The Story of ‘Fairytale of New York’
A look at the creation of The Pogues’ song “Fairytale of New York”.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Nick Mattingly
Actors: Andrew Rankin, James Fearnley, Jem Finer, Matt Dillon, Philip Chevron, Richard E. Grant, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Steve Lillywhite, Terry Woods
Welcome to Britain
Captures a moment in 1970s Britain’s immigration debate, focusing on new arrivals at Heathrow as they wrestle with immigration law.
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
Outtakes to the once lost Edward D. Wood Jr. film from 1970. For nearly two decades these outtakes were all that was known to survive.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
A monument that may explain why the people of a thriving ancient city vanished from Earth. A tablet that reveals a towering truth about one of the Bible’s strangest stories….
Illuminated Texts
“Breathtaking in its techniques, rhapsodic in its passion, and encyclopedic in its scope, the film traces the long fall from paradise into modern barbarism.” – Art Gallery of Ontario
Why We Fight
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki’s shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an…
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.” In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the…
The Aristocrats
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke–one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
The Doors: Feast of Friends
A cinematic look at The Doors on the road during their summer ’68 tour. Concert performances are intercut with fly-on-the-wall footage of the group in their natural habitat.
The Last Party
A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or get the kind of government they deserve.
Risto Jarva, My Colleague
Finnish TV documentary featuring archival interview footage of Jarva and clips from his films
Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic’s first half, Festival…
Kamikaze Hearts
Porn stars Sharon Mitchell and Tigr navigate the ups and downs of being in love while working in the sex industry.