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.
The Magic Box: The Films of Shirley Clarke
This three-disc set collects the vast array of Shirley Clarke's astonishing short, dance, and avant-garde films along with her Oscar®-winning documentary Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World
The Man Without a World
THE MAN WITHOUT A WORLD is credited to Soviet director Yevgeny Antinov...who is nothing but a persona created by contemporary filmmaker Eleanor Antin, the true artist behind this fiendish and fabulous ode to classic cinema.
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.
Money Man
Is a dollar worth anything on paper, or is it simply in the eye of the beholder… or the spender? Filmed by director Philip Haas, Money Man followed artist J.S.G. Boggs as he created drawings dangerously close to legal currency.
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.
My Brother's Wedding
Pierce Mundy works at his parents' South Central dry cleaners with no prospects for the future. With his best friend just getting out of jail and his brother busy planning a wedding to a snooty upper-middle-class black woman, Pierce navigates his conflicting obligations while trying to figure out wh…
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!
Naked Acts
Celebrated as a key film in the canon of Black independent cinema of the 1990s, Bridgett M. Davis’s Naked Acts tells the story of an aspiring actor who has just landed her first major role, but must overcome her fear of disrobing in public when she learns it requires a nude scene.
No Maps on My Taps
Featuring performances by tap legends Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, and Howard “Sandman” Sims, along with music by the inimitable Lionel Hampton, No Maps on My Taps vibrates with the love of dance.
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
On the Bowery
ON THE BOWERY chronicles three days in the drinking life of Ray Salyer, a part-time railroad worker adrift on New York’s skid row. When the film first opened in 1956, it exploded on the screen, jump-started the post-war American independent scene and shortly won an Oscar nomination. Restored b…
On the Bowery: The Films of Lionel Rogosin Vol. 1
Lionel Rogosin's portrait of life on New York's skid row remains devastating and powerful more than sixty years later. Also features making-of docs by the filmmaker's son Michael Rogosin.
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.
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.
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.
People of the Wind
A nominee for Oscars® and Golden Globes alike, PEOPLE OF THE WIND documents the famous Bakhtiari migration, a 200-mile journey made twice every year by 500,000 Iranian nomads and their animals.
Piccadilly
American actress Anna May Wong had to travel to Europe for her greatest role, as Shosho, the scullery maid whose sultry dancing makes her the toast of London in E.A. Dupont's silent masterpiece.
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.”
Queen Kelly
In Eric von Stroheim’s lost silent masterpiece, Gloria Swanson stars as an innocent but flirtatious convent girl from the imaginary European country of Cobourg-Nassau who catches the eye of the prince and the ire of the mad queen he is set to marry.
Rocco and His Brothers
The tragedy of Luchino Visconti’s searing family drama is set in motion when brothers Rocco and Simone both fall in love with the mercurial Nadia. Presented by Martin Scorsese.
Sand Bubbles: C. Dorflinger & Sons Glass Factory
Lost for more than ninety years, SAND BUBBLES resturns in restored 35mm to provide an incredibly rare look at turn-of-the-century industry at a prestigious glass-making company.
Say Amen, Somebody
SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY is a joyous, funny, and deeply emotional celebration of Gospel music from director George Nierenberg featuring an earth-shaking line-up of performers.
Scenes and Songs from Boyd Webb
A lush and astonishing visual treat, SCENES AND SONGS FROM BOYD WEBB sees the titular artist stage eight new works specifically to be viewed on film.
Seni's Children
SENI'S CHILDREN is a powerful ode to pride and ingenuity, following a Senegalese woman's process of crafting clay sculptures of otherwordly animals.
Shoes
In Lois Weber's feminist masterpiece, teenaged shopgirl Eva is on her feet all day to support her family. As the soles of her boots disintegrate, her desperation grows.
Silent Shakespeare: Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On...
Digitally restored by the BFI's National Film and TV Archive, this DVD product features seven charming, emotional silent adaptations of Shakespeare's classics by early cinematic pioneers.
Simba: The King of the Beasts
Filmmaker-explorers Martin & Osa Johnson ford crocodile-infested rivers, brave stampeding elephants and stare down angry rhinos to film lions in their natural habitat in this legendary documentary.
The Singing Sculpture
Captured by director Philip Haas, THE SINGING SCULPTURE offers contemporary audiences a glimpse into the wild and hilarious night that spawned Gilbert & George's cult following.
Something New
A thrilling and hilarious Western with an anachronistic twist. Chased by bandits across rocky terrain, Nell Shipman, co-star Bert Van Tuyle, and their pet collie "Laddie" survive some of the most amazing (and real) stunts ever attempted in a 1920 Maxwell sedan.
The Sorrow and the Pity
What did French people of do during WW II? Marcel Ophüls' Oscar-nominated documentary shattered the myth of an undivided and universally resistant France under the Vichy government.
South: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition
When explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton hired cameraman Frank Hurley to join an expedition across the South Pole, no one could never have predicted their ship would be trapped in pack ice and the members marooned.
The Spanish Dancer
One of the great romance epics, The Spanish Dancer is action-packed, witty, and romantic with huge sets and a cast of thousands. Brenon keeps the adventure going full steam ahead while Negri and Moreno show why they were huge stars of their day.
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.
The Cook and Other Treasures
One of the finest collaborations between Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, THE COOK leads this collection of rediscovered comedy classics along with A RECKLESS ROMEO (1917) and NUMBER, PLEASE? (1920)
The Troubles We've Seen
One of the most important films of director Marcel Ophüls' career, THE TROUBLES WE'VE SEEN explores the ethical challenges of war commentary, interlacing footage of 1993 Sarajevo with caustic references to Hollywood depictions of war.
Two Friends
The first feature film by director Jane Campion and writer Helen Garner tells the history a teenage friendship going backward in time, from the relationship's bittersweet end to its hopeful beginning.
Village of Dreams
Known to everyone in their idyllic Japanese village as “the brats,” twin brothers Yukihiko and Seizo cause mischief in the name of high adventure, unaware of how due they are for change in the wake of World War II.
West is West
A broke student on visa and a feisty bohemian artist become entangled in a series of increasingly elaborate schemes in order to keep him in the country.
Where Are We?: Our Trip Through America
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman set out on the open road to explore America's heartland and interview ordinary people in this timely, funny and moving documentary about trying to find common ground.
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…
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
In a film that both evokes and translates the message of Zen Buddhism, two monks and a young boy living on a remote mountain respond to the beauty of the world around them and to unanswerable koans about the meaning of life and death.
The Wide Blue Road
Set in a fishing village on Italy's Dalmatian coast, Yves Montand plays Giovanni Squarciò, a rogue fisherman whose livelihood is threatened when a new chief of police is installed in town.
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.
Winstanley
Filmmaking team Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo weave a nearly perfect rendering of historical events in WINSTANLEY, the true story of one Englishman's quest to reclaim land for the poor.
Winter Soldier
Winter Soldier is a documentary chronicle of an extraordinary investigation conducted by Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) in 1971, when vets from all branches of the US military came from across the country to speak out about the atrocities they had committed and witnessed while stationed in …
With Byrd at the South Pole
The first flight over the South Pole by Admiral Richard E. Byrd was filmed by two cameramen from Paramount Newsreel, winning an Oscar® for achievement in cinematography
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.
Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
Led by Peter Adair, the Mariposa Film Group made the first feature-length documentary about lesbian and gay identity made by gay filmmakers. Their 1977 film is a collage of interviews, funny and heartbreaking.
The World of Gilbert & George
Art superstars Gilbert & George explored the dreariness of London under Margaret Thatcher while powerfully evoking the desires and tensions of its disillusioned youth — alongside their own eccentricities — in this absurdist feature-length odyssey from producer Philip …
You Got to Move: Stories of Change in the South
Focusing the Highlander School's role in helping build grassroots movements, this documentary tells the stories of ordinary people fighting for civil and labor rights and against toxic waste and strip mining.
A Young Man's Dream and a Woman's Secret
Filmmaker Philip Haas travels to two distinct ends of the Earth – the island nations of Madagascar and Papua New Guinea – for his next set of documentaries on diverse artforms around the globe.