In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her.

Holy Man

1998

English

5.0

♡ 33

12%

Stephen Herek Director

Jon Cryer as Barry

Eddie Murphy as G

Florence Henderson as Herself

Jeff Goldblum as Ricky Hayman

In a world governed by commerce, Ricky and Kate, dedicated employees, find their lives forever changed when they encounter the enigmatic stranger G. As they navigate the realm of commerce, their paths intertwine in a surreal dance of love, loss, and redemption. G's presence, amplified through the pervasive influence of globalized television, casts a spell that reverberates beyond Ricky and Kate, impacting the lives of those who bear witness to their intertwined destinies.

Dreaming the Quiet Man

2010

Irish

7.5

♡ 4

Action

Documentary

filmmaking

Sé Merry Doyle Director

Maureen O'Hara as Herself

Martin Scorsese as Himself

Gabriel Byrne as Himself

Peter Bogdanovich as Himself

Dreaming the Quiet Man’ includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling, and Joe McBride. There is mesmeric archive and rare photographs of the making of the film. The main location of the documentary is Ford’s ancestral homeland of Connemara, on the west coat of Ireland, where his parents were born. We meet Ford’s cousins, the Feeney’s who tell the story of Ford’s parent’s departure from Ireland after the Great Famine and the young Ford’s return to Ireland in 1922 to visit his cousins the Thornton’s and saw their house being burned down by the infamous Black and Tans. Ford, under the pretense of scouting locations for a movie, gave money to the IRA. We travel to Portland Maine where Ford grew up and went on to become a director in the first bloom of Hollywood. The boy made it good but Ireland was always on his mind.

In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic '80s Horror

2019

English

8.0

♡ 53

100%

David A. Weiner Director

Katie Featherston as Herself

Caroline Williams as Herself

Tom Holland as Himself

Keith David as Himself

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.

In Search of Balance

2016

English

6.6

♡ 17

100%

Adam Pfleghaar Director

Jamie Boyd as Herself

Miguel Altieri as Himself

Eshel Ben-Jacob as Himself

John Calverly as Himself

An exploration of a new paradigm of health, science, and medicine, based on the interconnections between us and nature.

The Search for Freedom

2015

English

6.8

♡ 17

90%

Jon Long Director

Kelia Moniz as Herself

Jeremy Jones as Himself

Kelly Slater as Himself

Tony Hawk as Himself

THE SEARCH FOR FREEDOM is the story of a cultural revolution fueled by the human desire to live in the moment and do what makes you feel the most alive. We discover how an electrifying new world came about through pure energy and imagination and the infinite possibilities of self-expression available to anyone willing to drop in. This documentary, written and directed by Jon Long (IMAX® Extreme), is a visceral, visual experience told through the eyes some of the brightest pioneers, legends, visionaries and champions of surfing, snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding, mountain biking and more.

Old Joy

2006

English

6.8

♡ 4

85%

Kelly Reichardt Director

P.C. Peri as Lucy

Lucy as Herself

Daniel London as Mark

Matt McCormick as Weed Salesman

Soon to be a father, Mark feels the pressure of domestic responsibility closing in, so he is more than happy to accept when his old friend Kurt proposes a camping trip in the Oregon wilderness. During their time together, the men come to grips with the changes in their lives and the effect on their relationship.

The Last Laugh

2016

English

6.8

♡ 16

98%

political correctness

taboo

woman director

Ferne Pearlstein Director

Jean Stapleton as Herself

Cheryl Hines as Herself

Lorne Michaels as Himself

Liam Neeson as Himself

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.

Whitney: Can I Be Me

2017

English

6.8

♡ 33

87%

Nick Broomfield Director

Joan Rivers as Herself

Merv Griffin as Himself

Bobby Brown as Himself

Kevin Costner as Self

The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.

Finding Vivian Maier

2013

English

7.7

♡ 15

95%

John Maloof Director

Vivian Maier as Herself

Tim Roth as Himself - Actor

John Maloof as Himself - Narrator

Phil Donahue as Himself - Talk Show Host

Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

2018

English

7.1

♡ 12

100%

Kate Davis Director

Sandra Bland as Herself

Brian Encinia as Himself

Janelle Monáe as Self

Don Lemon as Self

Sandra Bland was a bright, energetic activist whose life was cut short when a traffic stop resulted in a mysterious jail cell death just three days later.

Muppets Most Wanted

2014

English

6.4

♡ 41

80%

James Bobin Director

Christoph Waltz as Christopher Waltz

Salma Hayek as Herself

Chloë Grace Moretz as Newspaper Girl

James McAvoy as UPS Guy

While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

English

7.4

♡ 18

92%

Morgan Neville Director

Susan Strasberg as Herself

Peter Jason as Himself

Mark Hamill as Self

Michael Caine as Self

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

Being John Malkovich

1999

English

7.7

♡ 113

94%

Spike Jonze Director

Brad Pitt as Brad Pitt

Winona Ryder as Herself

Sean Penn as Himself

John Malkovich as John Horatio Malkovich

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

English

7.4

♡ 26

96%

Werner Herzog Director

Maria Malina as Herself

Valerie Feruglio as Herself

Nicholas Conard as Himself

Werner Herzog as Himself / Narrator

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

Under the Electric Sky

2014

English

6.5

♡ 9

53%

Dan Cutforth Director Amy

Amy as Herself Tiësto

Tiësto as Himself

Calvin Harris as Himself Avicii

Avicii as Himself

This 3-D film chronicles the love, community, and life of festival-goers during Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, the largest music festival in the U.S. Behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive interviews with Insomniac's Pasquale Rotella reveal the magic that makes this three-night, 345,000-person event a global phenomenon.

Zero Days

2016

English

7.7

♡ 123

90%

Alex Gibney Director

Nancy Reagan as Herself

Michelle Obama as Herself

Hillary Clinton as Herself

George W. Bush as Himself

Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait

1974

French

7.3

♡ 8

80%

Barbet Schroeder Director

Golda Meir as Herself

Fidel Castro as Himself

Idi Amin as Himself

Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.

Break Free: Two People. Two Years. One Dream

2019

German

5.8

♡ 13

Lena Wendt Director

Lena Wendt as Herself

Ulrich Stirnat as Himself Fufu

Fufu as Himself - Dog from Ghana Ziza

Ziza as Himself - Musician from Mauritania

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive from Hamburg to South Africa in six months. What they don't know yet is that they won't ever get there. Two totally different characters, jammed together in two square meters of space for almost two years, they experience what it really means to travel: leaving your comfort zone for good.

I Am Not Your Negro

2016

English

7.9

♡ 69

99%

Raoul Peck Director

Michelle Obama as Herself

Bob Dylan as Himself

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Himself

Samuel L. Jackson as Narration

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

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Holy Man

Dreaming the Quiet Man

In Search of Darkness: A Journey Into Iconic '80s Horror

In Search of Balance

The Search for Freedom

Old Joy

The Last Laugh

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Finding Vivian Maier

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

Muppets Most Wanted

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Being John Malkovich

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Under the Electric Sky

Zero Days

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait

Break Free: Two People. Two Years. One Dream

I Am Not Your Negro