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7.1

♡ 11

100%

african american history

racism

Frances Causey Director

Richard Nixon as (archive footage)

Martin Luther King as (archive footage)

Lyndon Johnson as (archive footage)

Amiri Baraka as Self

When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US, what she discovered was that the politics of slavery didn't end with the Civil War. In an astonishingly candid look at the United States' original sin, The Long Shadow traces slavery's history from America's founding up through its insidious ties to racism today.

Duckweed

2017

Chinese

6.4

♡ 5

86%

Han Han Director

Leslie Cheung as (archive footage)

Yun-Fat Chow as (archive footage)

Cheng Cheng as Female Teacher Chen

Huayang Gao as Liu Yi

When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father's life in the past.

An Accidental Studio

7.1

♡ 6

100%

Bill Jones Director

Pierce Brosnan as (archive footage)

Gary Farmer as (archive footage)

Michael Caine as Self

Helen Mirren as Self

Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.

The Cold Blue

2018

7.7

♡ 4

100%

Erik Nelson Director

William Wyler as (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as Self

King George VI as Self

V.G. Alexander as Self

A meditation on youth, war and stunning bravery, featuring footage, taken from the National Archives, from the documentary filmed in 1943 by legendary Hollywood director William Wyler about the famous Memphis Belle flying fortress and the gripping narration from some of the last surviving B-17 pilots.

Kaka Ji

Punjabi

5.9

♡ 4

Drama

punjab

Mandeep Benipal Director

Shatrughan Sinha as (archive footage)

Ikkatar Singh as Bheera- Kaka's Seeri

Harmanpal Singh as Bus Conductor

Dev Kharoud as Kulwinder 'Kaka'

The story of Kaka Ji highlights the era of the 90s in Punjab when the notorious gang Kale Kachia Wale was dominant in the state. Kaka Ji is the son of royal Sardar Kartar Singh Brar falls in love with Deepi, a young girl from the adjacent village. Things take a turn when Kaka Ji gets trapped by the gang while trying to save the love of his life.

Tapete Vermelho

2005

Portuguese

7.1

♡ 3

Comedy

Luís Alberto Pereira Director

Amácio Mazzaropi as (archive footage)

Duda Mamberti as Mazzarpori Store's owner

Vinícius Miranda as Neco

Gorete Milagres as Zulmira

Quinzinho has a promise to keep: to take his son, Neco, to the city to watch a Mazzaropi movie. They live in a small farm in São Paulo. In this odyssey through the towns of São Paulo, he also takes his wife Zulmira, who goes unwillingly, and their donkey Policarpo. On their journey, they find regional peculiarities and undergo magical situations related to popular belief.

Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s

5.7

♡ 6

Dustin Ferguson Director

Judy Landers as (archive footage)

Jeff Burr as Self

Robert R. Shafer as Self

Kevin Tenney as Self

A documentary about the direct-to-video horror hits of the 90s.

Fiddlin'

2018

8.1

♡ 1

100%

Music

Julie Simone Director

Tom Petty as (archive footage)

Presley Barker as Self - Guitarist

Wayne C. Henderson as Self - Luthier / Guitar

Bill Monroe as Self - Mandolin Player

Sister filmmakers Julie Simone and Vicki Vlasic return to their Appalachian roots to film at the world's oldest Fiddler's Convention. With multiple generations jamming together, Fiddlin' is a love-letter to American roots and the uplifting power of music.

The Opening Act

2020

6.0

♡ 16

80%

83%

Comedy

Steve Byrne Director

Whitney Cummings as

Margaret Cho as (archive footage)

Roy Wood Jr. as Gary

Allison Dunbar as Helga

The film follows Will Chu whose true life passion is to become a stand-up comedian. He is given the opportunity to emcee a comedy show, opening for his hero, Billy G. Chu has to decide if he wants to continue the life he has set up or to pursue his dream, the life of a comedian.

Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy

2021

7.7

♡ 8

100%

Michael Bonfiglio Director

Jay Mohr as

Dom Irrera as (archive footage)

Dave Attell as (archive footage)

Kevin Hart as Self

A documentary about the life and career of controversial stand-up comedian, Patrice O'Neal, who released only one special before his death in 2011.

A British Picture

1989

6.6

♡ 4

Biography

Ken Russell Director

Ross Donnelly as (archive footage)

Ken Russell as Self

Melvyn Bragg as Self

Victoria Russell as Self

The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and The Rainbow, is as unconventional and brilliant as his best films. Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of interconnected episodes – his thirties childhood in Southampton, his first sexual experience (watching Disney’s Pinocchio), his schooldays at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, early careers in the Merchant Marine and the Royal Air Force, dancing days at the Shepherds Bush Ballet Club and of course his career as a film-maker, beginning with an extraordinary interview with Huw Weldon for a job on Monitor. Full of marvellously funny anecdotes and fascinating insights into the realities of the film director's life, A British Picture is a remarkable autobiography.

The Demented

2021

world wrestling entertainment (wwe)

2.9

♡ 1

wwe superstars

Nigel Hartwell Director

Eric Lofquist as (archive footage)

Ari Lehman as Biker Bartender

Felissa Rose as Detective

Mark D Valenti as Wanted criminal

For one female entity time stands still, while for another time travels back and forth between the plains of the supernatural world.

Mansome

2012

5.4

♡ 8

24%

Morgan Spurlock Director

Hulk Hogan as (archive footage)

Jason Bateman as Self

Paul Rudd as Self

Dwayne Johnson as The Rock

From America's greatest beardsman, to Morgan Spurlock's own mustache, Executive Producers Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Ben Silverman bring us a hilarious look at men's identity in the 21st century. Models, actors, experts and comedians weigh in on what it is to be a man in a world where the definition of masculinity has become as diverse as a hipster's facial hair in Williamsburg. The hilarious follicles of men's idiosyncratic grooming habits are thoroughly combed over as men finally take a long hard look in the mirror.

Momo: The Sam Giancana Story

2011

6.6

♡ 1

Dimitri Logothetis Director

John F. Kennedy as (archive footage)

John Kennedy Jr. as (archive footage)

Kay Francis as (archive footage)

George Raft as (archive footage)

Giancana Family Unites to Make "Momo: The Sam Giancana" Story Daughters Speak Publically for First Time on Momo's involvement with the assassinations of Marilyn Monroe and JFK.

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

1965

7.5

♡ 11

86%

Robert Youngson Director

Anita Garvin as (archive footage)

Vivien Oakland as (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy as Ollie

Stan Laurel as Stan

A compilation of primarly Laurel and Hardy shorts---From Soup to Nuts, Wrong Again, Putting the Pants on Philip, The Finishing Touch, Sugar Daddies and short clips from others---plus Max Davidson's Call of the Cuckoo and Dumb Daddies, with some cross-over Charley Chase footage, which, along with Robert Youngson's previous "The Golden Age of Comedy", "When Comedy Was King", "Days of Thrills and Laughter", led to a renewed interest in and a revival of television showings of Laurel and Hardy shorts. The cast was billed in order of their appearance: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Vivien Oakland (with a Vivian typo), Glen Tyron, Edna Murphy, Anita Garvin, Tiny Sanford, Jimmy Finlayson, Charlie Chase, Viola Richard, Max Davidson, Del Henderson, Josephine Crowell, Anders Randolf (as Anders Randolph), Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn, Lillian Elliott and "Spec" O'Donnell.

Kingdom of Silence

2020

7.1

♡ 23

88%

Rick Rowley Director

Jamal Khashoggi as (archive footage)

Nizar Kandli as Self

Tawakkol Karman as Self

Maggie Mitchell Salem as Self

A political thriller examining the complex relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and how the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi amplified entanglements between the two countries.

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

6.7

♡ 1

89%

Beth B Director

Henry Rollins as (archive footage)

Thurston Moore as Self

Richard Kern as Self

Tim Dahl as Self

The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic and always electric artistry. As New York City's preeminent No Wave icon from the late 70's, Lunch has forged a lifetime of music and spoken word performance devoted to the utter right of any woman to indulge, seek pleasure, and to say "fuck you!" as loud as any man. In this time of endless attacks on women this is a rallying cry to acknowledge the only thing that is going to bring us together - ART...as the universal salve to all of our traumas.

Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1975

7.0

♡ 5

great depression

Philippe Mora Director

Bill Elliott as (archive footage)

William Hopper as (archive footage) (as DeWolf Hopper Jr.)

Errol Flynn as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

The Golden Twenties

1950

6.5

♡ 3

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

Fascism on a Thread- The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

6.8

♡ 6