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Doris Day: Virgin Territory

2007

Doris Day: Virgin Territory

2007
7
Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Covering her early years as a band singer, and her troubled private life, this documentary re-evaluates one of the screen's most enduring legends.
Per altri occhi

2013

Per altri occhi

2013
5.8
Impaired vision-friendly documentary about blindness.
Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

1936

Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin

1936
5.6
Max Ophuls directs this short film of Chopin's Valse Brillante.
Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

1907

Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

1907
6
Behind-the-scenes footage showing Alice Guy directing an early sound film.
Cinema: A Public Affair

2015

Cinema: A Public Affair

2015
A cineastic journey into the world of Naum Kleiman, one of the most important intellectuals in Russia today. Naum Kleiman, an internationally acclaimed Eisenstein specialist, is the director of the „Musey Kino“, Moscow’s museum of cinema. Since 1989, the „Musey Kino“, has shown previously banned classics of world cinema and Soviet films. Many saw the „Musey Kino“, as Moscow ́s most important intellectual forum. In 2005, the Moscow municipality sold the „Musey Kino’s“ building and it became homeless. In October 2014, the Russian Minister of Culture fired Naum Kleiman as director. In protest, his entire team handed in their resignations. Scenes from iconic movies and interviews with Muscovites of different ages and social backgrounds form a documentary film collage which mirrors Russian reality today.
The Forgotten Plague

2015

The Forgotten Plague

2015
6.5
Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development and public policy, TB and its impact are poorly understood.
Elstree 1976

2015

Elstree 1976

2015
6.2
A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars.
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

2024

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

2024
7.8
She stood up to Alien: Sigourney Weaver has shown that women can put up a powerful fight. She became the mother of the modern action heroine in cinema. And a style icon. How did she achieve this?
Before the Music Dies

2006

Before the Music Dies

2006
7
B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.
Azzurri: Road to Wembley

2021

Azzurri: Road to Wembley

2021
7.8
A docu-film that traces the victorious ride of Mancini's Azzurri, from the debut match to the final against England. A troupe lived with the Azzurri for a month, to bring the spectators into the lives of the players and all the members of the staff, between training sessions, matches, travels and celebrations. An adventure told through the voices of the protagonists, who confided dreams, joys, pains and hopes to the cameras. "Blue Dream, the road to Wembley" is the completion of a project started a year ago together with the FIGC, to tell the national team's approach to the European Championships through the 4 episodes aired in the days immediately preceding the European Championship, bringing the new television language of the docu-series to one of the most important time slots of the first generalist network. "Blue Dream, the road to Wembley" is a project of the New Formats Development Department
Magnicidios Poe

2017

Magnicidios Poe

2017
2
The sarcastic account of the assassination of five Spanish politicians between 1870 and 1973 is mixed with the narration of five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe illustrated by five skillful pencil artists. A documentary, a video essay, a collage, a provocative experiment where various pop culture figures and icons perform unexpected cameos. The macabre joke of a jester. Never more.
Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw

2024

Scab Vendor: The Life and Times of Jonathan Shaw

2024
Born with a silver spoon, Jonathan Shaw chose, at the height of his career as a tattoo artist, to give up on his celebrity lifestyle in order to escape from his own vicious cycle.
Christmas Gone Viral

2017

Christmas Gone Viral

2017
1
Two billion people celebrate that a Child was born in a manger 2,000 years ago. “Christmas Gone Viral” is a unique and fascinating explanation of the wonderful truth beyond the lights and gifts. This documentary takes a look at people's perspective on Christmas around the world, accompanied with a gospel presentation.
The True Story of Hannibal

2005

The True Story of Hannibal

2005
6.7
Hannibal, one of the greatest military leaders in history, accompanied his father Amílcar Barca at the age of nine on the Carthaginian expedition to conquer Spain. Before embarking, the boy swore eternal hatred for Rome, the bitter rival of his people. Twenty years later, in 218 a. C., he left Nueva Cartago (now Cartagena, Spain) to wage war in "The Eternal City" with an army of about 40,000, including cavalry and elephants.
Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies

2008

Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies

2008
4.4
The influence that artists Pablo Picasso and George Braque had on the world of cinema is the subject of this documentary from filmmaker Arne Glimcher. A lifelong lover of film, Picasso was intrigued by the machines used to create moving pictures, as well as the images they produced. In this film, artists such as Martin Scorsese, Julian Schnabel, Chuck Close, and the late Robert Rauschenberg reveal how Picasso and Braque's shared love of film helped to create some of the greatest art of the 20th Century. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Schlaf nicht Daheim

1988

Schlaf nicht Daheim

1988
Fred Manela, a Jew, returns to Berlin for the first time in 50 years and speaks about his experiences during the 'Kristallnacht' on 9th November, 1938.
Service for Southend

1957

Service for Southend

1957
The extension of the electrification of the Southend line from Shenfield to Southend. The last steam train leaves Liverpool Street and makes its way for a new stage in the modernisation plan for British Railways. How it was done and the men who did it.
Danseuses japonaises : la danse des ombrelles

1898

Danseuses japonaises : la danse des ombrelles

1898
Geisha performance, with umbrella and fans, in Kyoto.
Keanu Reeves: The One and Only

2024

Keanu Reeves: The One and Only

2024
6.2
The story of Keanu Reeves, from a turbulent upbringing to becoming not only one of the most beloved actors in the world, but also one of the most beloved people.
Il mio paese

2006

Il mio paese

2006
A journey from the south to the north of Italy covering the track of the legendary Joris Ivens documentary "L'Italia non è un paese povero".