Van Gogh: Painted with Words
A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Director: Andrew Hutton
Actors: Aidan McArdle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Parker
Country: UK
A Haunting at the Hoyt Library
For years, the Hoyt Library has made headlines as one of the most haunted locations in the entire Midwest. Finally, a documentary film crew was allowed complete access to investigate…
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and…
Do Not Resist
Do Not Resist is an exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Opening on startling on-the-scene footage in Ferguson, Missouri, the film then broadens its…
Dalya’s Other Country
In 2012 Dalya and her mother Rudayna fled Aleppo for Los Angeles as war took over. Months before, Rudayna learns a secret that destroys her marriage, leaving her single at…
Itzhak
From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life. Director Alison Chernick’s (The…
Life and Debt
Documentary look at the effects of globalization on Jamaican industry and agriculture.
Scrum
“Scrum might technically refer to restarting a play in order to gain control of the ball, but it’s really about a group of guys packing close together in one place—in…
Step Into Liquid
No special effects. No stuntmen. No stereotypes. No other feeling comes close. Surfers and secret spots from around the world are profiled in this documentary.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, “Zidane” consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of…
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Twelve men who belong to one of the world’s most exclusive fraternities — people who’ve walked on the surface of the moon — are paid homage in this documentary. Using…
More Than T
Seven transgender and gender nonconforming individuals share their unique experiences with Silas Howard.
Foreign Land
As Israeli society slips into extremism, an Arab actor and a Jewish journalist search for a place where they can belong.