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Salesman 1969
Documentary
This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company: Paul "The Badger" Brennan, Charles "The Gipper" McDevitt, James "The Rabbit" Baker and Raymond "The Bull" Martos. Times are tough for this hard-living quartet, who spend their days traveling through small-town America, trying their best to peddle gold-leaf Bibles to an apathetic crowd of lower-middle-class housewives and elderly couples.
The sides of Salesman
- Four Bible salesmen on the road
- Sales pitches in working-class living rooms
- Motel rooms between visits
Good for you if
- you like watching real door-to-door salesmen at work in 1960s America.
- you like following Paul Brennan as his pitch stops working.
- you enjoy black and white documentaries from the sixties.
Bad for you if
- you need more happening than sales pitches in living rooms.
- you need music to carry a film. There's no score and no narrator, just the salesmen talking.
About: work · failure · the American dream
Love Meetings 1965
Documentary
Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if they know where babies come from; asks old and young women if they support gender equality; asks both sexes if a woman's virginity still matters, what do they think of homosexuality, if divorce should be legal, or if they support the recent abolition of brothels. He interviews blue-collar workers, intellectuals, college students, rural farmers, the bourgeoisie, and every other kind of people, painting a vivid portrait of a rapidly-industrializing Italy, hanging between modernity and tradition — toward both of which Pasolini shows equal distrust.
The sides of Love Meetings
- Pasolini with a microphone across Italy
- Children asked where babies come from
- Questions on divorce, virginity and homosexuality
Good for you if
- you like ordinary people answering questions they never get asked.
- you want to see Italy in the sixties, torn between old and new.
- you like interviews where the hesitations say as much as the answers.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you find black and white documentaries dated.
About: sexuality · tradition · modernity · morality
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back 1967
Documentary
In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
The sides of Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
- Bob Dylan on tour in England in 1965
- Cue cards dropped one by one
- Joan Baez and Donovan in hotel rooms
Good for you if
- you want young Dylan playing alone with a guitar and a harmonica.
- you like a black and white film shot on the fly.
- you can't look away from Dylan sparring with journalists.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a camera that just follows.
- you want an artist who opens up, not one who mocks every question.
About: fame · youth · the press
Caesar Must Die 2012
Documentary
Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
The sides of Caesar Must Die
- Prisoners rehearsing Julius Caesar
- A high-security prison in Rome
- Shakespeare's lines in real inmates' mouths
Good for you if
- you like real inmates playing Brutus and Caesar with everything they have.
- you like stark black and white images of prison corridors turned into a stage.
- you want to see how Shakespeare's betrayals echo the lives of men serving long sentences.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for an Italian film.
- you find black and white images dated.
About: freedom · betrayal · art

The House Is Black 1963
Documentary
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitude.
The sides of The House Is Black
- A leper colony in northern Iran
- Poetry read over the images
- Children at school in the colony
Good for you if
- you like black and white images that stay with you.
- you have twenty minutes, not two hours.
- you want to see real lives most people never look at.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see illness and disfigurement up close.
- you find black and white films from the sixties dated.
- you won't read subtitles over Persian poetry.
About: suffering · faith · dignity
Shoah 1985
Documentary
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
The sides of Shoah
- Survivors, bystanders and perpetrators interviewed
- The sites of the camps filmed decades later
- No archive footage at all
Good for you if
- you want the Holocaust told by those who were there.
- you can sit with long silences and slow train journeys.
- you can be moved to tears by a barber breaking down as he recalls Treblinka.
Bad for you if
- you can't give more than nine hours to one film.
- you won't read subtitles, and the film moves between many languages.
- you can't hear first-hand accounts of mass murder.
About: memory · testimony · genocide
The Look of Silence 2014
Documentary
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.
The sides of The Look of Silence
- A man facing those who killed his brother
- Eye tests as a way into conversations
- Indonesia's 1965 killings
Good for you if
- you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.
- you want to understand a mass killing that is rarely talked about.
- you like quiet, patient conversations that say a lot.
Bad for you if
- you can't bear to hear killers calmly describe what they did.
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Indonesian.
About: guilt · memory · justice · grief
Hitchcock/Truffaut 2015
Documentary
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
The sides of Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Recordings of Hitchcock talking with Truffaut
- Scorsese, Fincher and others on Hitchcock
- Clips from Vertigo and Psycho
Good for you if
- you love Hitchcock's classics and want to see them again.
- you like two directors talking shop about how a scene works.
- you like hearing filmmakers explain what they learned from one book.
Bad for you if
- you want the private life of Hitchcock the man. This is about how he built his scenes.
- you'd rather feel the suspense of Psycho than hear how it was made.
About: filmmaking · suspense · influence
Titicut Follies 1967
Documentary
Employing methods of direct cinema–observation, limited stylization, and non-intervention–this stark look into the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Massachusetts shows its denizens, who were often kept in barren cells and infrequently bathed, forced to strip naked publicly, force feeding, and the indifference and bullying by many of the hospital's staff.
The sides of Titicut Follies
- Bridgewater State Hospital in 1967
- Patients and guards with no narration
- A variety show put on by staff and inmates
Good for you if
- you want to see a real prison hospital with no narrator telling you what to think.
- you like raw black and white footage from the 1960s.
- you want to see what total power over patients looks like.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch patients stripped, mocked and force fed.
- you need some hope by the end.
About: confinement · dignity · cruelty

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing 2004
Documentary
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
The sides of The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
- Film editors talking about their craft
- Clips from a century of movies
- The cut that changes a scene
Good for you if
- you like seeing how silent films and classics were put together.
- you like hearing real editors like Thelma Schoonmaker explain cuts you never noticed.
- you like going back to your favorite films to spot the cuts.
Bad for you if
- you want a documentary that grips like a thriller.
- you want to follow one person's story, not a parade of interviews.
About: filmmaking · craft · invisible work
The Beatles: Get Back 2021
Documentary
The three-part documentary series, compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage, captures the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of music's most iconic foursome. The series also includes – for the first time in its entirety – The Beatles' final performance at London's Savile Row.
The sides of The Beatles: Get Back
- The Beatles writing songs in a studio
- Unseen footage from January 1969
- The rooftop concert in full
Good for you if
- you like watching songs like Get Back take shape from nothing.
- you like long sessions where almost nothing happens and then a song appears.
- you want to see the four of them joke, argue and work together.
Bad for you if
- nearly eight hours of rehearsals is too much for you.
- you find 1969 footage dated, even restored.
About: creation · friendship · the end of a band
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness 2013
Documentary
Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.
The sides of The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
- Hayao Miyazaki at work on The Wind Rises
- A year inside Studio Ghibli
- Producer Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata
Good for you if
- you want to watch Miyazaki draw, grumble and doubt at his desk.
- you like a quiet, patient film about daily work.
- you love Ghibli films and want to see where they come from.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need drama or stakes to stay with a film.
About: work · creation · ageing
The Seventh Seal 1957
Film
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
The sides of The Seventh Seal
- A knight playing chess with Death
- Sweden under the plague
- A troupe of travelling actors
Good for you if
- you like questions about God that nobody answers.
- you like black and white images that stay with you, like the dance of death on the hill.
- you like long conversations about faith and fear of dying.
Bad for you if
- you find black and white films from the fifties dated.
- you won't read subtitles in Swedish.
- you need momentum, not a slow walk through the plague.
About: death · faith · the meaning of life
Stutz 2022
Documentary
In candid conversations with actor Jonah Hill, leading psychiatrist Phil Stutz explores his early life experiences and unique, visual model of therapy.
The sides of Stutz
- Jonah Hill filming his own therapist
- Therapy tools drawn on index cards
- A psychiatrist living with Parkinson's
Good for you if
- you like long, honest conversations about how to live.
- you like the warmth between Jonah Hill and Phil Stutz.
- you want to know the man behind the therapist.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at self-help and open hearts on camera.
- you need more than two men talking in a room.
About: therapy · self-acceptance · mentorship
De Palma 2016
Documentary
An intimate conversation between filmmakers, chronicling De Palma’s 55-year career, his life, and his filmmaking process, with revealing anecdotes and, of course, a wealth of film clips.
The sides of De Palma
- Brian De Palma talking to the camera
- Clips from Carrie to Mission: Impossible
- Stories from Hollywood sets
Good for you if
- you like a director telling candid stories about his own films.
- you like a portrait of Brian De Palma the man, his family, his friends and his battles with studios.
- you like the thrillers of the 1970s and 1980s.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand the bloody clips from his films.
- you can't sit through two hours of one man talking.
About: filmmaking · ambition · Hollywood
Looking for Richard 1996
Documentary
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
The sides of Looking for Richard
- Al Pacino rehearsing Richard III
- Actors and scholars on Shakespeare
- New Yorkers asked about Shakespeare in the street
Good for you if
- you like Al Pacino playing Richard with relish.
- you love Shakespeare's language spoken out loud.
- you like the story of a king who kills his way to the throne.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, not long talks about a play.
- you want the battles, not the rehearsals.
About: shakespeare · acting · ambition
Best of Enemies 2015
Documentary
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"
The sides of Best of Enemies
- Gore Vidal against William F. Buckley Jr.
- Televised debates during the 1968 conventions
- A night when the insults went live
Good for you if
- you love two brilliant speakers trading cutting lines.
- you like politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley.
- you're drawn to 1968 America, Miami and Chicago.
Bad for you if
- you need something to look at, not archive footage of two men seated in a TV studio.
- you find grainy sixties TV footage dated.
About: politics · television · rivalry
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 2005
Documentary
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
The sides of No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan from 1961 to 1966
- Greenwich Village folk clubs
- Fans booing when he goes electric
Good for you if
- you want to hear Dylan's songs as they were first played.
- you like the sixties, from the folk scene to the protest years.
- you like a life story told by the people who were there.
Bad for you if
- three and a half hours is too much for you.
- you find black and white footage from the sixties dated.
About: reinvention · fame · the voice of a generation
The Beaches of Agnès 2008
Documentary
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
The sides of The Beaches of Agnès
- Agnès Varda looking back at eighty
- Mirrors set up on a beach
- Her life with Jacques Demy
Good for you if
- you like a filmmaker telling her own life in her own way.
- you like playful images, from mirrors on the sand to a street turned into a beach.
- you want time with a warm, curious, funny woman.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a French film.
- you need a documentary that moves fast and sticks to the facts.
About: memory · aging · love · cinema

Wandering Stars 2019
Documentary
This film follows the making of Nekfeu's 3rd album, between Paris, Japan, Greece and the United States.
The sides of Wandering Stars
- Nekfeu making his third album
- Studios in Japan, Greece and the United States
- A crew of friends around him
Good for you if
- you like watching French rap being written and recorded.
- you want to follow a real artist from Paris to Japan, Greece and the United States.
- you like seeing Nekfeu at work and among friends.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles. Nekfeu and his crew speak French.
- you need momentum, and long studio sessions lose you.
About: creation · friendship · travel