Film Library: Theatrical Releases
Founded in 2004, Matson Films has distributed over 200 films in movie theaters
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In THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT, space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis. Written, directed, and starring Cory McAbee of the legendary cult band The Billy Nayer Show, this sci-fi, musical-western uses flinty black and white photography, rugged Lo-Fi sets and the... Read More
JOE LIST: SMALL BALL is the fourth stand up comedy special from comedian Joe List. Following the smash successes of his previous specials “I Hate Myself”, “This Year’s Material” and “Enough For Everybody”, SMALL BALL finds Joe shortly after the birth of his first child, musing on the life-altering experiences of childbirth, married sex and... Read More
TOM DUSTIN: PORTRAIT OF A COMEDIAN is a documentary directed and produced by comedian Joe List (“Tuesdays with Stories”, Louis CK's FOURTH OF JULY) about the divergent lives and careers of lifelong friends and comedians Tom Dustin and Joe List. While Joe’s career continues to ascend to new heights, Tom finds himself regretting roads not... Read More
SANIBEL started as a light-hearted exploration of the businesses and colorful characters central to seashell culture/touring in Southwest Florida. Six weeks into production, Hurricane Ian, one of the largest hurricanes in US history, all but wiped Sanibel Island off the map. As the waters receded, the crew returned to find a transformed landscape. The film... Read More
Investigates environmental injustice linked to North Carolina’s hog industry.
Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, GIFT is a richly cinematic film, interweaving character‐driven stories. On North America's Pacific Northwest Coast, a young Indigenous artist and carver undertakes the elaborate preparations for a potlatch - to make a name for himself by giving everything away.... Read More
WHEN JOHN DOE ROSE FROM THE DEAD, HE BROUGHT SOMETHING BACK. When a very dead suicide victim (Jeremy Childs, Preacher, Nashville) disappears from the morgue, it sets in motion a chain of events that has the power to immolate everything, and everyone, it touches. Troubled psychiatrist Daniel Forrester (Shane Carruth, Primer, Upstream Color) is drawn... Read More
Desolation Center is the previously untold story of a series of early 80s guerrilla music and art performance happenings in Southern California that are recognized to have paved the way for Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella, collective experiences that have become key elements of popular culture in the 21st century. The feature documentary splices interviews... Read More
Examines the art of sound design in Hollywood and how it shapes cinema.
Seeking to build a bridge of mutual understanding and friendship, a Canadian-Egyptian entrepreneur of Muslim faith decides to reach out to the very people who fear him. Traveling across the U.S. to find Americans concerned about an Islamic threat, Tarek Mounib makes them an intriguing offer ... a Free Trip to Egypt. With initial reactions... Read More
When Alice Guy-Blaché completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché follows her rise from Gaumont secretary to her appointment as head of production a year later, and... Read More
America’s first superstar designer, Halston rose to international fame in the 1970s, creating an empire and personifying the dramatic social and sexual revolution of the last century. Reaching beyond the glitz and glamour, acclaimed filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng reveals Halston’s profound impact on fashion, culture, and business. HALSTON captures the epic sweep of the life and... Read More
In the 1920s, a Kansas woman chaperones the teenage Louise Brooks to New York, changing both their lives.
Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Encounters at the End of the World) and Emmy Award-winning André Singer teamed together to make this riveting documentary on Mikhail Gorbachev, the visionary last President of the Soviet Union, who tried to make the world a safer place. Filled with unforgettable archive materials and... Read More
Two cousins build a fiber-optic line to gain an edge in high-frequency trading, facing powerful opposition.
Follows an indigenous Wayuu family’s rise and fall as they get involved in Colombia’s 1970s drug trade.
The annual NY Cat Film Festival™ is a philanthropic celebration through film of our relationship with the mysterious felines who share our world. After a New York City premiere every December with two new programs of short films, the festival travels to dozens of cities nationwide, benefitting a local animal welfare group that works on... Read More
The NY Dog Film Festival™ is an annual celebration of the love between dogs and their people, through short films from around the world that inspire, educate and entertain, benefiting local animal welfare groups that bring people and pets together. [These films are free of physical or verbal abuse toward people or animals. The only... Read More
A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined.
Tells the true story of Carlos Robledo Puch, a charming Argentinian teenage serial killer in the 1970s.
Stand-up comic Nina Geld’s life is uprooted when she meets a charming man while trying to escape her past trauma.
A teenage girl navigates awkward coming-of-age moments after her grandmother’s deathbed confession.
A young man living in a magical land tries to save it from an evil sorcerer who has turned happiness into gloom.
THE SWAN is Ása Helga Hjörleifsdótirr’s astonishing feature debut--A poignant and unique coming of age story set in Iceland and told from a powerful and nuanced feminine perspective. In contemporary rural Iceland, a wayward 9-year-old girl, SÓL,is sent to distant countryside relatives for a summer to work and to mature. Nature seems endless there, the... Read More
A mixed-race orphan in 1920s Hawaii works for a doctor while navigating forbidden love.
Three brothers grow up in a volatile household, capturing the confusion and wonder of childhood.
Four young adults in Fort McMurray, AB, struggle to deal with the consequences of their actions and how it affects their friends and families.
A man wakes up to find Paris overrun by zombies, trapped alone in an apartment.
THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR is a poignant portrait of the toll wartime violence and political tension has on humanity. This electric and visually stunning film set in the 1980s during the brutal Mozambique civil war was directed by Licinio Azevedo, and was Mozambique’s 2018 Oscar submission. Azevedo’s approach is at once breathtaking and... Read More
A man reconnects with his ex-girlfriend’s daughter, forging a touching bond over an unexpected few days together.
BLOOD AND STEEL: CEDAR CREST COUNTRY CLUB is an engaging and heartfelt skateboarding documentary from director Michael Maniglia. BLOOD AND STEEL documents the moment when the punk rock scene and underground skateboarding converged at the Cedar Crest Country Club--a remote country club in Centreville, VA, and a legendary skate ramp was born. The film marries... Read More
THE CONSTITUTION is a moving and ultimately hopeful new film about the complexities and contradictions of identity and expression in a world that more often than not offers little in the way of tolerance and compassion. Directed by Rajko Grlić, THE CONSTITUTION navigates complex and sensitive subject matter with clarity and genuine contemplation. After being... Read More
Four college friends plot one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. A hybrid of documentary and fiction.
Two women embark on a 24-hour experiment to fast-forward intimacy, ultimately testing their compatibility.
A single mother in South Central LA becomes swept up in the 1992 Rodney King riots.
In 2013, Albert Adrià was considered the world's most underrated chef. Enigma, the crown of his gastronomic empire opens with a clear goal: to become one of the best restaurants in the world. This is Albert's attempt to escape the shadow of legendary elBulli and enter the pantheon of great chefs.
Director William Friedkin films a real-life exorcism performed by Father Gabriele Amorth.
At a moment in time, when humanity is obsessed with food - photographing every dish, worshipping cooks and flaunting trophy meals on social media, this documentary goes under the surface and offers an in-depth, honest and relevant view into the world and every day of Michelin chefs and restaurants. Telling tales from a grand menu... Read More
A rebellious teen becomes involved in blackmail and seduction schemes that spin out of control.
Chronicles the early friendship and collaboration between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
A young woman discovers she has terrifying supernatural powers linked to her repressed emotions.
Follows free-group therapy sessions inside Folsom Prison between inmates and outside volunteers.
Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned- Buddhist-priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come increasingly at the cost of his own family and health, as he refuses to draw lines between those he counsels and himself. The Departure captures Nemoto at a crossroads,... Read More
Members of ACT UP Paris in the 1990s fight to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic while grappling with personal crises.
A documentary about Dina and Scott, two adults on the autism spectrum navigating love, marriage, and independence.
Two teens cover up an accidental death, causing paranoia and violence to spiral.
Explores trophy hunting and its ethical and environmental implications worldwide.
THE LAST DALAI LAMA? takes a fresh look at what is important for the 14th Dalai Lama at 82: The historic confrontation between Tibet and China; his influence in political, spiritual, and educational spheres; and his personal feelings on aging, dying and the question: “Will there be a 15th Dalai Lama?” Filmmaker Mickey Lemle (RAM... Read More
An aging Western actor confronts mortality and tries to reconnect with his estranged family.
In the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette. Upon their publication in 1990, Oliver Sacks described the work as 'the most extraordinary, precise, deep... Read More
RADIO DREAMS, winner of the 45th Rotterdam International Film Festival’s Tiger Award, is the newest feature film from Iranian-British director Babak Jalali (FRONTIER BLUES). RADIO DREAMS creates the strange yet very real world of PARS-FM - a Farsi-language radio station broadcasting from the heart of San Francisco. The story unfolds over a single day as... Read More
Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to create their extraordinary ideas and stories.
Two couples meet at a restaurant to discuss a crime their teenage sons committed, testing family bonds.
Both a biopic of a complicated man and an exploration of the gathering forces that converged to shape a new American cuisine and create the cult of "celebrity chef"... A consummate hedonist, Jeremiah Tower's career spans the riotous sexual revolution of the 70's to the high rolling "greed-is-good" spirit of the '80s. Key interviews with... Read More
Two art-school friends wander Warsaw’s nightlife in search of meaning, love, and escape from routine.
A socially awkward young woman tries to connect with the world and navigate romantic relationships in NYC.
An Inuk director explores seal hunting's vital role for Inuit communities, their dependence on sealskin income, and how global anti-sealing movements have affected their livelihoods.
With sudden passing of his grandmother, Peter Latang returns to his hometown and encounters his long lost, childhood friend, Donald Treebeck. What begins as a simple favor, turns into a long day's journey into the past.
Provocative artist Maurizio Cattelan's playful, subversive works satirized the art world until a 2011 Guggenheim retrospective cemented his place in the contemporary canon. This profile explores the elusive rebel's ascent.
The War Show is a raw, first-person documentary capturing the Syrian conflict through the eyes of radio DJ Obaidah Zytoon and her circle of artist friends. Filmed over four years, it documents their transition from euphoric 2011 Arab Spring protests to the violent suppression, civil war, and personal loss that forced them into exile.
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a “good old boy” propels him further away from his family’s ideals than ever before. A tribute to childhood heroes, first love and growing... Read More
Midsummer in Newtown is a testament to the transformative force of artistic expression to pierce through the shadow cast by trauma. In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, one grieving couple honors their daughter through music, while community children find their voice through a rock-pop version of “A Midsummer Night's Dream.”
It's 1948 and the Cold War has reached Chile. In congress, Senator (and renowned poet) Pablo Neruda (Gnecco) accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached by the president. Police Prefect Oscar Peluchonneau (Bernal) is assigned to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to flee the country with his wife, the painter... Read More
Andre Royo stars as Ashley Douglas, an unreasonably optimistic man recently released from prison. Returning to his stagnant neighborhood to win back his girlfriend, he quickly finds that everyone in his old life has done what they always wanted to do - forget he exists. Finding a fellow loner in Jeremy (George Sample III), they... Read More
A look at Jewish settlers in the West Bank and their allies - Jewish and non-Jewish alike - in Israel, America and Europe. The origins of the settler phenomenon, which reach back almost half a century, are explored along with a look at who the settlers are today and how they impact the Middle East... Read More
Joe, a programmer and obsessive self-quantifier, and Emily, a budding comedy performer, are happily married until they decide to use one another in their work.
Rebecca Hall stars in director Antonio Campos' third feature film, CHRISTINE, the story of a woman who finds herself caught in the crosshairs of a spiraling personal life and career crisis. Christine, always the smartest person in the room at her local Sarasota, Florida news station, feels like she is destined for bigger things and... Read More
Two former high-school sweethearts unexpectedly reunite in their hometown after more than 20 years apart.
A young man travels to a small town in rural Poland to marry his fiancé. As as wedding gift from the bride’s grandfather, he receives a plot of land where the two can build a house and raise a family. While preparing to build their new home, he finds human bones buried beneath the property.... Read More
A man obsessed with paranormal shows forms his own team of amateur ghost hunters.
2017 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE - BEST DOCUMENTARY. LIFE ANIMATED is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn’t speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood.... Read More
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he... Read More
Examines unintended consequences of China’s one-child policy and population control measures globally.
rom the director of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 FEET FROM STARDOM and the critically acclaimed BEST OF ENEMIES, the new film THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS: YO-YO MA AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE tells the extraordinary story of the renowned international musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The feature-length documentary follows this group of... Read More
In vivid and sensuous detail, Gurukulam follows a group of students and their teacher as they confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality and self-identity at a remote forest ashram in southern India. Daily chores, meditation, ritual, and rigorous study are woven together connecting the natural and spiritual worlds in moments of surprising revelation... Read More
Former member Will Allen exposes 22 years inside a mysterious spiritual cult in this disturbing documentary.
Gennadiy Mokhnenko has made a name for himself by forcibly abducting homeless drug-addicted kids from the streets of Mariupol, Ukraine. As his country leans towards a European Union inclusion, hopes of continued post-Soviet revitalization seem possible. In the meantime, Gennadiy's center has evolved into a more nebulous institution.
Former classmates are hunted down during a high-school reunion by a masked killer.
A filmmaker journey through the former East Germany looking into her father's 1999 suicide.
An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death, brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house - forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries... Read More
The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop survived on apples and rain water, waiting for God to... Read More
SOLD is a full-length feature film adapted from the National Book Award Nominated and Quill Award-Winning novel by Patricia McCormick. Based on true stories, SOLD is the unforgettable story of Lakshmi, who risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from a peaceful, rural village in Nepal to the gritty brothels of Kolkata, India. Through one... Read More
A competitive Indian-American teenager enters a beauty pageant after her boyfriend leaves her for a pageant queen.
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travelers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular eleven-year-old girl. Lamb is convinced that he... Read More
In Kingdom of Shadows, Bernardo Ruiz takes an unflinching look at the human cost of the U.S.-Mexico drug wars through the perspectives of three unlikely individuals. Sister Consuelo Morales, based in the devastated city of Monterrey, prods government officials to take action against the drug cartels on behalf of grieving families whose loved ones have... Read More
Providing the most visceral and unflinching look into the lives of returned veterans, Of Men and War’s lens intimately follows the recovery efforts of twelve veterans suffering from PTSD. Director Laurent Bécue-Renard exposes veterans' experiences in a never-before-seen manner, gaining unprecedented access to their lives at home and intense therapy sessions. Unfiltered and emotionally charged,... Read More
Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis that we all deep down know we need to talk about: climate, earth's resources, cities where the entire surface is consumed by the car. An ever-growing, dirty, noisy traffic chaos. The bike is a great tool for change, but the powerful interests who gain from the private car... Read More
For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures – woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment – are vanishing at an alarming rate. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon, amazing... Read More
When his amputated leg is discovered in a grill sold at a North Carolina auction, John Wood finds himself at the center of a worldwide media frenzy. Believing the new-found attention to be his chance atdoing some great things in an otherwise disappointing, wayward life, he's quickly swept up in thehysteria as the leg's enterprising buyer,... Read More
An award-winning festival favorite by Sebastian Silva ("The Maid"), NASTY BABY centers on Freddy (Silva), a Brooklyn-based artist who, with his boyfriend, Mo(Tunde Adebimpe), and their best friend, Polly (Kristen Wiig), is trying to have a baby. As this trio deals with the complications of conception and creating the"new normal" family, their bliss is clouded by a series... Read More
The discovery of a bone and a gun sends a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend. DIGGING FOR FIRE is directed by Joe Swanberg, co-written by Jake Johnson and Joe Swanberg and starring Jake Johnson, Rosemarie Dewitt, Orlando Bloom,Brie Larson, Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Mike Birbiglia.
Two filmmakers reconnect years after a fleeting romance, exploring love and art across Europe.
Academy Award nominee - BEST DOCUMENTARY. With unprecedented access, CARTEL LAND is a riveting, on-the-ground look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels. In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," leads the Autodefensas, a citizen... Read More
Alex, Emily, and their son, FJ, have recently moved to Los Angeles’ Eastside from Seattle. Feeling lost in a new city, they are desperate to find their first new friends. After a chance meeting with Kurt at the neighborhood park, they gladly agree to join family pizza night at Kurt’s home. But as it gets... Read More
A small Palestinian village bought 18 cows and stopped buying Israeli milk.
For the last 20 years, notorious activists the Yes Men (Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum) have staged outrageous hoaxes to hijack public dialogue worldwide about the issues of the day. In their third cinematic outing (after The Yes Men and The Yes Men Fix The World), they are now well into their 40s, and their... Read More
A young man aspires to become a top NYC nightclub promoter but faces personal and financial challenges.
SEEDS OF TIME follows agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler's global journey to save the eroding foundation of our food supply in a new era of climate change.
Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons' first haute couture collection as its new artistic director-a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators. Melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion with... Read More
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The Immortalists is the story of two eccentric scientists struggling to create eternal youth with medical breakthroughs in a world they call “blind to the tragedy of old age.” Bill Andrews is a lab biologist and famed long-distance runner racing against the ultimate clock. Aubrey de Grey is a genius theoretical biologist who conducts his... Read More
Investigates a series of church arsons in East Texas and the young men charged with the crimes.
Winner Best Documentary - 2014 Tribeca Film FestivalPOINT AND SHOOT follows Matt VanDyke, a timid 26-year-old with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, who left home in Baltimore in 2006 and set off on a self-described “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a three-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and... Read More
Virgil First Raise wakes with a shiner and a hangover in a roadside ditch on the stark but beautiful plains of Montana. As he rises to face the day he sees a vision of his father lying dead at his feet. Impossible-- his father froze to death in a snowdrift years earlier. Virgil returns home... Read More
Documentary alleging a connection between mercury in vaccines and autism, controversial and criticized as pseudoscience.
Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a photographer, Nicholas' life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the teachers of the Dalai Lama. Soon thereafter, he gave up his... Read More
As the creator of the show "Community," Dan Harmon was known as a comic genius...and a bit of a monster. After being fired from his own show, he created a hit podcast and took it on the road across the country with calamitous results. Featuring Jason Sudeikis, Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and John... Read More
A film archivist suspects his house is haunted when he discovers footage revealing a murder connected to his home.
This uniquely telling film takes an entertaining and unsettling look into Chinese rehabilitation centers treating internet addiction, which the Chinese government has classified as a serious clinical disorder.
A Sadhu who renounced the society, adopts a baby renounced by society.
In the 1970s Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD and his outspoken style courted conflict and controversy, but his latter years were spent helping others recover from addiction. No No: A Dockumentary weaves a surprising and moving story of a life in and out of the spotlight.
Winner Grand Jury Prize - Documentary - 2014 Sundance Film Festival A portrait of three Rich Hill, MO teenagers — Appachey West, Harley Hood and Andrew Jewell — and of a tiny, former coal-mining town with nothing left to offer them, the film turns an intimate, unsentimental eye on adolescence and grinding rural poverty. Narration,... Read More
A young British Muslim woman becomes a target after falling for someone outside her faith.
A look behind the barricades of the besieged city of Homs, Syria where for nineteen-year-old Basset and his ragtag group of comrades, the audacious hope of revolution is crumbling like the buildings around them.
The American Samoa soccer team, deemed "worst in the world", try to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
The Invisible Front is an award winning film about love and the fight for freedom. In 1944, soviet forces occupied Lithuania for a second time in less than five years. This time the youth of the nation chose to fight back and formed a guerrilla army of partisans called the Forest Brothers. Among them was... Read More
A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.
Explores the music scene in Greenwich Village, New York in the 60's and early 70's. The film highlights some of the finest singer/songwriters of the day.
Tim DeChristopher is Bidder 70, a young man who derailed an illegal BLM oil and gas auction in a courageous act of civil disobedience.
The world's leading conductors bring Classical masterpieces to cinematic life in these unique programs from Europe's premier symphony. MusicEmotion transports audiences to the glorious Teatro Alla Scala in Milan for an Old World musical experience in high definition. Each program captures the nuances of the Filarmonica Della Scala, its conductors and soloists. Directors Francesco Micheli... Read More
Rodrigo Reyes’ provocative essay film re-imagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante’s purgatory. Leaving politics aside, he takes a fresh look at the brutal beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell. By capturing a stunning mosaic of compelling characters and broken landscapes on the border, Reyes reflects... Read More
A documentary on pro skateboarder Danny Way's tough childhood and his contributions to the sport, including footage of his jump over the Great Wall of China.
Indifferent to the notion of inheriting his father's estate, a restless, aging New Yorker passes time with his friends in games of mock sincerity and irreverence.
TRIMPIN: THE SOUND OF INVENTION is an amusing exploration of the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius.
Folk rock and bluegrass musicians Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes travel together by train from San Francisco to New Orleans in the spring of 2011.
MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE is an extraordinary story about finding hope, joy and music behind bars. Rita Chiarelli, Canada’s Queen of the Blues, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Blues: Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary, a.k.a Angola Prison - formerly the bloodiest prison in America. Rita’s trip turns into an historic jailhouse... Read More
Celebrated author H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of alien horror bursts onto the screen in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s. Professor Albert Wilmarth investigates legends of strange creatures in the remote hills of Vermont. His inquiry reveals a terrifying glimpse of the truth that lurks behind the legends. Filmed in the... Read More
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Splinters is the first feature-length documentary film about the evolution of indigenous surfing in the developing nation of Papua New Guinea. In the 1980s an intrepid Australian pilot left behind a surfboard in the seaside village of Vanimo. Twenty years on, surfing is not only a pillar of village life but also a means to... Read More
A colorful and raw coming-of-age story set in the emerging gay dance club scene of Amsterdam 1984. House of Boys tells the story of Frank, a high school kid who leaves home and falls into the exciting new world of free sex, music and dance. When Frank's new world is suddenly turned upside down, his... Read More
Following the international hit The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, The Boy Mir covers a decade in a boy's life, a boy surviving in rural and war-torn Afghanistan. It tracks the irrepressible and lovable Mir from a naïve 8-year-old to a fully grown adult. The film depicts this boy's journey into early... Read More
A timid high-school teacher fights back against his abusive students, gaining unexpected respect.
Four hapless bank robbers bury their loot and attempt to hide out in a deserted desert town. But the town is not deserted. Feasting, song, sexual tension, and inevitable deaths ensue. Starring Joe Strummer, Sy Richardson, Courtney Love, Elvis Costello, Jim Jarmusch, The Pogues, Dick Rude, Grace Jones, and Dennis Hopper.
Interviews with Todd P. about the necessity of independent music and creativity connect the bands as they tour down to Austin, TX to appear in the DIY music scene's answer to the SXSW Music Festival.
Set in a murky swamp peopled with birders, ornithologists, gawkers and politicians, Ghost Bird explores the limits of certainty, the obsessive power of hope, and how one phantom giant woodpecker changed a sleepy Southern town forever. This thrilling eco-noir investigates the strange but true story of a small town in Arkansas overrun by a nation... Read More
As child actors, Mel and Fred were beaten and whipped by an imperious screenwriter, Fritz Frobisher. Now the elderly, Fritz is to appear at a tee-shirt signing ceremony in Monument Valley, AZ, where his great films were made.
CATCHING OUT features several contemporary hobos who dissent against mainstream American consumer culture by traveling for free on freight trains.
Feature length documentary exploring the wildly fantastic worlds of legendary animator Bruce Bickford.
This acclaimed and thought-provoking documentary provides a rare and illuminating exploration of the creative process through incisive portraits of five seminal figures from a significant chapter in contemporary American folk art. Variously described as outsider, self-taught or visionary, the artists profiled in the film, all from the American South, produce remarkable works of art that... Read More
A Mexican federal officer struggles with corruption and personal conflicts while enforcing the law.
Money-Driven Medicine provides the essential introduction Americans need to become knowledgeable and vigorous participants in healthcare reform.
SURVIVING DESIRE is a bold and playful little tale about a handsome young college professor smitten with a beautiful young female student. It is a swift dissection of male infatuation that is as fierce as it is compassionate.
The search for an enigmatic South Korean shaman, and the inspiration found on the journey, renews a jazz musician's faith in the power of music.
Although best known as a pioneer of independent experimental cinema, Maya Deren was also a Voundoun initiate, and hence able to take her camera and recorder where few have gone before or since.
A revealing cinema verité portrait of the former Velvet Underground musician, John Cale, in creative collaboration with Brian Eno.
Little Rock, Arkansas: 1986 A group of kids in a small, conservative Southern town discover punk rock music. Over the next two decades, they would create their scene from the ground up: one of the youngest, most exciting and innovative hubs for music in the country. Like most small town scenes, Little Rock’s was never... Read More
Words of Advice documents the 1983 travels of William S. Burroughs' throughout Scandinavia.
Cast Nick Chinlund, Georgina Cates, Brad Dourif, Michael Rodgers Hidden away in small town America, in an anemic parish on the brink of bankruptcy, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund) finds himself at a mid-career crisis in the wake of personal conflicts and widespread scandals that have left the Catholic church an anathema to so many.... Read More
Sleep Furiously is set in a small farming community in mid Wales. Koppel leads us on a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.
Produced by Ian Rosenberg, Chris Talbott Once a year, prom mania grips the entire population of Racine, Wisconsin. The city's extravagant celebration begins with a rowdy parade where students compete for the most outrageous form of transportation, driving fire engines, 18-wheelers, even riding elephant-back through the city streets. Prom-goers from seven city high schools converge... Read More
Produced by Chris Scott, David SchiavoneFeaturing Hannah Teter, JJ Thomas, Brent Meyer, Rob Bak, Jeff Meyer Red Sky Pictures Inc. and SnoCountry have partnered to produce a feature film documentary about the history, culture, and lifestyle of snowboarding. The film covers the birth of snowboarding, the evolution of it into an Olympic sport, and the... Read More
Produced by Allan Niblo, James RichardsonMusic by Lol HammondCast Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan, Mike Wilmot Based on the life of legendary DJ Frankie Wilde, IT’S ALL GONE PETE TONG is a hilarious and powerful look at the delirious European club culture. Paul Kaye, portraying Frankie Wilde, turns in an award-winning performance. Directed by... Read More
A lonely milkmaid seeks companionship, leading to a quirky romance in rural Germany.
The Bowery becomes a nexus of shattered dreams when a merchant has 72 hours to pay his rent. Facing extinction, his ramshackle tent of antiquities lures a troop of misfits, freaks and renegades who form a tableaux full of carnival pageantry, white lies and victimless crime in a fleeting glimpse of Downtown New York.