documentary

Exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals.

World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

This is a wonderful documentary, that shows the full scope of Earl Hamner Jr's talent. Most people know him as the real life "John Boy," but do not realize that he wrote for shows such as the Twilight Zone. I highly recommend this documentary, especially for fans of the Waltons. It will touch your heart, & bring tears to your eyes.

'Islands' is about an inner journey, about a young person searching for answers to deal with the future after the studies end. The director tries to answer a thousand questions through the voices of people who have made very different life choices. The inner journey happens through a real journey in the wonders of one of the directors' lands, Sardinia; a nostalgic journey, a little sad and at the same time full of inspiration.

A humorous and moving portrait of a man whose main job is to care for a dog.

Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.

The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.

An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.

A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.

Documentary on Charles Bukowski, author of 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man', 'Love Is a Dog from Hell', and the autobiographical novels, 'Women', 'Hollywood', and 'Post Office'.

Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.

On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.

The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players.

A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.

This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.

The life and times of Olof Palme, the prime minister of Sweden until his assassination in 1986.

A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.

A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.

Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board.

A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London.

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.

Moved by the work of director Yasujirô Ozu, Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in Ozu's films.

London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.

Footage shot in and around the Algerian Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen.