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My Name Is Barbra
My Name Is Barbra
Barbra Streisand's first television special, featuring a medley of her hit songs, such as "People," "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "My Man."
My Name Is Barbra 1965
Chris Elliott's FDR -- A One-Man Show
Chris Elliott's FDR -- A One-Man Show
Chris Elliot plays FDR in his live "One Man Show" about the life and times of the president, however, he looks and sounds nothing like the man and he re-enacts events from Roosevelt's life that never happened.
Chris Elliott's FDR -- A One-Man Show 1987
Winter Nights
Winter Nights
Shot in the heat of a Covid Lockdown in 2021. James Horsley films the cold winter nights and the beauty of them.
Winter Nights 2023
Apes Together Strong
Apes Together Strong
Retail investors and twin brothers Finley and Quinn Mulligan give an insider look at the GameStop "short squeeze" and the "Apes" fighting for transparency and accountability in our corrupt capital markets.
Apes Together Strong 2023
Walker
Walker
A metaphor for mourning as much as it is a reminder to slow down, Tsai Ming-liang's stunningly beautiful Walker features his acteur fétiche Lee Kang-Sheng as a red-robed monk barely locomoting through the bustling streets of Hong Kong.
Walker 2012
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
A featurette where Ari Aster and the cast break down the story and give us a behind the scenes look at the making of the film. It gives a fascinating look inside Ari Aster’s mind, and the detail put into production.
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar 2019
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
This fascinating program presents the story of Jerusalem and the Holy Land against the backdrop of history and prophecy. Jerusalem is the city where history began, and where many believe history will end.
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City 1998
Sex in the Comix
Sex in the Comix
Documentary exploring the colorful history of the erotic comic strip, including its current comeback and controversial place in society.
Sex in the Comix 2012
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief:  An Appreciation
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation
A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock . Features interviews with Hitchcock's daughter and granddaughter, plus Sylvette Baudrot about what the director was like off the set. Family anecdotes and the type of humor Hitch had as well as his favorite pastimes are discussed. Both the daughter and granddaughter describe visiting the the locations of To Catch A Thief as children during filming.
Alfred Hitchcock And To Catch A Thief: An Appreciation 2002
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Trace the life and career of visionary puppeteer Jim Henson through this fascinating documentary, which profiles the creative genius's early endeavors in college, his incredible contributions to "Sesame Street" and the creation of "The Muppet Show." In addition to interviews with Henson, his wife, Jane, and close collaborator Frank Oz, this in-depth special also offers viewers a peek inside the magical Henson Workshop.
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets 1984
Secrets of the Flooded Forest - Danube National Park
Freevee
Secrets of the Flooded Forest - Danube National Park
After beginning in Vienna, the Danube riverbank forests extend to the gates of Bratislava, linking the two capitals like a green ribbon, forming a unique wildlife habitat in the heart of Europe. A few years ago a 36 kilometer section was turned into a national park that now protects the last undeveloped stretch of the Danube River and also the last riparian zone of its size in Central Europe.
Secrets of the Flooded Forest - Danube National Park 2011
Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts
Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts
VH1 behind the scenes special of Michael Jackson's Ghosts
Michael Jackson: The Making of Ghosts 2002
Au pays de l'abeille noire
Au pays de l'abeille noire
Au pays de l'abeille noire 2023
Our New President
Our New President
The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that reveals an empire of fake news and the tactics of modern day information warfare.
Our New President 2018
Some Nudity Required
Some Nudity Required
A woman working in the B movie industry begins examining the industry and the damaged, desperate people who work in it.
Some Nudity Required 1998
City of Joel
Prime Video
City of Joel
"City of Joel" is documentary - with unprecedented access - to a 1.1 square mile shtetl in the suburbs that is home to 22,000 members of an one of the most insular and orthodox Hasidic sects. We follow the battles they are waging to survive. Just 50 miles north of New York City, the Satmar sect has built Kiryas Joel as a religious haven where they can be fruitful, multiply and follow the 613 rules of the Talmud. But with some of the highest rates of marriage, birth and religious observance in the country, they have been almost too successful. Developers have come up with a plan to double the size of the village to keep up with this growth, but their neighbors fight back because they believe it will harm the environment and tilt the balance of political power.
City of Joel 2018
The Chosen One
The Chosen One
In this featurette, director George Lucas, along with cast and crew members from "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith", explore the story of Anakin Skywalker, the central character of "Star Wars", across the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy.
The Chosen One 2005
Hough and Jones: The Maximisers
Hough and Jones: The Maximisers
The Maximisers is the most wholesome cooking show ever to hit television. Presenters Ted Hough and Harrison Jones break down the importance of maximising every mealtime by minimising waste.
Hough and Jones: The Maximisers 2020
History of the Joke
History of the Joke
Comedian Lewis Black presents a "history of the joke" while trying to find the greatest joke ever told.
History of the Joke 2008
The Prime Minister Is Missing
The Prime Minister Is Missing
With Australia at war in Vietnam in 1967, suddenly Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared without a trace—an event unparalleled in the history of western democracy. Four decades later, a coronial inquiry confirmed that Harold Holt had accidentally drowned. Some people may still believe that Holt was a spy and fled to China in a submarine. But most suspect there was more to his disappearance than has ever been revealed. Reconstructed from eyewitness accounts, this dramatised documentary tells the story of the Prime Minister's secret world in the months before he disappeared — a world of betrayal, blackmail, political treachery, a poisonous feud, mounting physical and mental strain, and near-death experiences. Featuring Normie Rowe as Harold Holt, Nicholas Hope as William McMahon and Tony Llewellyn-Jones as John McEwen, this film reveals explosive new aspects of the case.
The Prime Minister Is Missing 2008
I Think We're Alone Now
Prime Video
I Think We're Alone Now
Every celebrity deals with his or her share of obsessed fans. "I Think We're Alone Now" is a documentary that focuses on two individuals, Jeff and Kelly, who claim to be in love with the 80's pop singer Tiffany. Jeff Turner, a 50-year-old man from Santa Cruz, California has attended Tiffany concerts since 1988. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, he never had a girlfriend. Jeff spends his days hanging out on the streets of Santa Cruz, striking up conversations with anyone who has a moment to spare. Kelly McCormick is a 38-year-old hermaphrodite from Denver, Colorado, who claims to have been friends with Tiffany as a teenager. She credits Tiffany as the shining star who has motivated her to do everything in her life. Both Jeff and Kelly have been labeled stalkers by the media and other Tiffany fans. This film takes you inside the lonely lives these two characters, revealing the source of their clinging obsessions...
I Think We're Alone Now 2008
David Bowie - A Reality Tour
David Bowie - A Reality Tour
In a career chock full of 'you've never seen him like this' moments, you've never seen David Bowie as you will in A Reality Tour. The rock legend and his ace band blaze through stunners from Bowie's Reality album plus dozens of his greatest hits.
David Bowie - A Reality Tour 2004
Die X-Männer schlagen zurück
Die X-Männer schlagen zurück
Documentary about the Kommissar X Series.
Die X-Männer schlagen zurück 2012
Baldwin's Nigger
Baldwin's Nigger
James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.
Baldwin's Nigger 1968
Cinema's First Colors
Cinema's First Colors
Art and science have worked together to allow cinema to switch to color. Numerous processes have succeeded one another to try to solve this difficulty.
Cinema's First Colors 2021
Marvelous, the Film
Marvelous, the Film
At 37 years old, time is not on his side. Sergio 'Marvelous' Martinez can drop the best boxers with his lightning strikes, floor the most beautiful women with his devastating looks, and has a hard-scrabble immigrant story and work ethic that make him the hero of the Latin street. But a willingness to call it the way he sees it and speak truth to power, has left him a virtual pariah in the notorious corrupt world of professional boxing. This is story of a man fighting to fight. But the clock is ticking. It may already be too late.
Marvelous, the Film 2014
Le prince et la princesse de Naples
Le prince et la princesse de Naples
Elena of Montenegro and Victor Emmanuel III, followed by their escort.
Le prince et la princesse de Naples 1897
Maydegol
Maydegol
An Afghan teenager living as an immigrant in Iran strives to pursue her dream of becoming a professional Muay Thai boxer while battling the social injustice and violence she encounters beyond the ring.
Maydegol 2024
Thin Lizzy: now, then and forever
Thin Lizzy: now, then and forever
Thin Lizzy: now, then and forever 2016
El cine, 5
El cine, 5
After the recent closure of the Carrio well, a symbol of the end of an industry that has marked the character of a town, Barredos faces depopulation and oblivion. However, the testimonies of those who are still alive and the photographic material from the mid-20th century by Corsino García Alonso, a local photographer and grandfather of the author, manage to show that the memory still endures. The stories of its heyday told orally and visually and its characters intertwine and contrast with a current declining, empty post-industrial landscape.
El cine, 5 2023
The Scars of Ali Boulala
The Scars of Ali Boulala
In Max Eriksson’s audacious debut, Swedish skateboarding prodigy Ali Boulala—alongside other pros like Rune Glifberg and Arto Saari—looks back on the DIY videos and fast-paced lifestyle of his coming-of-age in the ’90s skating scene.
The Scars of Ali Boulala 2022
Caretaker
Caretaker
In this exploration of sacrifice, we see how love endures as Antonio’s sister moves to Texas to take care of him after he loses his sight.
Caretaker 2023
The Sun Will Rise
The Sun Will Rise
Tehran, October 2022; a theater ensemble is rehearsing the ancient greek Lysistrata by Aristophanes. In the middle of a scene in which old men storm and attack the Acropolis, which the women of Athens have taken, the ensemble learns that they are surrounded because anti-riot forces are marching around the building and putting down a large demonstration. The street noise is deafening, and the room is filled with fear and anger. Some want to hide, others, led by the leading actress, want to go out into the streets and fight alongside the people. Despite disagreements, one thing is clear, the team does not want to continue the play in the time of the revolution.
The Sun Will Rise 2023
My Neighbours
My Neighbours
African migrants in Paris talk about everyday life and racism on the labour and housing markets. The chanson from which the film takes its title sings of misery on people’s own doorstep. Hondo then switches to another mode to continue his analysis of social conditions: never has the post-colonial state of the world been summarised as succinctly as in the closing animated sequence.
My Neighbours 1971
Break the Game
Break the Game
Record-breaking gamer Narcissa Wright grapples with her toxic obsession for attention and her space in the streaming community after coming out as transgender, all while attempting to set a new world record for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Break the Game 2023
Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler
Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler
History tells us that Hitler died on April 30th 1945 by committing suicide with a single gunshot to the head; but what if history is wrong? Based on interviews with eye witnesses and years of dedicated research, this film dramatisation explores the possibility that Hitler didn't die in Germany at the end of the war, but instead escaped from Berlin by air and made his way to Argentina. This is the gripping story of what might have happened; the CIA s possible involvement, his life in Patagonia, the escape routes and the astonishing fact that Hitler may have had two daughters.
Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler 2014
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story
Directed by award winning filmmaker Ben Masters, Deep in the Heart is a visually stunning celebration of Texas’ diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife found nowhere else. Told through the eyes of wildlife species ranging from the mysterious blind catfish to the elusive mountain lion, the film follows our ever-changing relationship with the natural world and how we affect it. Narrated by beloved Texan, Matthew McConaughey, the film aims to safeguard our remaining wild places and to recognize the importance of Texas’ conservation on a continental scale.
Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story 2022
G.E.M.: G-Force
G.E.M.: G-Force
G-FORCE is a music documentary that tells an aspiring story of how an ordinary teenage girl from Hong Kong (G.E.M.) overnight becomes the biggest female singer in China. Through her devotion to music and jaw-dropping music talent G.E.M.'s music melted the hearts of millions in China, her success story has inspired many in her generation; G.E.M. is to the core the voice of the next generation Chinese. Award-winning director Nick Wickham takes you through this 90-min music journey to witness the rise of the Chinese superstar. Along with G.E.M.'s spectacular performances the director also shines a spotlight on her untold stories, the sacrifices she has to make for staying true to herself in the endless uphill battle. A one in a billion story of inspiring adventure, involuntary conflicts, and unshakable devotion, G-FORCE is a must-see for all dreamers.
G.E.M.: G-Force 2017
BIA: An Upside Down World - Making of
BIA: An Upside Down World - Making of
Would you like to travel to the world behind the mirror? A behind-the-scenes look at the special episode of "Bia: A World Upside Down", where the universe of the series is turned upside down. We will take a look at the challenge of creating totally different characters, looks, dialogues and new situations, plus all the work and fun of the shoot.
BIA: An Upside Down World - Making of 2021
James Bulger: The New Revelations
James Bulger: The New Revelations
25 years after the verdict in the Jamie Bulger murder trial, we reveal what the jury, public and press never heard, and what his two killers, Thompson and Venables, said during their time in custody from arrest to release.
James Bulger: The New Revelations 2018