As one of his generation's quintessential Mad Men, television commercial director Joe Sedelmaier's work was iconic, dynamic, and instantly recognizable--some twenty to thirty years later, people are still wondering 'Where's the beef?” He turned the advertising world on its brain-damaged head by casting offbeat non-actors in still-unforgettable spots. His brilliant, frequently hysterical commercials for Wendy's, Alaska Airlines, Federal Express and others were snappy slices of cultural quirk that tapped into the Cold War-fearing, corporate workaholic zeitgeist of the '70s and '80s with a sense of humor that cracked billions of smiles, sold billions of burgers, and sped up the default rhythm of time-based media.

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran...

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of r...

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in th...

David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this ...

Part architectural genius, part kitsch fairytale, Neuschwanstein Castle is closely linked to the tra...

Filmmaker Carol Nguyen interviews her own family to craft an emotionally complex and meticulously co...

When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the firs...

An intimate look at the creation of Autumn, a unique tour by the notoriously cryptic band Bon Iver.

Get up close and personal with 16 of the most successful women in the adult film industry as they sh...

A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it wo...

The unique life and talent of Caroline Aherne is celebrated in a new Arena film, featuring unseen ph...

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.
The film uses stop-frame animation to create maps on the screen, and showed the then-current militar...

In Monarch's Antarctic Base, a frozen fortress buffeted by screaming winds and surrounded by impenet...

An essay film critiquing post-war France's urban developments- Pialat states that modernity and subu...

The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischi...

In the first half of the 19th century, the French ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon travelled to Am...