Mattress Men (2016)
Trying to save his struggling mattress business, Michael Flynn reinvents himself as the eccentric online persona 'Mattress Mick', under the guidance of his friend Paul Kelly. As business begins to grow, their friendship starts to implode.
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Audrie & Daisy (2016)
After two teenage girls from opposite sides of the country are sexually assaulted by boys they know, they become suicidal when they are harassed online and at school.
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No Maps for These Territories (2000)
From the back of a chauffeured limousine equipped with a computer, cell phone and digital cameras, legendary science-fiction writer William Gibson, author of "Neuromancer," embarks on an unusual cross-country trip. In this technological cocoon, the man who created the term "cyberspace" comments on an array of subjects -- including his literary success, what led to his writing career and how the modern world is starting to resemble the futuristic one he writes about.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003)
Filmed only a few years before his death, this documentary focuses on the career of Henri Cartier-Bresson, a frustrated painter who became a world-renowned photographer. As he reviews his portfolio of iconic images and notable figures, the notoriously press-shy Cartier-Bresson offers insights into his legendary career, which covered everything from Gandhi's funeral to the fall of China. Interviews with historians and colleagues explore the powerful impact of his globetrotting work.
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How to Draw a Bunny (2002)
The cartoon rabbit that was artist Ray Johnson's signature serves as the inspiration for the title of this documentary that examines the work, life and untimely death of this one-of-a-kind artist. Interviews of fellow contemporary artists like Christo and Billy Name shine a light on the professional work and private life of Johnson, while archival video shows him in his element creating his unique artwork that combined everything from Pop Art images, rubber stamps and collage.
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From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1980)
In 1979, Ukrainian-American violinist Isaac Stern made an unprecedented tour of China, the first such tour by a Western musician in a country still reeling from the effects of the Cultural Revolution. On hand to document the historic event was filmmaker Murray Lerner, who gathered footage of Stern's encounters with both traditional Chinese musicians and conservatory students versed in Brahms and Mozart -- encounters that, only a few years prior, would have been politically controversial.
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Venus Boyz (2002)
This intimate look into the real world of drag kings -- women exploring their masculinity -- crosses continents, traveling through drag king nightclubs from New York to London. Through interviews and on-stage performances, every subject reveals a different reason for choosing the gender they have. The film is less a critique than an exploration of a world that is increasingly becoming mainstream, as the featured protagonists question exactly how gender works, and should work, in modern society.
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Waltz with Bashir (2008)
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
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Honeyland (2019)
The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood.
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Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
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