In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andrésen’s life.

The Masked Scammer

2022

French

6.1

50%

Dominic Sivyer Director

Featuring interviews with his accomplices and victims alike, this deep dive explores how a master con man scammed French elites out of millions of euros.

A Man Vanishes

1967

Japanese

7.1

100%

Shôhei Imamura Director

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as

Yoshie Hayakawa as

Shôhei Imamura as (as Shohei Imamura)

A Man Vanishes examines the concept of Johatsu, tackling the phenomenon of people missing in Japan over the years. It picks one such person from the list, someone who had seemed to disappear from the face of the earth due to embezzlement from his company, and the filmmakers begin an investigative documentary into the reasons behind and attempt at tracking him down.

Life After the Navigator

2020

English

7.5

♡ 9

Lisa Downs Director

Chris O'Donnell as Self

Howard Hesseman as Self

Raymond Forchion as Self

Matt Adler as Self

A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer, and his roller-coaster life since that breakthrough role.

The History of Metal and Horror

2021

English

6.3

♡ 6

Mike Schiff Director

Scott Ian as Self

Danny Lloyd as Self

Doug Bradley as Self

John Carpenter as Self

A documentary that explores the history of heavy metal music, horror films, and how the two genres have merged together over time.

Fire of Love

2022

English

7.6

♡ 8

98%

Sara Dosa Director

Mezi Atwood as Phoebe

Roland Haas as Self

Harry Glicken as Self

Miranda July as Self - Narrator

A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

2022

English

6.2

♡ 21

34%

Emma Cooper Director

Thelma Ritter as Isabelle Steers

Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman

John F. Kennedy as Self

Lauren Bacall as Self

This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.

Mai bakku pêji

2011

Japanese

6.2

♡ 3

Nobuhiro Yamashita Director

Tomokazu Miura as

Hiroshi Yamamoto as

Daikichi Sugawara as

Shiori Kutsuna as (as Shiori Kutsuna)

In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later, Sawada interviews activist Umeyama with senior reporter Nakahira. Umeyama boasts that his group will steal arms and take action in April. Sawada doubts Umeyama's claims but is attracted to his personality. An incident occurs... Sawada hears news that a man was killed at a army post...

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

2000

English

8.0

♡ 8

Bruce Lee Director

Jackie Chan as (archive footage)

Biao Yuen as (archive footage)

Peter Mark Richman as Duke Paige

Pierre Berton as Self

Documentary on the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, with a focus on the production of his unfinished film Game of Death. Using interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, Lee aficionado John Little paints a portrait of the world's most famous action hero, concluding with a new cut of Game of Death's action finale, reconstructed from Lee's notes and recently-recovered footage.

Maixabel

2021

Spanish

7.1

♡ 7

100%

74%

Action

Adventure

basque country, spain

Icíar Bollaín Director

Tamara Canosa as Esther

Luis Tosar as Ibon Etxezarreta

Urko Olazabal as Luis Carrasco

Bruno Sevilla as Marido María

In the year 2000, Maixabel Lasa’s husband, Juan Maria Jauregi, was killed by ETA. Eleven years later, she receives an incredible request: one of the men who killed Juan wants to meet with her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Araba (Spain), where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group. Despite her reservations and her immense pain, Maixabel Lasa agrees to meet face to face with those who ended the life of the person who had been her companion since she was 16 years old. ‘Everyone deserves a second chance’, she said, when asked why she was willing to confront the man who killed her husband.

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000

English

7.5

♡ 9

Joe Berlinger Director

Jason Baldwin as Self

Leeza Gibbons as Self

David Burnett as Self

Ted Koppel as Self - Newscaster

Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.

Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

2020

English

6.8

♡ 1

Documentary

interview

Alex Ross Perry Director

Paul Schrader as Self

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 of his 2017 masterpiece First Reformed. On set and at home- where, for his own pleasure, he continues to work and rework his previous films- Schrader reflects on the highs and lows of his legendary career, the challenges and rewards of slow cinema, and the influences and experiences that continue to shape his approach to filmmaking. With this insightful portrait of one of his filmmaking heroes, Perry captures an artist who is continually at play, intentionally provocative, and never less than vital.

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams

6.8

portrait of an artist

José Luis López-Linares Director

Salman Rushdie as Self

William Christie as Self

Renée Fleming as Self

Sílvia Pérez Cruz as Self

2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch. It is almost the only information about the artist of The Garden of Earthly Delights that we can put a precise date to. Bosch, the garden of dreams is a film about his most important painting and one of the most iconic paintings in the world: The Garden of Earthly Delights.

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970

English

6.6

♡ 2

55%

Jerry Schatzberg Director

Barry Morse as Dr. Galba

Faye Dunaway as Lou Andreas Sand

Roy Scheider as Mark

Barbara Carrera as T.J. Brady

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the modeling world of New York, her stressful workdays, her affair with Mark, an advertising executive, her friendship with photographer Aaron, and her downward spiral into ruin.

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

2019

English

7.2

♡ 2

100%

Roman Chimienti Director

Clu Gulager as Self

Amanda Wyss as Self

Tuesday Knight as Self

Marshall Bell as Self

Mark Patton sets the records straight about the controversial 1985 sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which ended his acting career, just as it was about to begin.

Bronze Age Apocalypse

2023

English

6.4

♡ 2

ancient history

arts expert

destruction of a civilization

Katie Reisz Director

Ronan Summers as Narrator

Christoph Bachhuber as Self

Eric Cline as Self

Salima Ikram as Self - Professor

This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end to a thriving era of human history, and warns we may be facing similar threats today.

Factotum

2005

English

6.6

♡ 10

74%

62%

alcoholism

based on novel or book

Bent Hamer Director

Matt Dillon as Hank Chinaski

Raye Birk as Heathercliff

Marisa Tomei as Laura

Fisher Stevens as Manny

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.

Aroused

2013

English

5.2

♡ 4

31%

Deborah Anderson Director

Teagan Presley as Self

Ash Hollywood as Self

Tanya Tate as Self

Lisa Ann as Self

Get up close and personal with 16 of the most successful women in the adult film industry as they shed their clothes for an intimate photo shoot with director Deborah Anderson. As questions are asked, personal stories about their lives are revealed, from why they chose the business of sex to how they got into it in the first place. These porn stars have always been discreet about their private lives in the past, yet Anderson has a way of opening up a dialog allowing them to share more than just their naked skin on screen. Their true inner vulnerability is touching, yet the characters they have created are confident and intoxicating. Once you hear their stories, you'll never look at them in the same way again.

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

2022

English

7.4

♡ 8

83%

Rory Kennedy Director

Tim Barrow as Self - Commercial Helicopter Pilot

Mark Inman as Self - Hayden's Brother

Pouroto Ngaropo as Self - Maori Leader

Hazel Osborne as Self - Reporter, Whakatäne Beacon

A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

2018

Dutch

7.3

♡ 5

91%

Robin Lutz Director

Graham Nash as Self

Stephen Fry as Self

Donald Coxeter as Self

George Escher as Self

A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken from his diary, his correspondence and the texts of his lectures.

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The Masked Scammer

A Man Vanishes

Life After the Navigator

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Fire of Love

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Mai bakku pêji

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

Maixabel

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

Paul Schrader: Man in a Room

Bosch: The Garden of Dreams

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Bronze Age Apocalypse

Factotum

Aroused

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity