Lynch aka. Lynch (One) (2007)

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Compiled from over two years of footage, the film is an intimate portrait of Lynch's creative process as he completes his latest film, INLAND EMPIRE. We follow Lynch as he discovers beauty in ideas, leading us on a journey through the abstract which ultimately unveils his cinematic vision. The director of the documentary immersed himself in David Lynch's world; living and working at Lynch's home. His unobtrusive style has captured a personal side of David Lynch not seen before. The film reveals Lynch not only as one of the most original and compelling directors of contemporary film but also as an artist who continues to explore and experiment in countless mediums. We witness his "hands on" approach to painting, sculpting, music and screenwriting. His enthusiasm is infectious; inspiring us to tap into the well of creativity that Lynch believes we all have.

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Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)

Director:
Charles de Lauzirika

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The definitive three-and-a-half hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic "Blade Runner," culled from 80 interviews and hours of never-before-seen outtakes and lost footage.

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! (1987)

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A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)

Director:
Richard Schickel

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Narrated by Sydney Pollack, film critic Richard Schickel's dazzling two-hour plus documentary to one of the towering figures in film: Charles Chaplin. Hardcore Chaplin fans may not find much new material here, but more unfamiliar admirers will gain some valuable information about one of the most famous personalities of the 20th century. Schickel has constructed the documentary as a chronological survey of Chaplin's work, starting with his most significant shorts and covering all of his features. Schickel supports his narration with testimony from artists familiar with Chaplin's work and family members who offer personal insights into the comedian's life. The documentary plays down but doesn't ignore the controversies that swirled around Chaplin's private life. But the main focus is on the films. They include some of the best-loved movies of all time. Clips from "Kid Auto Races at Venice," the 1914 Keystone short in which Chaplin first used his Tramp costume, reveal a startlingly modern technique and sensibility, as if the filmmakers were predicting and mocking reality TV. Subsequent shorts show Chaplin refining his 'Little Tramp' character while absorbing the essentials of filmmaking. By the time he made "Easy Street," in 1917, Chaplin had perfected a combination of knockabout farce and Victorian sentiment that still proves irresistible. Chaplin's early features, including "The Kid," "The Gold Rush" and "City Lights," were such blockbuster hits that he could essentially ignore the coming of sound for almost a decade. Those making appearances on the program include Woody Allen, Richard Attenborough, Jeanine Basinger, Claire Bloom, Geraldine Chaplin. Sydney Chaplin, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., Milos Forman, Bill Irwin, Norman Lloyd, Marcel Marceau, David Raksin, David Robinson, Andrew Sarris, Martin Scorsese and Jeffrey Vance.

Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)

Director:
Werner Herzog

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Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this film shows how the deaf-blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated. Indeed a one of Herzog's most extraordinary documentaries. A must watch!

Chaplin's Goliath (1996)

Director:
Kevin Macdonald

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A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villian for Charles Chaplin's Tramp character.  Eric Campbell looms large in the history of silent comedy on the basis of a mere 11 films. Between 1916 and 1917 he appeared as Charlie Chaplin's hulking nemesis in 11 of his 12 comedy classics for Mutual, a literal Goliath to Chaplin's David. With heavy, frowning eyebrows and a slow-burn stare, this huge yet agile Scottish actor became one of the most recognizable faces on the screen and even inspired copycats (one delightful piece of archival footage shows a young Oliver Hardy in a thick black beard blatantly imitating Campbell). In December 1917, on the verge of a brilliant career, Eric Campbell died in a car accident. Writer-director Kevin Macdonald uses archival footage and photos to illuminate his rich career on the British stage and music hall circuit, and interviews paint a portrait of a gentle family man. Macdonald pads out the film with a Scottish-pride slant on Campbell's success (the film's subtitle is "In Search of Scotland's Forgotten Star") and the reminiscences of Campbell's granddaughter, pleasant but unnecessary diversions. The film is at its best when examining his gifts as a screen comic, seen in clips and notably in rare outtakes from his work with Chaplin. His improvisational talents show that "Big Uncle Eric"--as he was known to kids around the world--was no mere foil for Chaplin. Eric Campbell was a creative artist and a comic partner, a vital part of Chaplin's most productive period.

A Is for Autism (1992)

Director:
Tim Webb

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 A is for Autism is a dazzling animated collage of drawings, live-action sequences and voiceovers that offers an insight into different aspects and forms of autism. It gives a rare glimpse of the very private and personal worlds of autistic children and adults, their thoughts and feelings and, especially, their sensory responses to and experiences of the world. In 1991, Channel 4 commissioned Tim Webb to explore the possibility of making a short film for its Disabling World season, to give a general audience a small window into the condition of autism. In the UK, no film had ever been made about autism which included contributions from autistic people themselves.  After researching the project for a year, Webb decided to make an 'animated documentary' based upon contributions and collaborations with autistic people, seeing animation as the most effective means to convey the condition of autism. Every design in the film originates from a drawing by a person with autism and, although the drawings are very different, Webb organises the material in such a way as to create an overall unity. The nature of the condition, which is characterised by often extreme social withdrawal and emotional detachment, presented Webb with a unique challenge. By deciding to depend solely on his autistic participants, he had to accept that he could work only with the most able ten per cent of autism sufferers, who might be willing and able to recount their thoughts and feelings. One of the narrators is Temple Grandin, who coached Dustin Hoffman for his role in Rain Man (US, 1988). Underpinned by a restrained flute and piano score (one composed and performed by autistic musicians), the assembled voices are edited to present both individual narratives and a broader picture of the autistic world. The interaction between the sound and the images adds additional layers to a visually very dense film, and multiple viewings are necessary to comprehend fully all its illustrations and associations.

Chicago 10 (2007)

Director:
Brett Morgen

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Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Heima (2007)

Director:
Dean DeBlois

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In the summer of 2006, Sigur Rós returned home to play a series of free, unannounced concerts for the people of Iceland. This film documents their already legendary tour with intimate reflections from the band and a handful of new acoustic performances.

Stanley Kubrick's Boxes (2008)

Director:
Jon Ronson

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Eccentricity comes in many forms. In the case of perfectionist film-maker Stanley Kubrick, who died in 1999, they clearly informed his genius. This trawl by journalist Jon Ronson through the archives of Kubrick's St Albans estate reveals a shy, meticulous stationery-obsessive who was a "Catherine wheel of ideas and projects". In hundreds of catalogued cardboard boxes, Ronson finds screen tests, fan letters, mind-bogglingly detailed location research, and memos about cat collars and barometric pressure. The documentary is a cinéaste's dream, but the remoteness - even coldness - of its subject's technical masterpieces such as 2001: a Space Odyssey and Barry Lyndon remains, like the man himself, a compelling enigma.

Indie Sex: Censored (2007)

Director:
Lesli Klainberg

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Since the earliest film images were created, sex and nudity have been part of cinema audiences have been both titillated and horrified by what theyve seen. But who is to decide what is appropriate to show on screen? Indie Sex: Censored examines how filmmakers, the film industry, and special interest groups have attempted to both regulate and set free the images that filmmakers create and who gets to see them.

Wide Awake (2006)

Director:
Alan Berliner

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One man's lifelong quest for a restful night of sleep is explored as filmmaker Alan Berliner turns the camera on himself to explore the effects that insomnia has on a man who just can't seem to slow his mind down. Berliner is a man who has fallen victim to his own restless conscience. From as far back as he can remember sleep has been an elusive goal that seems ever farther from reality, but despite his best efforts Berliner just can't seem to find a cure for his condition. Whether the result of simple neurosis or the many demands of his life and family, Berliner's insomnia remains his cursed companion through thick and thin. But Berliner's condition affects more people than just himself, and as the sleep-deprived documentarian interviews family and friends, viewers are treated to an intimate glimpse at how one man's condition can have an unsettling ripple effect on nearly everyone around him.

SuicideGirls: The First Tour (2005)

Director:
Mike Marshall

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This film sets to envisage what society doesn't, Reality, that girls with tattoos, piercing's and odd dye jobs are just as beautiful as models and play boy center fold girl. This Documentary is not about perversion or pornography, simply an artistic view of the beautiful and sexual beings the suicide girls. That and have an extremely good time partying and showing other people what you've got, confidence.

Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie (2008)

Director:
Jay Delaney

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Dallas Gilbert and Wayne Burton, best friends from a dying former steel town in Ohio, are out to convince the world that Bigfoot exists. They have amassed a vast library of video footage and still photographs of proof (their website is highly trafficked) after years of venturing into the forest, day and night, to the capture shots of the legendary creature in its native habitat.
Dallas is the gregarious of the dyad is a Reiki master who uses Sasquatch calls into the wild and claims to have a sheep's bone in his skull; some claim Dallas to be one of the world’s leading big foot researchers. Wayne is the repressed, emotional of the gang- a former high-school bully who currently works at a car wash and is living paycheck to paycheck.
Seeking fame, fortune, and notoriety, Wayne and Dallas's friendship is tested when a nationally recognized high-profile California BF researcher makes a stop in their town. Director Jay Delaney's honest and often funny look at their lives, proves that Bigfoot certainly is alive and well in Wayne and Dallas' world.