Princess Diana: Her Life, Her Death, the Truth

Second Class

2012 · ★ 10

'Do you feel cheaper?' We are filming young Lithuanian men working in Sweden. They do not want to be caught on camera, they do not want to participate in creating yet another media image of guilt and pity. They film us. We empty a bottle of moonshine, we dance on their porch. They might let us film them tomorrow. Second Class is a time document about class, respect, the value of work and human being.

Star Trek: The True Story

2013 · ★ 1

Documentary covering the current state of both the theoretical and practical development of the various scientific basic principles that served, as per Gene Roddenberry's dictum, as a believable basis at the time for The Original Series. Several real-world scientists are interviewed, not a few of them unabashedly admitting they went into their chosen field of profession because of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

2019 · ★ 7.4

A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.

Handbags: The Window to a Woman's Soul

2012 · ★ 7

2012 French documentary where the interviewer gets 6 seemingly random women to empty their handbags and then asks probing questions to get to their "soul". Simone 33, a model. Ilhem 36, a sports coach. Caroline 33, a curator. Anne-Sophie 29, a press attache. Catherine 43, a teacher. Valentina 23, a student. French with English sub-titles.

contrafluxo

Amidst the paralysis of downtown São Paulo, the film follows the journey of 5 characters to the same place - a common meeting point. The voices and experiences of each reveal something greater: a new perspective on life, movement and art.

The Society of the Spectacle

1974 · ★ 6.7

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Until I Fly

2024 · ★ 8

A charismatic Indian-Nepali boy, lives a bohemian life in a remote Himalayan village. As he transitions from childhood to teenagehood, his poetic journey of perseverance echoes issues that span across ages and communities.

Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime

2005 · ★ 8

In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy. Was Hoxsey's recipe the work of a snake-oil charlatan or a legitimate treatment? Ken Ausubel directs this keen look into the forces that shape the policies of organized medicine.

Teatro Amazonas: The Art of Sound and Nature

2022 · ★ 8

The history of the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, an opera house located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, whose construction, between 1884 and 1896, depended on the labor exploitation of the local indigenous populations, provides an insight into the cultural, social and political situation in Brazil.

Presos del silencio

2004 · ★ 7.5

No synopsis available.

Patriarcado, Uma História Por Acabar

2022 · ★ 6.5

A documentary that brings together interviews with 20 activists who address the issue of intersectional feminism and patriarchy in Portugal.

Land Without Bread

1933 · ★ 7.1

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.