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Country: United States, Australia
Genre: Documentary
Year: 2010
100 pounds overweight loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldnt end well- with one foot already in the grave the other wasnt far behind. FAT SICK & NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film...
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2010
97 min
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy Shephard Fairey Invader and many of the worlds most infamous graffiti artists at...
87 min
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Country: Canada
Year: 2008
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms and puts it back on the streets. In Examined Life filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of todays most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singers thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the...
2008
Examined Life
Country: United States
Year: 2012
Long before OReilly and Beck Morton Downey Jr. was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the fistfights rabid audience and Morts cigarette smoke always in your face The Morton Downey Jr. Show was billed as 3-D television rock and roll without the music. Évocateur meditates on the hysteria that ended the 80s and ultimately its most notorious...
2012
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Country: United Kingdom
Of all of pop cultures mainstays no media property created after the Golden Age of Hollywood has had more influence and staying power than the James Bond franchise. This film covers the story of that creation from the imagination of Ian Fleming seeking an escape from his boring intelligence job. From that literary success we follow the creation of the film series under the producer team of...
98 min
Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007
Year: 2009
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2009
86 min
Every Second Counts
If we faced a countdown to destruction could we build a spacecraft to take us to new and habitable worlds? Can we Evacuate Earth? This documentary special examines this terrifying but scientifically plausible scenario by exploring how we could unite to ensure the survival of the human...
Evacuate Earth
Year: 2011
This documentary examines the flaws in our systems and the mechanisms that work against democracy and the environment. From conflicts of interests in politics and unregulated corporate power to a news media that serves the interests of powerful elites; ETHOS explores the systems that lead us into over consumption and warfare. Too often the media celebrates aspects of our society that belong in...
2011
78 min
Ethos
Year: 2005
Enron dives from the seventh largest US company to bankruptcy in less than a year in this tale told chronologically. The emphasis is on human drama from suicide to 20000 people sacked: the personalities of Ken Lay with Falwellesque rectitude Jeff Skilling he of big ideas Lou Pai gone with $250 M and Andy Fastow the dark prince dominate. Along the way we watch Enron game Californias...
2005
110 min
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Year: 2007
Werner Herzog takes his camera to Antarctica where we meet the odd men and women who have dedicated their lives to furthering the cause of science in treacherous conditions. A scientist studies neutrinos which are everywhere yet elusive; he likens them to spirits. A researchers nighttime performance art includes contorting her body into a luggage bag. A survival guide teaches his students to...
2007
99 min
Encounters At The End Of The World
Country: Germany
For six months of the year renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adrià closes his restaurant El Bulli and works with his culinary team to prepare the menu for the next season. An elegant detailed study of food as avant-garde art EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS is a tasty peek at some of the worlds most innovative and exciting cooking; as Adrià himself puts it the more bewilderment the...
108 min
El Bulli: Cooking In Progress
Year: 1987
After achieving fame with Saturday Night Live and Beverly Hills Cop Eddie Murphy released a film version of one of his live stand-up performances. He mainly focuses on the topics of divorce and relations between the sexes but also goes into some of the problems hes encountered because of fame including offended listeners and fans who continually greet him with his unprintable catch...
1987
93 min
Eddie Murphy Raw
Year: 1983
Comedian Eddie Murphy brings his proudly raunchy comedy act to a sold-out stadium and pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on such subjects as sexual orientation puberty dating disciplinarian mothers ice cream trucks and the personality traits of certain...
1983
69 min
Eddie Murphy Delirious
A documentary that captures the greatest world record Tetris players as they prepare for the Classic Tetris World Championship. From the days of Thor Aackerlund and his historic victory at the 1990 Nintendo World Championships right up to the present and Harry Hongs perfect Max-Out score this documentary expertly chronicles over two decades of Tetris...
Ecstasy Of Order: The Tetris Masters
Genre: Documentary, Sci-Fi
Earth 2100
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Feature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Erde 2006 following the migration paths of four animal...
90 min
Earth
A compilation of trailers and previews from classic low-budget sci-fi and horror...
82 min
Drive-in Madness!
Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama
A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasnt discovered for three years and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a...
95 min
Dreams Of A Life
Genre: Documentary, History
Double Cross: The True Story Of The D-day Spies
60 min
Dolphins In The Deep Blue Ocean
Country: United Kingdom, Iran
Year: 1998
1998
80 min
Divorce Iranian Style
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer John Waters. Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his parents his brother Divines mom actors and crew other directors film critics a film curator psychologists and Marylands last censor who shudders at the memory of Waterss pictures. Also included is...
Divine Trash
A documentary that delves into the realm of flowers and their...
77 min
Disneynature: Wings Of Life (pollen)
Genre: Documentary, Music
Year: 2004
Tracks the tumultuous rise of two talented musicians Anton Newcombe leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre; and Courtney Taylor leader of the Dandy Warhols; dissecting their star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry. Both are hell-bent on staging a self-proclaimed revolution of the music industry. Through their loves and obsessions gigs and recordings arrests and death threats uppers and...
2004
107 min
Dig!
Diary Of A Cheating Woman
The woes of Detroit are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base. Is the Midwestern icon actually a canary in the American coal mine? DETROPIA is a cinematic tapestry of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building even as the flames are...
Detropia
Year: 2002
Documentary about French philosopher and author of deconstructionism Jacques Derrida who sparked fierce debate throughout American...
2002
84 min
Derrida
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Through the testimonies of friends and relatives of victims of road accidents Paul Arcand portrays the driving habits of young people who are sometimes victims and sometimes responsible for fatal accidents. Recklessness the thirst for adrenaline and thrills says sometimes dangerous behaviors like excessive speeding while alcohol remains a major cause of accidents. Of Quebec in Ville...
94 min
Dérapages
Genre: Documentary, Crime, Drama
In 2001 Andrew Bagby a medical resident is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after when she announces shes pregnant one of Andrews many close friends Kurt Kuenne begins this film a gift to the child. Friends relatives and colleagues say warm and loving things about Andrew home movies confirm his exuberance. Andrews parents Kathleen and David move to...
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father
Davinci: The Lost Treasure
Documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark skinned women outside of and within the Black American...
Dark Girls
Year: 2000
Near Penn Station next to the Amtrak tracks squatters have been living for years. Marc Singer goes underground to live with them and films this family. A dozen or so men and one woman talk about their lives: horrors of childhood jail time losing children being coke-heads. They scavenge theyve built themselves sturdy one-room shacks; they have pets cook chat argue give each other...
2000
Dark Days
The definitive three-and-a-half hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic Blade Runner culled from 80 interviews and hours of never-before-seen outtakes and lost...
214 min
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003 on the eve of the Iraq war director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and as she saw it heading for...
73 min
Cultures Of Resistance
Ctrl+Alt+Compete documents young tech-entrepreneurs seeking to solve problems and change the world featuring Nolan Bushnell Atari Felicia Day The Guild Tony Hsieh Zappos Mike Maples Jr Twitter Tim OReilly Web 2.0 Summit Veronica Belmont Tekzilla and Cliff Bleszinski Gears of...
Ctrl+alt+compete
Country: Australia
44 min
Crossing The Ice
Country: United States, Canada
59 min
Crimes Of Honour
Crazy Sexy Cancer is an irreverent and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life. Weeks after she was diagnosed filmmaker Kris Carr began documenting her story. Taking a seemingly tragic situation and turning it into a creative expression Kris shares her inspirational story of survival with honesty courage and lots of humor. Crazy Sexy Cancer is more...
89 min
Crazy Sexy Cancer
Genre: Documentary, Adventure
In a time when Americas economy was crumbling and sense of community was in question one guy left everything behind to see if he could survive solely on the support and goodwill of the 21st centurys new town square:...
Craigslist Joe
Could a recently excavated 12000 year old temple have propelled us out of the stone age and into the space age? Archaeologist Dr. Jeff Rose investigates an extraordinary find in...
Cradle Of The Gods
Genre: Documentary, Family
Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken celebrates and pays tribute to the magical but fast disappearing world of coral reefs. It was filmed in High Definition on over 2000 dives by Emmy Award winner cameraman and Producer David Hannan over the last 8 years on the worlds most beautiful reefs and features Australias Great Barrier Reef Western Australias Ningaloo Reef and Papua New...
Coral Sea Dreaming: Awaken
Country: United States, Singapore, Taiwan
Year: 2003
Take a once in a lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy ecstasy a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral reef and ocean explorers Howard and Michele Hall bring their love of the ocean into action. With Jean-Michael Cousteau deep reef scientist Richard Pyle and Fijian diver Rusi Vulakoro they explore and...
2003
45 min
Coral Reef Adventure
A documentary that takes an alternative approach to dealing with the global warming...
Cool It
Since 1970 Comic-Con in San Diego has grown from an small and obscure comic book event to a major multi-media extravaganza attracting thousands. As various creative celebrities discuss what attracts them to this shindig and how it has grown and changed we follow various people who have come from all over. Whether it be a veteran comic book vendor trying to make a profit in an event that is now...
88 min
Comic-con Episode Iv: A Fan's Hope
Year: 1988
In the 20th century no artistic medium in North America with so much potential for creative expression has had a more turbulent history plagued with less respect than comic books. Through animated montages readings and interviews this film guides us through the history of the medium from the late 1930s and 1940s with the first explosion of popularity with the superheroes created by great...
1988
Comic Book Confidential
Comedys Dirtiest Dozen: This classic comedy concert film launched the careers of Tim Allen Chris Rock and Jackie The Joke Man Martling. It also features the definitive performance of legendary Bill Hicks. The Heavyweights of Comedy: Fat is where its at! This heavy film was shot on the same weekend as Comedys Dirtiest Dozen. It features 8 of the heaviest and funniest comedians ever. Among...
Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen
Colditz - The Legend
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia
Genre: Documentary, News
Moving from country to country in South America reporting from across the drugs frontline and interviewing top-level international politicians this film exposes the human cost of one of the most popular drugs on the London streets. Combining reportage from the drugs front line and interviews with those top-level international politicians who are campaigning to get us in the West to take real...
Cocaine Unwrapped
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Set in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland California cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the Cocaine Godmother Griselda Blanco who is serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later Cosby is a multi-millionaire Blancos lover and the head of her $40 million a year cocaine business. Also known as The Black Widow for...
Cocaine Cowboys 2
Year: 2006
In the 1980s ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of how Miami became the drug murder and cash capital of the USA told by the people who made it all...
2006
118 min
Cocaine Cowboys
An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rocks 2008 comedy tour: London dark suit dark shirt Johannesburg black suit white shirt and New York shiny jacket. Topics include the ongoing presidential campaign the possibility of a black president George W. Bush gas prices low-paid jobs ringtones and bottled water sex relationships and the correct use of the...
79 min
Chris Rock: Kill The Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Year: 1999
Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humor to this 1999 standup comedy presentation from HBO. Also released as an album Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker features Rock on-stage extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control President Clinton homophobia racism black leaders and...
1999
65 min
Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker
Year: 2001
One of the most astonishing and engaging cinematic works of the past decade CHILDREN UNDERGROUND is a profoundly intimate and heart-wrenching drama about homeless children struggling for survival on the streets and in the subways of Bucharest...
2001
104 min
Children Underground
Follow-up interviews with the original child chess prodigies nearly 20 years...
81 min
Chess Kids: Special Edition
In late 2007 filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariels brother Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller that is a shocking product of our times Catfish is a riveting story of love deception and grace within a labyrinth of online...
Catfish
Country: Ireland, Norway, Portugal, France, Finland
Canned Dreams is a film about workers and their dreams on the journey of a canned food...
75 min
Canned Dreams
Country: United States, Uganda
In Uganda a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Ugandas first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one not even the filmmakers is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the...
Call Me Kuchu
The city of Detroit Michigan has been in severe decline in recent decades. Among the resulting problems is the dramatic rise of fires in a decaying urbanscape of abandoned buildings that seems to have no future. This film profiles the lives and trials of the personnel of the Detroit Fire Department who are on the front line of this taxing battle. Facing constant emergencies in the face of...
Burn
This year over 13 million American kids will be bullied at school online on the bus at home through their cell phones and on the streets of their towns making it the most common form of violence young people in this country experience. BULLY is the first feature documentary film to show how weve all been affected by bullying whether weve been victims perpetrators or stood silent...
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