One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmmaker invented a realist style of unadorned narrative films…

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character…

A documentary on the making of Roman Polanski’s 1965 film “Repulsion,” featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and cinematographer Gil Taylor, among others.

Ocean Oasis is a fascinating journey into the bountiful seas and pristine deserts of two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds — Mexico’s Sea of Cortés and the Baja California…

Joris Ivens’s wartime documentary of China’s resistance to the Japanese invasion, cross-cutting civilian exodus and bombing with the Nationalist state’s mobilization—schools, industry, dispersed war production, foreign relief—and guerrilla fighting. Framing…

When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of ‘art as a subversive act,’ his film is banned for blasphemy,…

This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers’ contribution to musical theatre was extraordinary, including 900 published songs, 40 Broadway musicals and…

Declared to be the funniest Robin Williams video made, this is a don’t-miss comedy.

The gold medal for the men’s 10,000-meter race in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics is won by Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie.

Not since the great Bruce Lee has a Chinese martial artist taken Hollywood by storm. Leaping out of dire poverty and obscurity, Jackie Chan has become the sensational international superstar…