Off-Peak

The Making of The Final Sacrifice

An in-depth documentary on the behind-the-scenes of the 1990 Canuck cult classic The Final Sacrifice.

Why I Killed Gandhi

2022 · ★ 1

Indian freedom fighter Gandhiji was killed by Nathuram Godse. But what made Nathuram Godse to take this extreme step?

U-Boats: The Wolfpack

1987 · ★ 9

This documentary looks at the Nazi submarine threat, their fleet known as the "Wolf Pack," and how it almost helped to defeat the Allies in World War II.

The Sedge Warbler and the Cuckoo

1911

The peculiar trait of the cuckoo, which tricks another bird into hatching her egg for her, is shown in color photography.

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

2008 · ★ 8

An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.

Black Pénélope

1991

A discovery of the pictorial art that Ndebele women traditionally practice in South Africa: painting the walls of their houses.

Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman

2015

An homage to the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Echo Of The Past: The Terrence Tower

2012 · ★ 10

A historical documentary documenting the rise, function, and abandonment of a 17 story building that once housed The Rochester Psychiatric Center. This film tells the story of the building through historical footage, interviews of former staff and patients who recount their memories of the behemoth facility while also exploring the abandoned building as it is today.

The Craft of Dirty Harry

2008 · ★ 6

A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.

NARC. Mini-Doc – Outside The Mainstream: The North East’s Alternative Scene

2022

The final episode in our Mini-Docs series comes from musician and writer Jake Anderson, who explores the niche music genres which find an increasing audience in the North East. On a mission to discover outside-the-mainstream sounds and the driving forces behind their creation, Jake chats with musicians Me Lost Me, SQUARMS and Mariam Rezaei, along with some of the major players keeping these sonically-engaging sound makers doing what they’re doing, including Simeon Soden from Kaneda Records and Lee Etherington of TUSK. This mini-documentary features reflections on some of the most unique acts in the North East, what genre boundaries actually mean and artists’ hopes for the future of the North East’s alternative scene. This is an Art Mouse film for NARC. TV, written and directed by Jake Anderson.

Postmodernism: The Substance of Style

2011

This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Robert A M Stern and Sir Terry Farrell among them, and asks them how and why Postmodernism came about, and what it means to be Postmodern. This film was originally made for the V&A exhibition 'Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970 - 1990'.

The Hidden Side of Persepolis

2008

This 2007 behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of PERSEPOLIS features interviews with codirectors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud as they undertake the complex process of adapting Satrapi’s graphic novel into a film.