In 1892, Ellis Island, in New York Bay, became the main gateway to the United States for immigrants arriving increasingly from Europe. The story of immigration to the United States from 1892 to 1954, an enthralling polyphonic narrative that embraces both small and great history.
Filmed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Cut Piece documents one of Yoko Ono’s most powerful conceptual p...

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

The SS chief Heinrich Himmler wanted to exchange Jews against so-called German Reich abroad, against...

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end...

On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our histo...

From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police off...

A documentary exploring the experiences and attitudes of Indian and Pakistani taxi drivers in New Yo...

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers...

Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of...

Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profes...

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is t...

At the height of the space race, three U.S. astronauts are tapped as the first Apollo crew. With daz...