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The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
In 1980, two Cork outsiders, Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan, met at a New Year's Eve party. Bonding over music, a friendship and songwriting partnership was ignited; the band they formed, Microdisney, was one of the best bands of the 1980s that you’ve probably never heard. Mixing Sean’s stunning melodic arrangements with Cathal’s poetic, angry lyrics, they recorded three brilliant LPs, gained critical adulation and an obsessive cult following. But a hit single eluded them, as did radio play and LP sales. By 1988, frustrated by their lack of progress, the band crashed and burned, leaving a trail of acrimony and broken friendships.
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs 2024
I Don't Like the Way You Standing
I Don't Like the Way You Standing
It is about me, about you, about what is rooted in us, about what is not easy to get rid of. It is about what eats us from the inside and slows down our flowering. About what I would like to never have and love myself.
I Don't Like the Way You Standing 2024
History of the World in Two Hours
History of the World in Two Hours
Did you know that 1% of the white noise you see on old televisions is background radiation from The Big Bang? That the gold on a wedding ring comes from a star that exploded 5 billion years ago? And, that we're connected to the salt water of the first oceans through the water in our bodies? Our human story is actually 14 billion years old and the clues are all around us. This CGI-driven special will tell the history of our world in two hours, an ambitious story that will give surprising connections to our daily lives. From the formation of the earth and the emergence of life, to the advance of man and the growth of civilization, it’s a rapid-fire view of our unforgettable story.
History of the World in Two Hours 2011
High & Low – John Galliano
High & Low – John Galliano
Fashion designer John Galliano was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended when he was caught on camera in 2011 hurling antisemitic and racist insults at bystanders in Paris.
High & Low – John Galliano 2024
Maleika
Maleika
Maleika tells the incredible story of a cheetah mother and her six cubs: Martha, Malte, Mirelèe, Marlo, Mia and Majet. Set in the magnificent landscape of the Masai Mara natural reserve, the cheetah family experiences adventurous, difficult and funny moments in their fight for survival. Having accompanied her for 3 years, the artist, photographer and devoted conservationist Matto Barfuss allows his audience to take an unusually intimate look into the life of this extraordinary cheetah family.
Maleika 2017
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
This career spanning documentary on heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio delves deep into his incredible rise from 50's doo-wop crooner, to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, to replacing the iconic lead singer Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath, to finally cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie's biography is completely unique to the tired sex, drugs and rock and roll cliches. The film is about perseverance, dreams and the power to believe in yourself.
Dio: Dreamers Never Die 2022
Diana: Queen of Hearts
Diana: Queen of Hearts
Close friends, family and world leaders profile the life of the princess. Narrated by Sir Richard Attenborough.
Diana: Queen of Hearts 1998
D-DAY: 80th Anniversary
D-DAY: 80th Anniversary
On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy. This pivotal event, known as D-Day, liberated France and Western Europe. A new documentary features interviews with historians, experts, and eyewitnesses, providing detailed insights into the events leading up to this crucial day that played a vital role in bringing an end to World War II.
D-DAY: 80th Anniversary 2024
Herchcovitch; Exposto
Herchcovitch; Exposto
Herchcovitch; Exposto 2024
Untold: Johnny Football
Untold: Johnny Football
This documentary traces the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of football star Johnny Manziel via interviews with friends, coaches and Manziel himself.
Untold: Johnny Football 2023
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt 1
Otherness
Otherness
A documentary that collects the diverse voices of the lesbian community in Catalonia. A genealogy which comprehends four generations, and a very intimate journey through intertwining lives, allowing us to understand what is it like to exist within a world made of heterosexual structures whilst belonging to the LGBTIQ+ collective. Otherness is an emotional and contemporary material bringing to the screen other possible lives we might never have thought of.
Otherness 2023
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing 2004
I'm Your Venus
I'm Your Venus
A moving and timely documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary Paris Is Burning as Venus’ two families — biological and ballroom — come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.
I'm Your Venus 2024
BTS Love Yourself : Speak Yourself [The Final]
BTS Love Yourself : Speak Yourself [The Final]
The finale of the LOVE YOURSELF Tour attended by 2.06 million people through 62 concerts in 24 cities around the world, spectacular performances and special effects that filled the Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium and the live atmosphere of the last day of the LOVE YOURSELF Tour.
BTS Love Yourself : Speak Yourself [The Final] 2022
A Night of Knowing Nothing
A Night of Knowing Nothing
L, a student in India witness to the government's violent response to university protests, writes letters to her estranged lover while he is away.
A Night of Knowing Nothing 2022
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall
Featuring never-before-seen concert footage and narration by Jeff Bridges, this documentary explores CCR's humble origins and meteoric rise.
Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall 2022
The Twilight
The Twilight
Alireza Shalikaran is serving time in prison for theft. He is a troublesome figure, trying as he does to escape from the prison and committing acts of violence. A handful he may be, but he finds a caring figure in the prison warden. The warden puts forward the case that Alireza might settle down when he finds a wife. Yet how is Alireza to find a wife when he is enclosed within the prison walls? The task of finding a marriage partner falls to Alireza's mother, who is also in prison. She comes across a young woman, who, though incarcerated for drug-related offences, is respectable. Will the match work? An interesting look at the limits of prison life.
The Twilight 2002
Hearts and Minds
Hearts and Minds
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
Hearts and Minds 1974
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970
Blood of the Beasts
Blood of the Beasts
An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.
Blood of the Beasts 1949
Kuntur Wachana
Kuntur Wachana
Kuntur Wachana is a docudrama in which Garcia re-created the 1950s uprising of the Huaran hacienda campesinos against the hacendados, which led to the assassination of two union organizers. The film then follows the travails of the peasants until 1969, when the Huaran Cooperative was formed.
Kuntur Wachana 1977
Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army
Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army
Wagner does not exist. At least not officially. However, after months of investigation and for the first time, Alexandra Jousset and Ksenia Bolchakova plunge us into the heart of this secret army. This film is an investigation into the Russian private military company Wagner. Deployed on all the hot spots of the planet. Its thousands of mercenaries are the armed arm of a Russia that dreams of being great again, applying the recipes learned by Vladimir Putin at the KGB: destabilize and disinform.
Wagner, Putin's Shadow Army 2022
The Happening: A Day for Night
The Happening: A Day for Night
This making-of is an interesting, candid look at how the director operates during a typical day during principal photography.
The Happening: A Day for Night 2008
A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and background artist for many famed works from Japan's Studio Ghibli. Over 600 works from the artist were on display, and numerous fans flocked to the one-of-a-kind exhibition celebrating the lush, gorgeous background artwork typifying many a work from Hayao Miyazaki and other Ghibli filmmakers. International fans of Oga and Studio Ghibli have not been left out, however. A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest allows fans the opportunity to attend the exhibition, as well as watch interviews and testimonials with Oga's contemporaries and collaborators, all subtitled in English.
A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest 2007
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended.
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words 2016
Patron of the Tarts: The Story of Mark Spiegler
Patron of the Tarts: The Story of Mark Spiegler
The day-to-day life of the most influential agent in the adult film industry.
Patron of the Tarts: The Story of Mark Spiegler 2019
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson 2017
BLACKPINK: Coachella
BLACKPINK: Coachella
BLACKPINK's highly-anticipated US festival debut on the Sahara Stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
BLACKPINK: Coachella 2019
Les Shadoks, mythe ou légende ?
Les Shadoks, mythe ou légende ?
Documentary on the French phenomenon in celebration of a reboot of the series.
Les Shadoks, mythe ou légende ? 2000
The Demise of ETA
The Demise of ETA
The chronicle of the process, ten long years, that led to the end of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), a Basque terrorist gang that perpetrated robberies, kidnappings and murders in Spain and the French Basque Country for more than fifty years. Almost 1,000 people died, but others are still alive to tell the story of how the nightmare finally ended.
The Demise of ETA 2017
Diagnosis
Diagnosis
A journey into the depths of subconscious of a city formed by human beings. The inhabitants of the city undergo the sessions on the couch. Unlocked by questions, e.g. what kind of animal is the city? they begin their journey into the depths of their own feelings and emotions. The city itself is only the starting point and over time, conversations get more and more intimate. The scenes from life, reminiscences and highly emotional moments interlace with the subjectively perceived shots of the city. They are blending together, complementing and interacting with each other. The fears of the film characters, their desires and unfinished affairs become a common fate.
Diagnosis 2018
Lumière and Company
Lumière and Company
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Lumière and Company 1995
Life and death of Max Linder
Life and death of Max Linder
Searching for documentation about Max Linder, we found in an abandoned house a trunk sealed for 100 years, with a film from 1926 by an unknown filmmaker. The film depicts Max Linder, the first international screen star who was once revered in France, throughout Europe and in Hollywood. This pioneer of early silent film comedy was a mentor to Charlie Chaplin. Max miraculously avoided death five times. And finally, at the height of his artistic powers, he and his adored wife committed a double suicide. How was this possible?
Life and death of Max Linder 2024
Roger Waters: The Wall
Roger Waters: The Wall
A concert film that the former Pink Floyd singer-songwriter made on various tour dates between 2010 and 2013, when he was playing his former group's 1980 double-album in its entirety.
Roger Waters: The Wall 2014
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fought on and off the screen. This film sets out to retrace her remarkable journey within the Hollywood industry.
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin 2021
Walking in the Movies
Walking in the Movies
KIM Dong-ho is the founder of the Busan International Film Festival and one of the key figures in the rise of Korean cinema. Starting his career as a civil servant, he dedicated his whole life to the sheer passion for films. With his deep commitment and instinctive creativity, he will keep “walking in the movies.”
Walking in the Movies 2024
Sidney
Sidney
This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.
Sidney 2022
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
Pop king Michael Jackson solidifies his title with this release of fifteen past number one hits. Songs include "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," "Thriller," "Black or White," and "Blood on the Dancefloor."
Michael Jackson: Number Ones 2003
Paléo 2016
Paléo 2016
Paléo 2016 2016