The Big Animal
A camel is left on couple's doorstep in this gentle parable about tolerance, directed by Jerzy Stuhr, written by Krzysztof Kiewslowski and filmed by Oscar-winner Pawel Edelman.
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
CAPTURED ON FILM deploys archival film clips, rare home videos and narration by Charlize Theron to explore Marion Davies' one-of-a-kind life and work.
The Clay Bird
A family is torn apart by religion and war when young Anu is sent from his loving home to study at a strict madrasah in the months leading up to Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan.
Cut-Up: The Films of Grant Munro
CUT-UP: THE FILMS OF GRANT MUNRO features a cavalcade of animated classics, live-action films and unreleased archives from the director known for his talent and all-out goofiness for over fifty years.
Dziga and His Brothers
Using rare archival footage from Russian film archives, Dziga Vertov and brothers' lives are traced from Bialystok to Moscow, Paris, and the Hollywood hills.
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 10: The End of an Era
Three short films (The Revolutionary, For Luck and Behind the Screen) from the end of Tsarist Russia round out this collection of cinematic history.
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 3: Starewicz’s Fantasies
Featuring 3 surviving films from director Ladislas Starevich, including The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913), Christmas Eve (1913), and The Lily of Belgium (1915).
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 4: Provincial Variations
Two films in pristine-as-can-be condition showcase how smaller provincial entrepreneurs broke their way into early Russian cinema.
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 5: Petr Chardynin & Pushkin
This volume features two brilliant adaptions from the great Alexander Pushkin's work, including The Queen of Spades (1910) and The Little House in Kolomna (1913).
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 6: Class Distinctions
The Peasants' Lot (1912) and Silent Witnesses (1914) present two different touchstones of early Russian cinema and views at late-Tsarist economic struggles.
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 7: Evgeni Bauer
These three films by the magnificent and macabre Evgeni Bauer reveal the distinctive eroticism and dark melodrama of early Russian cinema.
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 8: Iakov Protazanov
Two films from esteemed Russian director Yakov Protazanov come together in this collection of cinematic history.
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 9: High Society
This volume includes a short comedy (Antosha Ruined by a Corset) a film by director Evgeni Bauer (A Life for a Life) and newsreel footage of an adored Russian star's funeral.
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 1 and 2: Beginnings/Folklore and Legend
This two-volume set features a half-dozen selection of some of Russia’s earliest cinematic productions.
Early Russian Cinema: A Unique Anthology in 10 Volumes
Banned by the Soviet government and unseen for more than seventy years, these 26 pieces of cinematic history reveal the underappreciated excellence of filmmaking in Czarist Russia.
Electric Edwardians: The Lost Films of Mitchell & Kenyon
In the early twentieth century, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon shot local footage of people in the north of England going about their daily activities, preserved and restored to offer a look back in time with an original score by In the Nursery.
I'm Going Home
Michel Piccoli is a Parisian theater actor struggling to deal with grief, age, and a demanding American film director played by John Malkovich in this powerful masterpiece by Manoel de Oliveira.
John Canemaker: Marching to a Different Toon
Showcasing his wide-ranging talent and emotional resonance, MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT TOON features animated shorts from across John Canemaker's storied career.
Mad Love: The Films of Evgeni Bauer
Cinematic poet Evgeni Bauer combined the technical virtuosity of D.W. Griffith with the terror of Edgar Allan Poe for beautiful effect, captured by this collection of his three most beloved productions.
Millay at Steepletop: Two Films by Kevin Brownlow
MILLAY AT STEEPLETOP aims to recapture the joyous fire of Edna St. Vincent Millay's work by combining readings of her poetry with rare archival footage, while THE LAST TRAM offers a poetic farewell to Glasgow's trolleys.
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
John Canemaker’s Academy Award®-winning animated documentary enlists actors Eli Wallach (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) and John Turturro (Barton Fink) to explore a difficult father/son relationship.
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
Oporto of My Childhood
With the rigor of inspiration, director Manoel de Oliveira returns to Oporto (commonly referred to as Porto), the city of his birth, to reveal a society unseen by most travelers or tourists.
Paragraph 175
Directed by Oscar winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, this documentary about the persecution of homosexuals by the Third Reich raises provocative questions about memory, history and identity through survivors' testimonials.
White Thunder & The Viking
On March 9, 1931, the SS Viking left the port of St. John's, Newfoundland, and sailed into motion picture history. On board were New York filmmaker Varick Frissell and an unusual crew of seamen and Hollywood movie people. Their mission: to shoot the final scenes for an epic feature film on the lives…
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.