The Godfather Part III

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia d

Mystic River

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tr

The Magnificent Seven

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a despera

The Holiday

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each wo

How to Steal a Million

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.

The Victors

Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infa

It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein

Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed

Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and hi

Genghis Khan

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mo

The Deep

A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they dis

Tough Guys

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have bee

Keeping the Faith

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular

The Associate

Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm w

The Hunter

During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, whi

The Misfits

While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-g

Lord Jim

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him

The Ghost Writer

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Ada

Article 99

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs.

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

Circle of Iron

In a mystical desert kingdom, young martial arts fighter Cord loses a contest to determine who will

Ace High

After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and

The Lineup

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspe

How the West Was Won

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the en

The Domino Principle

Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence

The Two Jakes

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some ru

A Taste Of Jupiter

Everybody and their brother in Little Italy has a story. But few bring together a celestial event, a

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie care

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with dis

Mama's Boy

A twenty-nine year-old slacker who lives with his mom realizes his sweet set-up is threatened when s

Baby Doll

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlik

Nuts

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared

Winter Kills

The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and de

Night and the City

Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing pro

The Moon-Spinners

Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than

The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

An animated documentary that explores the terrain of father/son relationships, as seen through Canem

Plot of Fear

Plot of Fear tells the story of a decadent weekend party full of orgies and drugs on the outskirts o

The Gift of the Magi

A musical version of O. Henry's famous Christmas story.

Seven Thieves

A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull of

Two Much

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job le

The Impossible Spy

This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Ag

Firepower

A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to

Funny

People are asked to tell their favorite jokes.

Mackenna's Gold

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups

Rocket to the Moon

In 1938 New York City, a dentist finds his business and marriage failing as he embarks on a love aff

The Sentinel

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual expl

Hollywood Uncensored

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for mo

The Executioner's Song

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a length

Crazy Joe

The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey

Mistress

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the s

Guri

Docudrama that shows life and country games in Uruguay at the beginning of the last century, through

The Lark

Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victo

Zig Zag

A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.

Uninvited

A man is accused of murdering his childhood love and her entire family.

Cinderella Liberty

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for h

Movie Movie

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals,

Shoot First… Ask Questions Later

The White, the Yellow, and the Black (Italian: Il bianco, il giallo, il nero, also known as Shoot Fi

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

When Brooklyn's Kings Theater -- one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area -- closed its do

The Easter Egg Adventure

The idyllic Egg Town is the location for the The Easter Egg Adventure, which sees the beautiful loca

A Lovely Way to Die

A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich

Sam's Son

Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a

A Cold Night's Death

Two scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their pol

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame

The Toe Tactic

Mona is nearly overwhelmed by grief and depression. After her father's death, she's cut herself off:

The People Next Door

A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and r

The Donner Party

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

Brooklyn-born Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an internat

Girlfriends

A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and d

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor fath

Nasty Habits

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and

Houston, We've Got a Problem

NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massi

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

This documentary on the life and work of Academy award-winning director Elia Kazan highlights his co

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to

Don't Turn the Other Cheek

A spaghetti western in which three adventurers team up during the Mexican Revolution. Mary O'Donnell

Romance of a Horsethief

Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the b

Monday Night Mayhem

The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL

Act One

This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

Wealthy playboy David Sloane wrongly believes good girl Carol Corman is his best friend's mistress.

Kisses for My President

A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.

Cinerama Adventure

A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolu

The Adventures of Gerard

Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard,

The Tiger Makes Out

During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living

Showing Up

An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists in

Skokie

A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predom

Hello Actors Studio

After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the

The Angel Levine

Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, bu

The Reason Why

A meditation on My Lai.

The Brain

Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a speci

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems

This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity

Anatomy of an Illness

Biopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted

The Salamander

An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left

Stateline Motel

After robbing a jewelry shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in order

Reconstructing 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'

Overview of the initial edits and cuts to the film and effort made to restore the missing footage

Naked City: Justice with a Bullet

A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and

Eye of the Cat

Biting, sadistic satire punctuates this dark comedy about a feckless musician named Marcello Ferrari

New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in

The Linen Book: Lost Images From 'The Magnificent Seven'

A review of a photo archive from the film and the memories from its making

Rat Pack

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Fran

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a rut

Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, San

The Education of Gore Vidal

A contrarian and wickedly funny man, this PBS American Masters special explores Gore Vidal's extraor

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had i

Paradise Lost

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of

Embassy

US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends

The Plot to Kill Stalin

In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors,

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

Take a nostalgic ride through movie history and relive the glory days of the Western -- when kids sp

James Dean: Sense Memories

Documentary exploring the last 18 months of James Dean's acting career.

Vote and Die: Liszt for President

A charismatic Billionaire runs for president as an independent candidate. His platform is simple: KI

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures.

Spark Among the Ashes: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland

The incredible story of the 1985 bar mitzvah of American Eric Strom in Cracow, the first bar mitzvah

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when s

Legacy of Lies

A famous orchestra director was killed by the mafia when he left a restaurant. But the policeman who

The Pirate

An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he

Brando

The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.

Little Italy

Undercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squ

An Empire of Reason

Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constituti

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside

A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the

Coney Island

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of

The Bookfair Murders

Mystery starring Samantha Bond, Linda Kash, Bernd Michael Lade

The Train

A meeting with a holocaust survivor teaches a self-consumed and preoccupied young man that life can

Terezin Diary

Documentary about the Holocaust.

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared,

The Hoax

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hu

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San

Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous mo

I, Don Quixote

The original TV play which evolved into the hit musical, "Man of La Mancha".

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

A documentary about 'The Magnificent Seven'.

Indict and Convict

A prosecutor must try his friend, a deputy district attorney, who has been charged with murdering hi

Rita

Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth.

Honey Sweet Love

A British commander falls in love with a local Sicilian girl during World War II.

The Search for Dracula

In an age of science, one tale of the supernatural continues to seduce us: the legend of the vampire

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at t

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things

Documentary about Sergio Leone

O. Henry's Christmas

Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter and

Fugitive Family

To the world Brian Roberts looks like a successful businessman, with a lovely wife and two children

Leone's West

Making-of documentary for Sergio Leone's landmark spaghetti western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters

This documentary celebrates the work of illustrator Reynold Brown, whose colorful and compelling art

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

The Typists

Real-life couple Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson star in this 1971 television adaptation of Murray Schi

Lullaby

Truck driver Johnny Horton and cigarette girl Eadie elope after a hasty romance, but after the weddi

Making 'The Misfits'

A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961).

Il falso bugiardo

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen p

The Real James Dean

Although he'd starred in just three films before his untimely death at age 24, James Dean cast a lon

Por un puñado de sueños

In the 60s and half of the 70s, Almeria was the Hollywood of the South Europe.

The Wall

A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of

Something in Common

A young man and a nice woman in her forties fall in love. His mother goes berserk when he tells her

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian

Baby Doll: See No Evil

A documentary on the filming of the controversial film Baby Doll (1956).

Lincoln

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civ

King of the Corner

Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. His father is aging fast, his teenage daughte

Independence

John Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground making

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

David Brinkley hosts this shattering two-hour documentary about the trial of the man whose role in d

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome

A snyposis of the legendary actor's career, narrated by Liam Neeson.

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

A musical cartoon detailing the woes of a new family in a neighborhood beset by credit wolves. A wis

James Dean: A Portrait

A look at the legacy of icon actor James Dean on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. The speci

In the Name of Democracy

The first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds, and attem

The Yidishe Gauchos

At the end of the 19th century, some East European Jews fleeing persecution and pogroms emigrated to