An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea for the film was proposed to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. The Carthusians finally contacted Gröning 16 years later to say they were now willing to permit Gröning to shoot the movie, if he was still interested.

In the last fifty years the culture of Zen has spread far beyond Japan. Zen centers and zen retreats...

In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produ...

Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our...

This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/...

Samadhi Part 1 (Maya the Illusion of the Self) is the first installment in a series of films explori...

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Zurich-born Hugo Koblet was the first international cycling star of the post-war period. He was a st...

Director Peter Judson's semifictitious tale opens a revealing window into the indie filmmaking proce...

This story is based on Lisa Rydberg's teenage experiences. An unknown man shows Lisa the way to the ...

Also known as the "Kobe earthquake," the massive earthquake struck the southern Hyogo prefecture on ...

In May of 1982 Julio Cortázar, the Argentinean writer and his companion in life, Carol Dunlop set ou...

ADRIFT- People of a Lesser God is the story of an incredible odyssey made by several-times Pulitzer ...

Chronological look at the fiasco in Iraq, especially decisions made in the spring of 2003 - and the ...

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA com...
They are young, all-American girls who enjoy horse riding, karate and Sherlock Holmes. But there's m...

Billy Graham was a man known worldwide for his southern charm, unmistakable voice and most important...

Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make ...

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Gr...