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.
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Over 350,000 tons of highly radioactive waste and spent fuel rods are in temporary storage on site a...
Jesus Camp is a Christian summer camp where children hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled i...
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboard...
The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, ...
Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a documen...
William Hart McNichols is a world renowned artist, heralded by Time magazine as "among the most famo...
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth...
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of expe...
A behind-the-scenes look at the of how the Paris Opera is run under the direction of Stephane Lissne...
For two hundred years, the Shakers have been America's most successful utopian society. While seekin...
Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a ch...
Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are...
See for yourself what happens behind the doors of America's zaniest ex-gay residential program. Pete...
A fascinating archaeological and scientific investigation on the world's best-selling book. When wa...
A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live ...
A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed f...
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rig...
Zurich-born Hugo Koblet was the first international cycling star of the post-war period. He was a st...