Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.
Citizenfour on tosielämän trilleri, jonka katsoja saa seurata minuutti minuutilta maailmaa kuohuttaneita tapahtumia. Elokuvantekijä Laura Poitras ja toimittaja Glenn Greenwald tapaavat Hong Kongissa miehen nimeltä Edward Snowden, joka luovuttaa heille asiakirjatodisteita Yhdysvaltain signaalitiedustelupalvelu NSA:n harjoittamasta massiivisesta ja laittomasta vakoilusta.
In a television interview filmed in 1995, Steve Jobs talks frankly about his early life, competition with Microsoft and his vision for the future, while he was running NeXT, the company he founded after leaving Apple.
The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru names Carlos.
With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.
Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed ‘The Wolfpack’, the brothers spend their childhood reenacting their favorite films using elaborate home-made props and costumes. Their world is shaken up when one of the brothers escapes and everything changes.
Plastic Galaxy explores the ground breaking and breathtaking world of 'Star Wars' toys. Through interviews with former Kenner employees, experts, authors, and collectors, the documentary looks at the toys' history, influence, and the passions they elicit today.
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.
A documentary on Phil Rosenthal's experiences during the making of "Voroniny," the Russian-language version of "Everybody Loves Raymond".
The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves – and their bank’s legacy in the Chinatown community – over the course of a five-year legal battle.
A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions of love, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.
Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.
Hundreds of refugee children in Sweden, who have fled with their families from extreme trauma, have become afflicted with 'uppgivenhetssyndrom,' or Resignation Syndrome. Facing deportation, they withdraw from the world into a coma-like state, as if frozen, for months, or even years.
Shana is looking for a job, she needs cash to leave France and her wrong crowd. But the past she’s looking to forget is never far. Besides, does she really want to put it behind her?
Post-apokalyptisessa tulevaisuudessa nälänhätä on vienyt ihmiskunnan tuhoon. Irlannin perämailla erakkona elävä mies on selviytynyt piileskellen keskellä metsää. Hän on pysytellyt hengissä asentamiensa ansojen ja aseiden avulla. Omilla tiluksillaan eristäytyneenä elävä mies viljelee maapalaansa ja suojelee tonttiaan ympärillä partioivilta jengeiltä. Kun Kathryn ja hänen tyttärensä Milja sattuvat miehen maille, alkaa jännittävä kolmiodraama, ja uskollisuus ja riippuvuuden välistä tasapainottelua, sillä jokainen ruokittava suu on riski kunkin omalle selviytymiselle. Stephen Fingletonin tyylikkään esikoisohjauksen loistavana triona nähdään huippunäyttelijät Martin McCann, Mia Goth sekä legendaarinen Olwen Fouere.
Kaksi osa-aikanäyttelijää pakenee Pariisista syrjäiseen grönlantilaiseen kylään, uppoutuu inuiittien muinaisaikaiseen kulttuuriin ja solmii yllättäviä ystävyyssuhteita.
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
Kauhuantologian kolmannessa osassa katsojan selkäpiitä kutitellaan esimerkiksi mustalla magialla, mystisillä rituaaleilla ja zombeilla. Kehyskertomuksessa sekä tarinan päähenkilö että tv-kamerat seuraavat reaaliajassa poliisitakaa-ajoa. Takaa-ajettu mies yrittää pelastaa tyttöystävänsä kyberterroristien kynsistä.