Film Search
- Jun 19, 2014
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Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
In this captivating documentary (2013), Danish director Andreas Johnsen depicts the year of probation served by dissident artist Ai Weiwei, whose vehement critiques of the Chinese government landed him in jail. more...
- Oct 22, 2015
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The Amazing Nina Simone
When singer Nina Simone was introduced to Martin Luther King Jr. her first words to him were "I'm not nonviolent!" more...
- Nov 14, 2013
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The Armstrong Lie (R)
Liars are Alex Gibney's specialty: among the subjects of his best documentaries are such world-class prevaricators as Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), Jack Abramoff (Casino Jack and the United States of Money), and Eliot Spitzer (Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer). more...
- Dec 5, 2013
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Bettie Page Reveals All (R)
This documentary portrait of the famous 50s pinup model contends that Page was a progressive figure because she always controlled how her body was objectified. more...
- May 17, 1985
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The Big Knife
A dynamite portrait of a man on the verge of total psychological and moral collapse, Robert Aldrich's 1955 indictment of Hollywood stars Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, and Rod Steiger. more...
- Mar 2, 2013
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A Body Without Organs
First-time director Stephen Graves crafts an intimate portrait of his father, Bill Graves, a former doctor who's barely left home since a rare medical condition forced surgeons to remove his colon and parts of his intestines in 1997. more...
- Feb 11, 2016
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The Camera Obscura
This muted 2008 melodrama tells the familiar story of an ugly duckling—complete with frizzy hair and glasses—whose self-confidence blooms only after she finds true love. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Cutter's Way
A handsome, ambitious film that fails to satisfy—perhaps because the director, Ivan Passer, insists on an ambiguity on the plot level that muddies and dilutes the thematic thrust. more...
- Jun 13, 2013
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Dirty Wars (NR)
The flood of theatrical documentaries about the War on Terror—Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Why We Fight (2005), The Ground Truth (2006), No End in Sight (2007), Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Standard Operating Procedure (2008)—has slowed to a trickle since President Obama took office, which makes this uncompromising exposé from reporter Jeremy Scahill even more important. more...
- Dec 3, 2015
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The Forbidden Room
Guy Maddin delivers another of his wild and whimsical fantasies, tinged with camp and couched in the film grammar of silent cinema. more...
- Mar 2, 2013
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Hit & Stay
Heartfelt and informative, this historical documentary considers the role of civil disobedience in the anti-Vietnam War movement, focusing on the efforts of priests, nuns, and other devout Catholics. more...
- Oct 11, 2012
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The House I Live In
No one can accuse Eugene Jarecki of thinking small: his masterful 2005 documentary Why We Fight took on no less than the military-industrial complex, and his new one plunges into the 40-year, $1 trillion war on drugs. more...
- May 20, 2014
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)
Dean DeBlois directed this sequel to the family animation about Vikings and their dragon companions. more...
- Oct 26, 1985
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Intolerance
D.W. Griffith's 1916 masterpiece, described by Pauline Kael as "perhaps the greatest movie ever made and the greatest folly in movie history," cuts among four stories linked by images of Lillian Gish and a quote from Whitman ("Out of the cradle, endlessly rocking . . ."). more...