Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

1992

English

6.7

♡ 5

Action

Documentary

Rob Epstein Director

Chris Owens as Self

Accomplished documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman take a trip across the American South and Southwest, asking people about their hopes and fears.

Howl

2010

English

6.6

♡ 7

64%

Rob Epstein Director

James Franco as Allen Ginsberg

Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter

Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich

Anna Kuchma as Six Gallery Audience Member

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989

English

8.1

♡ 4

100%

Rob Epstein Director

Julie Harris as Frankie Addams

Dustin Hoffman as Narrator

Eddie Murphy as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self - News Reporter

On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people. Alongside the intimate profiles offered, through news footage and interviews, Epstein puts the AIDS crisis in the larger context of social and government response to the disease.

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music

2023

English

7.6

♡ 2

100%

Rob Epstein Director

Anastasia Durasova as Self

Steffanie Christi'an as Self

Heather Christian as Self

Erin Hill as Self - Harp & Vocals

This riotous concert film documents New York theater legend Taylor Mac's joyous, challenging, and ostentatiously queer 24-hour musical performance. Featuring virtuoso musicians, innovative costumes, and the American myth as told by sailor's ditties, disco, and sugary pop alike, Mac's cathartic celebration is not to be missed.

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

2019

English

8.0

♡ 15

89%

Rob Epstein Director

Kevin Kline as Himself

David Geffen as Himself

Paul Rodriguez as Self

Hugh M. Hefner as Self

With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.

Lovelace

2013

English

6.2

♡ 69

53%

36%

Action

based on a true story

Rob Epstein Director

Adam Brody as Harry Reems

Robert Patrick as John Boreman

Amanda Seyfried as Linda

Juno Temple as Patsy

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984

English

8.2

♡ 15

96%

san francisco, california

Rob Epstein Director

Jimmy Carter as Himself

John Briggs as Himself

Bill Kraus as Himself

Harvey Fierstein as Narrator

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.

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Where Are We? Our Trip Through America

Howl

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Lovelace

The Times of Harvey Milk