Drop the Needle
The story of the Toronto-based record store, Play De Record, and how it became a hub for underground music lovers across Canada.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Director: Rob Freeman
Actors: Agile, Eugene Tam, Jason Palma, Kardinal Offishall, Maestro Fresh Wes, Marcus Visionary, Russell Peters
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How To Go Viral
Richard Clay, art historian and expert on semiotics and iconoclasm and the interplay between new technology and shifts in meaning, compares and contrasts cultural symbols from across the centuries, unpicking…
The Pedal Movie
For the first time ever, the story of guitar pedals and effects will be told by the people who make them and the artists that use them. Coming in 2021,…
Love Means Zero
An in-depth look at famed tennis coach Nick Bollettieri. No other coach has matched his success, his dominance or his fame. His greatness, though, came at a terrible price.
Wait for Your Laugh
The life and career of comedian Rose Marie is documented through interviews with friends and colleagues as well as never-before-seen home movies shot by the actress herself.
Little Richard: I Am Everything
The story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman….
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors’ health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and…
Ganden: A Joyful Land
Tibetan monks from an over 500 year old Buddhist group initiate us in their story about banishment and quiet resistance.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.,…
Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot
Scientists mount an expedition to find a Bigfoot-type creature.
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…
African Cats
African Cats captures the real-life love, humor and determination of the majestic kings of the savanna. The story features Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with…