More Business of Being Born, in one two-disc DVD set. Producer Ricki Lake and director Abby Epstein were inspired by their own birth experiences to provide a nation of mothers-to-be with insight into …

The Business of Fancydancing

The Business of Fancydancing

Drama

Since their high school graduation, former Spokane Reservation best friends Seymour (Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) and Aristotle (Gene Tagaban) have taken different paths. Both ventured off to college in Seattle, but while Seymour embraced the opportunities of the white world, Aristotle returned home e…

Béla Fleck: How to Write a Banjo Concerto

Béla Fleck: How to Write a Banjo Concerto

Music · Documentary · Music Documentaries

BELA FLECK: HOW TO WRITE A BANJO CONCERTO follows banjo trailblazer Bela Fleck through one of his most challenging musical journeys so far – into the world of the symphony orchestra.

The C Word

The C Word

Health · Documentary

Director Meghan L. O’Hara reveals two astounding, parallel stories – one from celebrated French neuroscientist and cancer revolutionary Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, the other her own story of cancer survival.

Caesar Must Die

Caesar Must Die

Drama · World Cinema

The captivating new drama from legendary Italian auteurs Paolo & Vittorio Taviani follows real-life prison inmates as they rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's classic story of honour and power, Julius Caesar.

Caffeinated

Caffeinated

Documentary

Every cup of coffee has a story... one that begins in a lush tropical field and ends at your breakfast table. Caffeinated is a fascinating globe-hopping examination of this journey from bean to cup.

Café de Flore

Café de Flore

Drama · World Cinema

Cafe de Flore is a love story about people separated by time and place, but connected in profound and mysterious ways. Atmospheric, fantastical, tragic and hopeful, the film chronicles the parallel fates of Jacqueline, a young mother with a disabled son in 1960s Paris, and Antoine, a recently divorc…

Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls

Documentary

A life-affirming documentary about Florida's most dedicated dance team for women over 60.

Call My Agent!: The Complete Series

Call My Agent!: The Complete Series

Television · Comedy · Drama

This witty, satirical new series takes you right to the heart of the talent management business.

Calloused Hands

Calloused Hands

Drama

Despite life's many disappointments Byrd (Andre Royo, The Wire) still believes in the promise of the American Dream. In the powerfully moving drama CALLOUSED HANDS, he battles his addictions and the recession to get a shot at happiness.

Camilla Läckberg

Camilla Läckberg

Crime · Drama · Thriller

Three films based on Camilla Läckberg's international smash-hit mystery novels, following a successful writer and family woman's unexpected turn as a crime-solver.

Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka Murders: Set 1

Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka Murders: Set 1

Crime · Drama · Thriller

Three films based on Camilla Läckberg's international smash-hit mystery novels, following a successful writer and family woman's unexpected turn as a crime-solver.

Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka Murders: Set 2

Camilla Läckberg's Fjällbacka Murders: Set 2

Crime · Drama · Thriller

Three films based on Camilla Läckberg's international smash-hit mystery novels, following a successful writer and family woman's unexpected turn as a crime-solver.

Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel

History · Drama · Biography

The biography of the iconic French sculptor Camille Claudel in a tale of love, betrayal and female empowerment, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu.

Camille Claudel 1915

Camille Claudel 1915

Drama · World Cinema · Historic Drama

In CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915, Juliette Binoche gives a mesmerizing performance as Auguste Rodin's protégé (and later mistress), and sister of the Christian/mystic poet Paul Claudel. Inspired by the correspondence between Paul and Camille, writer/director Bruno Dumont (Humanité, La Vi…

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters

Peabody Award Winners · Music & Dance · Art Documentaries

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters traces the powerful story of how one of the most celebrated works of art to come out of the AIDS epidemic revitalized two disparate communities, 30 years apart, both struggling to make sense of the plagues of their generations.

Cancer Rebellion

Cancer Rebellion

Health · Documentary

CANCER REBELLION is a documentary that brings to light the life of modern-day teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer.

Capital

Capital

Crime · Drama · World Cinema

When the CEO of France's Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil is crowned as his replacement. From legendary Academy Award®-winning writer/director Costa-Gavras MISSING, Z, AMEN)

Capital C

Capital C

Documentary

Funded by 586 people from 24 countries through a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Capital C is the first feature length documentary dedicated to crowdfunding.

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

RT Certified Fresh · Documentary

Based on the international bestseller by rock-star economist Thomas Piketty, this captivating documentary is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, a film that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shines a new light on t…

The Capote Tapes

The Capote Tapes

Documentary

Through access to never-before-heard audio archives and interviews with Capote’s friends and enemies, the intimate and provocative documentary The Capote Tapes reveals the rise and fall of America’s most iconic gay writer.

Careful

Careful

Comedy · Romance · Drama

Guy Maddin’s early masterpiece takes place in a 19th-century Alpine village where the wary residents —adult, child and animal!—must speak softly and tread lightly lest they cause an avalanche. But sexual frenzies teem in this world of repression, setting off incestuous love triangl…

Carmen

Carmen

Drama

In a small Mediterranean village, Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, her entire life. After he dies Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.

Carmen (1918)

Carmen (1918)

Drama · Silent

Carmen retells Prosper Merimée’s classic tale of a Romani woman who seduces a military officer and sends each of them on a trajectory of dramatic self-destruction.

Carole Lombard Collection I [Fast and Loose / Man of the World / No Man of Her Own]

Carole Lombard Collection I [Fast and Loose / Man of the World / No Man of Her Own]

Comedy · Romance · Drama

This collection includes three 1930s Pre-Code classics starring screen legend Carole Lombard.

The Carpetbaggers (Special Edition)

The Carpetbaggers (Special Edition)

Romance · Drama

George Peppard is a ruthless tycoon who (with amazing parallels to Howard Hughes) builds a multimillion-dollar empire in 1930s Hollywood.

Cartouche (Special Edition)

Cartouche (Special Edition)

Comedy · Drama · World Cinema

18th-century master thief, swordsman and rogue Louis-Dominique Bourguignon, alias Cartouche meets the beautiful bandit Venus and launches a series of scandalous raids that rock the Parisian aristocracy.

Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid

Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid

Documentary

From masterminding Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential win to his insurgent role in the 2024 race, Democratic strategist James Carville has been one of the most influential forces in modern political history. The “Ragin’ Cajun” looks back at his unlikely career and 30-year marri…

Casablanca Beats

Casablanca Beats

Romance · Crime · Drama

A former rapper takes a job at a cultural center in an underprivileged neighborhood in Casablanca and inspires his students to break free from the weight of restrictive traditions in order to live their passions and express themselves through the arts.

Casanova, Last Love

Casanova, Last Love

Drama · World Cinema

London, 18th century. Casanova (Vincent Lindon), famous for his taste of pleasure and gambling, arrives from Paris, forced into exile. In this city he knows nothing about, the libertine meets on several occasions a young prostitute, Marianne de Charpillon (Stacy Martin).

Cast a Dark Shadow/Wanted For Murder

Cast a Dark Shadow/Wanted For Murder

Film Noir · Crime · Drama

Death and seduction are the themes of these newly-restored thrillers from the golden age of British noir.

Casting About

Casting About

Documentary

CASTING ABOUT is a lyrical documentary that illuminates the grit, mystery and raw emotion behind the process of casting actors. Shot from the filmmaker’s point of view, the viewer encounters many of the 350 diverse actresses who test for a trio of roles in a dramatic film, in auditions held in…

Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

History · Drama · Biography

A suspense thriller based on the true story of Patrick Chamusso, a young, apolitical man accused of terrorism in 1980 South Africa. Set against a country torn by Apartheid and two cultures at war.

Caterpillar

Caterpillar

War · Drama

Caterpillar tells the story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor. The film serves as a powerful indictment of …

The Caveman's Valentine

The Caveman's Valentine

Crime · Drama · Mystery

A misunderstood musician turned recluse, hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy, and bring him to justice.

A Celebration of Peace through Music DVD

A Celebration of Peace through Music DVD

Classical Music · Documentary

A Celebration of Peace Through Music is a concert celebration of music and spirit, open to people of all faiths. Conducted by Sir Gilbert Levine, the concert honors the canonizations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII, in the spirit of Pope Francis. As seen on Public Television.

The Celluloid Bordello

The Celluloid Bordello

Documentary

With equal parts historical overview, critique, and homage, this eye-opening film lets real-life dommes, escorts, porn stars and hustlers tell you which films they love and which they hate, which get it right and which miss the mark, and, most importantly, how perpetuating stereotypes in media affec…

The Celluloid Salesman

The Celluloid Salesman

Culture · Short Films · Documentary

NEW! This fourth collection of classroom shorts from the A/V Geeks Film Library reveals how sly marketers used 16mm films to shape new generations of loyal consumers.

Chac: The Rain God

Chac: The Rain God

Drama · Adventure

Based on the culture of the Popul Vuh, CHAC: THE RAIN GOD follows a village's attempts to solve a terrible drought by sending their best and brightest to a diviner in the mountains.

Chained For Life

Chained For Life

Comedy · RT Certified Fresh · Drama

Jess Weixler (Teeth) and Adam Pearson (Under the Skin) star in this brilliantly oddball, acerbically funny foray into gonzo surrealism about a movie star "slumming it" in an outré art-horror film being shot in a semi-abandoned hospital.

Chains of Gold

Chains of Gold

Crime · Drama · Action

A Miami social worker helps a fatherless boy who's involved with a crack-dealing gang. When the police offer no help he launches a desperate attempt to rescue the boy.

The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden

Drama

The peculiar antics of Laurel (Hayley Mills), an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden—a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast.

The Challenge (Special Edition)

The Challenge (Special Edition)

Crime · Drama · Action

He has trained every thought, every muscle, every nerve, for this moment of truth! The Challenge was co-written by John Sayles (Lone Star) and stars Scott Glenn (Man on Fire) as an American boxer thrust into a Japanese family feud involving the ownership of an ancient sword.

The Challenge (2017 documentary)

The Challenge (2017 documentary)

Earth Day · Documentary

Italian visual artist Yuri Ancarani’s exquisite documentary, winner of the Filmmaker of the Present award at the 2016 Locarno Film Festival, enters the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs with a passion for amateur falconry.

The Chamber

The Chamber

Crime · Drama · Thriller

An dealistic young attorney takes on the death row clemency case of his onetime Klansman grandfather (Gene Hackman). With just 28 days before the execution, he sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which his grandfather was convicted.

The Chambermaid

The Chambermaid

RT Certified Fresh · Drama · World Cinema

A young maid at a luxurious Mexico City hotel confronts the monotony of long workdays with quiet examinations of forgotten belongings and budding friendships that nourish her newfound and determined dream for a better life.

The Champion: A Story of America's First Film Town

The Champion: A Story of America's First Film Town

History · Documentary

For almost a decade Fort Lee, New Jersey was the filmmaking hub of the US. That golden age is celebrated in this documentary — along with silent films preserved by the Library of Congress. 

The Changin' Times of Ike White

The Changin' Times of Ike White

Music · African-American · Documentary

Serving a life sentence for murder in the early 1970s, music prodigy Ike White had plenty of time to perfect his musical talent, but no hope of putting it to use in the outside world. Ike's skills were exceptional enough, though, that his story captured the media's attention. From this notoriety, he…

Changing Lanes (4KUHD)

Changing Lanes (4KUHD)

Drama · Thriller · 4K UHD DISC

A young lawyer and a businessman share a small automobile accident, and their mutual road rage escalates into a feud.

Changing Times

Changing Times

Romance · Drama

Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu star in André Téchiné’s (Wild Reeds, Les Voleurs) film about two former lovers reunited by fate. Antoine (Depardieu) has held a torch for his first love Cécile (Deneuve) for 30 years and arranges to be reunited with her in Morocco in the h…

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Based on Literature · Drama

THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH (1978), based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, is the shocking tale of an indigenous man driven to madness and revenge. Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) is a young Aboriginal half-caste raised in central New South Wales at the turn-of-the-century, a boy initiated by his…

Chantal: Seasons 1 & 2

Chantal: Seasons 1 & 2

Television · Crime · Drama

In the off-beat Belgian mystery series, Inspector Chantal Vantomme has just been assigned to take charge of the local police station in the small rural town of Loveringem, starting a new life there as a single mother with her ten-year-old daughter Emma.

Charli XCX: Alone Together

Charli XCX: Alone Together

Documentary

Lost in the early days of quarantine, Charli XCX turns to music and announces she will make an album at home in 40 days by enlisting the help of her fans online.

Charlotte Rampling: The Look

Charlotte Rampling: The Look

Art Documentaries · Cannes Film Festival · Documentary

THE LOOK features Charlotte Rampling in a series of reflective conversations with artists, friends, and one-time collaborators such as novelist Paul Auster and photographers Peter Lindbergh and Juergen Teller, revealing the personality and philosophies of one of our most iconic screen stars.

Chasing Madoff

Chasing Madoff

History · Mystery · Documentary

Based on the New York Times best-seller No One Would Listen, CHASING MADOFF is the compelling story of how Markopolos and his team of investigators pieced together a chain of white-collar predators and revealed some of the most frightening truths behind the infamous scandal.

Chasing the Muse

Chasing the Muse

Sexuality · Documentary

A French erotic filmmaker goes on an unusual tour of Europe in search of his next leading lady.

The Cheat (1931)

The Cheat (1931)

Drama · Pre-Code

Elsa Carlyle is an impulsive and charismatic gambler who has fallen on hard times and owes a large sum of money. A wealthy playboy promises to help her but his price may be more than Elsa is prepared to give.