The Gaze of the Gorgon

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

L'histoire du son au cinéma, racontée par des concepteurs sonores légendaires et des cinéastes visionnaires.

En 1945, le cinéaste Alfred Hitchcock est engagé pour superviser le montage d'un documentaire produit par l'armée britannique sur la libération des camps de concentration nazis. Un film qui était destiné à montrer au peuple allemand les atrocités qui avaient été commises en son nom par les nazis. Une fois le film terminé, celui-ci fut cependant enterré pour des raisons politiques et jamais diffusé. Il fut alors simplement déposé à l'Imperial War Museum, à Londres, où dans les années 1980, les pellicules y ont été redécouvertes par un chercheur américain. Le film a fait l'objet d'une restauration complète respectant les choix du cinéaste. "Night Will Fall" retrace l’histoire de ce film pas fini, qui était connue longtemps sous le nom "The missing Hitchcock"...

“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power triumphed on May 9th, 1945. Its crimes were made taboo, and the complete story of Europe’s most murderous regime has never been told. Until now...

Un documentaire sur la vie et les films du réalisateur John Ford...

Un regard personnel sur la vie, la carrière et le talent hors du commun de l’enfant terrible de la mode, Alexander McQueen, icône d’ascendance modeste qui a brillé comme une étoile filante... Mêlant témoignages exclusifs de sa famille et de ses proches, archives inédites, images et musiques bouleversantes, McQUEEN est un vibrant hommage en même temps qu’un portrait captivant de ce visionnaire aussi tourmenté qu’inspiré.

L'histoire de six garçons issus de la working-class anglaise de la banlieue de Manchester qui intègrent l'équipe de foot de leur ville en 1992.

Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil War, but is continually sidetracked by women who come and go in his life, his recurring dreams of nuclear holocaust, and Burt Reynolds.

Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

Le concert très personnel de Bruce Springsteen pour retracer sa vie, son rock et le rêve américain à travers les chansons de son dernier album.

Tourné sur 14 mois avec un accès sans précédent dans le cercle proche de l'homme et le sport. C'est un film sur l'une des figures les plus célèbres de l'histoire du football. Pour la première fois, dans l'intimité du joueur: père, famille, homme et ami dans ce documentaire fascinant. Grâce à des conversations en profondeur, des images de football et des images d'archives inédites, le film donne un aperçu étonnant dans ce sport et la vie personnelle du triple Ballon d'Or Cristiano Ronaldo à l'apogée de sa carrière.

In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet. Louis revisits some of the original programme's contributors as well as meeting the latest crop of porn performers dreaming of porn stardom.

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us how they were affected by the deaths of Gloria Foster and Aaliyah, and also delve into the making of the visual effects that takes up a lot of screen time. Written by Rhyl Donnelly

Un documentaire sur la difficulté de monter un film.

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.

Un regard intime et sans précédent sur la vie, l'œuvre et l'héritage durable de l'actrice britannique Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Behind-the-scenes documentary about how Lionel Messi succeeded in lifting the World Cup – the only trophy to have eluded him in an incredible career.

This character-driven film considers the evolving sex trafficking landscape as seen by the main players: the exploited, the pimps, the johns that fuel the business, and the cops who fight to stop it.