Built in 1942 by a maverick film preservationist, this small Los Angeles theater championed silent film at the very moment when the Hollywood studios across town were busily destroying their nitrate inventories. With hard chairs, phonograph-record accompaniments, and mostly original vintage prints, the dingy mom-and-pop operation was nonetheless a palace to the fanatical few who became its loyal audience.

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis ...

After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean clim...

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...

Mugabe rises from being a prisoner to power as a guerrilla fighter but gradually becomes the world's...
In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the...

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locati...

Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a n...
This documentary brings alive a remarkable artist’s passionate journey through a turbulent century. ...

A biographical film about the popular rap artist Detsl, whose real name is Kirill Tolmatskiy. The ra...

An in-depth portrait of British composer, pianist and singer Elton John, pop star and myth of modern...

Georgian director Otar Iosseliani prepares his film Jardins en Automne. Nothing is conventional in t...

Featuring never-before-seen concert footage and narration by Jeff Bridges, this documentary explores...

A film about the life and work of the Azerbaijani immigrant journalist and writer Mohammad Asad Bey,...

Fifty years after its release, the special effects makeup team behind Planet of the Apes reflect on ...

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise co...

The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.