Memory: The Origins of Alien
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s Alien – rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Actors: Adam Egypt Mortimer, Axelle Carolyn, Ben Mankiewicz, Bijan Aalam, Henry Jenkins, Mickey Faerch, Roger Christian, Roger Corman, Tim Boxell, Veronica Cartwright, William Linn
Teenage
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Mariner of the Mountains
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Louis Theroux: A Different Brain
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My Generation
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
A Decade Under the Influence
Documentary on the effects of 1970s filmmaking.
Pigeon Kings
Pigeons do somersaults in mid-flight, and there is a tight-knit community of pigeon breeders and trainers in South Central L.A. devoted to the phenomenon as a competitive sport.
With Drawn Arms
The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the past century. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the…
An Eye for an Eye
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Higuita: El camino del Escorpión
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D-Day 360
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JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy – the most consequential American murder…
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security – they even help us…
The Grizzlie Truth
To die-hard fans of NBA franchise, the Vancouver Grizzlies, like filmmaker Kat Jayme, the team’s abrupt move to Memphis in 2001 is much more than a sore spot, it’s an…
State of Exception
As Rio de Janeiro took to the world stage with preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, a community of self-described “urban Indians” organized to fight…
The Man from Mo’Wax
James Lavelle played his first DJ set at 14, launched pioneering record label Mo’Wax at 18 and released the genre defining UNKLE album Psyence Fiction at 22. His phenomenally rapid…
Drop by Drop
A Wisconsin doctor’s controversial allergy treatment is shunned by the medical community for over half a century. Is a cure for the growing allergy epidemic on the horizon or will…
13th
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.