Kino Lorber - Experience Cinema

90° South: With Scott to the Antarctic

Photography · Earth Day · Adventure

This spellbinding chronicle of Captain Robert Scott's race for the South Pole features narration by photographer Herbert Ponting, quoting directly from Scott's recovered journal on the final days of his failed expedition. Hauntingly beautiful imagery of Antarctic landscapes and wildlife act as lasti…

Boneshop of the Heart

Fine Art · Documentary · Art Documentaries

This acclaimed and thought-provoking documentary provides a rare and illuminating exploration of the creative process through incisive portraits of five seminal figures from a significant chapter in contemporary American folk art. Variously described as outsiders, naive, or visionary, the artists pr…

Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

Film Documentaries · Documentary

This documentary argues for the importance of film preservation through the voices of archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers who have contributed to making sure moving images survive and remain accessible.

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Documentary · Adventure · Silent

Filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (King Kong) link up with part-time spy Marguerite Harrison to film the treacherous migration of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia.

Love, Sweat & Tears

Documentary

Death, taxes, and menopause are unavoidable facts of life. Love, Sweat & Tears is a groundbreaking, inspiring, and humorous look at a long-taboo subject that will impact both women and men during their lifetimes.

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Documentary · Music Documentaries · Academy Award Winners

Filmmaker Beth B accompanies the legendarily boundary-pushing No Wave musician and underground performance artist Lydia Lunch on her latest tour and, through interviews with her collaborators and Lunch herself, examines the qualities that have been present in her provocative and powerful art since t…

The Woodmans

Photography · Fine Art · Documentary

A fascinating, unflinching portrait of the late photographer Francesca Woodman, told through the young artist's work (including experimental videos and journal entries) and remarkably candid interviews with her artist parents Betty and George (a ceramic sculptor and painter/photographer).