In less than ten months, the music band Mamonas Assassinas went from being completely unknown to becoming one of the biggest phenomena in Brazilian music. Irreverent, intelligent, sarcastic and creative, the band took over Brazil and sold two million albums in just six months. Never-before-seen footage and interviews from family, friends, producers, and musicians tell the band’s story, their challenges, their rise to fame, and the tragic aeroplane accident that killed all its members in 1996.

Satirical artist and art director, Suzanne Heintz, adopted her fake family more than 15 years ago to...

A legend of the Hollywood Golden Age, Gregory Peck (1916-2003) had an exemplary career, working unde...
Clips and interviews show that the renowned Satyajit Ray was more than just a filmmaker: He was a sk...

This special is a thorough retrospective of Jackie's most popular characters from his 1950's televis...

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the undergro...

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to...

If something of import has taken place in our lifetimes, chances are that Steve McCurry has photogra...

From Paseo to Pembroke is a Kansas City documentary retrospective on the golden age of high school b...

The story of a Finnish rap artist Cheek and his brother.

The Bang Bang Club were four fearless young photographers who set out to expose the reality of Apart...
Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francis...

The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole...

In the year 1994, a band of misfits, helmed by a frontman too eager to prove himself, undertake a tu...
Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir...

A collection of the best lovemaking tips from our For Couples Only series, this sensual and elegantl...

In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise t...

Film adaptation of the stage musical "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical".

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema lef...