Beauties of the Night
What happened to those vedettes who represented the mexican cabaret’s exotic beauty in the ‘70s and ‘80s? Four decades after the end of their roles, they tell their stories with dignity.
Genre: Documentary
Director: María José Cuevas
Actors: Lyn May, Olga Breeskin, Rossy Mendoza, Wanda Seux
Special Flight
Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst. They are accompanied by police officers and…
Frida Kahlo
She was a prolific self-portraitist, using the canvas as a mirror through all stages of her turbulent and, at times, tragic life. This highly engaging film takes us on a…
To the Arctic 3D
A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
In the sixth installment of the Criterion Channel’s Meet the Filmmakers series, director Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Listen Up Philip) visits the ever-iconoclastic auteur Paul Schrader during the making…
Australia: Land of Parrots
Discover the beauty, brilliance and behaviour of Australia’s most conspicuous birds – parrots and cockatoos in Australia: Land of Parrots. Multi-award winning, natural history filmmakers David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook…
Amish: A Secret Life
Miriam and Dave Lapp are a charming young couple with a brood of adorable children. Dave works in and part owns a construction company. They are also members of the…
In a Different Key
A mother tracks down the first person ever diagnosed with autism, now an elderly man in rural Mississippi, to learn if his life story holds promise for her own autistic…
Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life
Documentary featuring the last filmed interview with director Howard Hawks
Neil Young – Heart of Gold
In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville, where he wrote and recorded…
Building Burma’s Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
Moving Half The Mountain documents the true stories of the survivors from one of the worst atrocities of the Second World War the brutal use of prisoners (POWs) and forced…
Workshop Exercises
A street poll about contemporary youth. The answers are engineered to show the manipulation of propaganda and television.
Travis: The True Story of Travis Walton
One of the most significant UFO events in history — Travis Walton’s 1975 UFO experience comes alive in this 90-minute documentary. His trauma and transition after a mysterious beam of…