Notes on the Popular Arts
An exploration of American escapism through dream sequences. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Splendor in the Grass
A fragile Kansas girl’s unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town’s most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
A Quiet Passion
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
Basic Instinct
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered — a crime she had described in her latest story.
Spin Out
Billy and Lucy have grown up together in a small, close-knit Australian country town, where they form one of the town’s most formidable Ute driving teams. When Billy takes one…
Prime Time
On the last day of 1999, 20-year-old Sebastian locks himself in a TV studio. He has two hostages, a gun, and an important message for the world. The story of…
Skies of Lebanon
In the fifties, young Alice leaves her natal Swiss mountains for the sunny and vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist intent on…
Uncropped
A legendary Village Voice photojournalist recounts the stories behind iconic images taken over the course of a five-decade career. A visual chronicle of New York City and a window into…
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
This special sees Louis travel to America to investigate the story of a man who has become one of the most controversial and captivating icons of recent times: the gun-toting,…
Save State
The love of Chris’s life walked out on him exactly one year ago. Unable to get over her, he’ll use a time machine to go back to then and spend…