A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
On the Bowery
Good Times, Wonderful Times
Lionel Rogosin's plea for humanity and against war and fascism. For two years, Rogosin traveled to twelve countries to collect footage of war atrocities from their archives. He interspersed these harrowing images with scenes of a London cocktail party's mundane chatter. Good Times, Wonderful Times was released in 1964...
Secret World of Reptiles, The
Not rated yet! The Secret World of Reptiles Wolfgang Bayer, Ralph B. White 19711 h 34 minDocumentary Click an icon to see more Overview Metadata Title The Secret World of Reptiles Original Title The World of Reptiles Tagline — Release Date 25 November 1971 Country United States of America Director...
Amazing Apes, The
Bill Burrud explores the amazing animal world in this rare, intimate look at our fellow primates in their natural environment.
Mysterious Object at Noon
Apichatpong Weerasethakul brought an appetite for experimentation to Thai cinema with his debut feature, an uncategorizable work that refracts documentary impressions of his homeland through the surrealist concept of the exquisite corpse game. Enlisting locals to contribute improvised narration to a simple tale, Apichatpong charts the collective construction of...
Shoah: Four Sisters
Since 1999, Claude Lanzmann has made several films that could be considered satellites of Shoah, comprised of interviews conducted in the 1970s that didn’t make it into the final, monumental work. He has just completed a series of four new films, built around four women from four different areas...
Last Words
Early short by Werner Herzog shot while being on location in Greece shooting "Lebenszeichen".
Fata Morgana
Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing for the camera something which is not there. It is about the mirages of nature—and the nature of mirage.
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
A documentary short examining the language and performance of auctioneering, filmed at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship in Pennsylvania.
Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The
A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.
