The People's Palace: A Portrait of the New York Public Library

Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

2023 · ★ 7.4

A walk through the immense private library of Italian writer and thinker Umberto Eco (1932-2016).

BookWars

2000 · ★ 6

An insider's look at the gritty streets of New York City, seen through the eyes of street booksellers.

Donald Trump: All-American Billionaire

2010

Emily Maitlis tells the story of Donald Trump, the world's most famous developer, who changed the New York skyline with his glitzy towers and made himself a multi-billionaire.

Stonewall Uprising

2010 · ★ 5.8

Stonewall Uprising is a 2010 American documentary film examining the events surrounding the Stonewall riots that began during the early hours of June 28, 1969. Stonewall Uprising made its theatrical debut on June 16, 2010 at the Film Forum in New York City.The movie features interviews with eyewitnesses to the incident, including NYPD deputy inspector Seymour Pine. The film was produced and directed by documentarians Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, and is based on the book by historian David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. The title theme is by Gary Lionelli.

Water and the Dream of the Engineers

1983 · ★ 9

Documentary where rich social history frames a spirited debate on the development of water infrastructure throughout the USA.

So This Is God's Country?

1966

A Mondo documentary focused on the 1960's American lifestyle, consumerism, religion, adversity, and oddity. An outsider's look at a country afflicted by episodes of racism and neo -Nazism. Scenes of a Ghost Town, LSD in NYC, Sunset Strip Los Angeles California, Amish, Klu Klux Klan, African-American Fashion Show, etc.

Shadowman

2017 · ★ 4.5

Richard Hambleton was a founder of the street art movement before succumbing to drugs and homelessness. Rediscovered 20 years later, he gets a second chance. But will he take it?

Two-pot Screamer (or: How I Will Remember the Dec.13th Screening of Adam C. Briggs' A Grand Mockery)

A short documentary chronicling the liquor-drenched final night of A Grand Mockery (2024)'s theatrical run in New York.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory

2018 · ★ 7.2

A live performance film capturing an intimate concert by composer, pianist and music producer Ryuichi Sakamoto in New York City. The performance marked the first public unveiling of Sakamoto’s new opus, async, hailed as one of the best albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.

Shanti Rides Shotgun

2025

On Manhattan's jam-packed streets, NYC's most iconic driving instructor prepares students for the road ahead.

Embassy of the Free Mind

2024 · ★ 9

UNESCO Memory of the World: Explore the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica’s new home with 25,000+ rare books on alchemy, hermetica & mysticism at the Embassy of the Free Mind museum, set in Amsterdam’s historic canal mansion, the House with the Heads.

Zoned In

2008

Winner of the New York LOVES Film Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. Filmed over the course of nine years, Zoned In traces the remarkable real-life journey of 16-year-old Daniel from a Bronx high school to an Ivy League university while simultaneously exploring the role of race and class in the American education system. Narrated by Daniel himself, the movie celebrates the accomplishments of this extraordinary young man but does not shy away from depicting his struggles to fit in amongst the privileged students at his college and his candid questioning of a system that has allowed him to excel but has left so many of his friends and family members behind.