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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 2018
Documentary
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
The sides of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
- Robin Williams in his own words
- Stand-up clips from the late 1970s
- Friends and family remembering him
Good for you if
- you want to laugh again at Robin Williams improvising at full speed.
- you like a portrait that makes you laugh and cry in the same scene.
- you want to hear the man behind Mork and Mrs. Doubtfire talk about himself.
Bad for you if
- you can't face depression and a death by suicide on screen.
- you roll your eyes at loving tributes from famous friends.
About: comedy · mental health · fame
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
How To with John Wilson 2020
Documentary
In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary filmmaker and self-described "anxious New Yorker" John Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary. Building upon Wilson’s previously released "how to" short films, each episode takes wildly unexpected turns but is grounded in John's refreshing honesty.
The sides of How To with John Wilson
- An anxious filmmaker secretly filming New York
- Everyday advice like making small talk
- Strangers met by chance on the street
Good for you if
- you laugh at awkward, deadpan narration over odd street footage.
- you like an episode about small talk that ends up somewhere you never expected.
- you like real New Yorkers, filmed as they are.
Bad for you if
- you want things to happen fast, and this is a man with a camera walking around the city.
- you need momentum, and each episode wanders wherever the camera happens to go.
About: loneliness · city life · awkwardness · connection
Atlanta 2016
Series
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
The sides of Atlanta
- Earn managing his cousin's rap career
- Paper Boi, a rapper getting famous
- A season on tour in Europe
Good for you if
- you like a comedy where an invisible car or a surreal detour can show up any episode.
- you like laughing at race, money and fame in ways that sting.
- you like Earn, Paper Boi, Darius and Van more than any plot.
Bad for you if
- you want each episode to explain what it meant.
- you need a story that moves forward every week.
About: race · money · fame · family
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
Tabloid 2011
Documentary
One of America's top documentary filmmakers turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young Mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and raping him in 1977 England. The unbalanced McKinney is extensively interviewed, particularly about her ambition to write a memoir telling her side of the tale.
The sides of Tabloid
- A former beauty queen telling her side
- A Mormon missionary who vanished in 1977 England
- British tabloids racing for the scoop
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a true story so strange it sounds invented.
- you like a real 1977 scandal and the British tabloids that fought over it.
- you can't look away from Joyce McKinney telling her version with total conviction.
Bad for you if
- you need to know at the end who was telling the truth.
- you can't hear a kidnapping and rape accusation told as a strange, funny story.
About: obsession · the press · truth
The Yes Men 2003
Documentary
A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.
The sides of The Yes Men
- Two pranksters posing as the WTO
- Fake speeches at business conferences
- Audiences who never catch on
Good for you if
- you like watching a straight face hold through an absurd speech.
- you like real pranks played on real conference rooms.
- you like seeing the global economy mocked to its face.
Bad for you if
- you can't laugh at a fake WTO speech about recycling hamburgers for the Third World.
- you can't stand a film made mostly of speeches.
About: activism · globalization · satire
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011
Documentary
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his life, family and friends; his writing and directing habits, and his relationship with performers.
The sides of Woody Allen: A Documentary
- Woody Allen at his typewriter
- His stand-up years in New York
- Actors who worked with him
Good for you if
- you like seeing how Woody Allen writes and directs.
- you like his old stand-up jokes and TV clips.
- you like going back to Annie Hall and Manhattan through clips and stories from the set.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through three hours on one filmmaker.
- you want more than interviews and film clips.
About: creativity · work · comedy
The Captains 2011
Documentary
The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.
The sides of The Captains
- William Shatner interviewing the other Star Trek captains
- Actors talking about the roles that defined them
- Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew and Chris Pine on camera
Good for you if
- you like hearing actors talk honestly about their careers.
- you want to know the people behind Kirk, Picard and Janeway.
- you grew up on the bridge of the Enterprise.
Bad for you if
- you want starships and space battles. This is actors talking in rooms.
- you roll your eyes when actors open up about their feelings.
About: fame · legacy · fandom

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway 2002
Documentary
2002 HBO Stand-up Special starring Robin Williams. Recorded and broadcast live from New York City's Broadway Theater at the culmination of his historic 2002 sold-out tour, this special finds the Oscar-winning actor/writer/comedian returning after 16 years to his stand-up roots to deliver what the Washington Post calls "...in its madcap way, a seminal cultural event."
The sides of Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
- Robin Williams back on stage after 16 years
- A drunk Scotsman inventing golf
- Rapid-fire voices and impressions
Good for you if
- you like nonstop laughs from someone who never slows down.
- you love watching Robin Williams jump between a dozen voices a minute.
- you like improvised riffs that go somewhere you didn't expect.
Bad for you if
- you want a Robin Williams evening with the kids. This show is crude and full of swearing.
- you need a story with characters, not a stand-up show.
About: fame · excess · improvisation
Listen to Me Marlon 2015
Documentary
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.
The sides of Listen to Me Marlon
- Marlon Brando's private audio tapes
- A digital head of Brando speaking
- His life told in his own voice
Good for you if
- you like hearing Marlon Brando tell his own life, with no interviews.
- you like a portrait of a troubled man beyond his famous roles.
- you love clips of A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront.
Bad for you if
- you need a story that moves, not a voice over archives.
- you can't take the family tragedies that marked his later life.
About: fame · acting · solitude
History of Swear Words 2021
Documentary
This proudly profane series explores the history and impact of some of the most notorious bad words in the English language.
The sides of History of Swear Words
- Nicolas Cage introducing one swear word per episode
- Linguists and comedians on bad words
- Short episodes on words like the F-word
Good for you if
- you like comedians riffing on the words you weren't allowed to say.
- you like learning where the F-word and its cousins came from.
- you like Nicolas Cage hamming it up as host.
Bad for you if
- you want something to watch with your kids.
- you'd rather not hear crude talk about sex.
About: language · taboo · culture
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020
Documentary
Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'
The sides of Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
- A magician alone on a small stage
- Audience members choosing who they are
- Card tricks that turn into confessions
Good for you if
- you like magic that leaves you quiet rather than clapping.
- you can watch one man hold a room with stories and cards for ninety minutes.
- you'd rather keep a question like "who am I" than get it answered.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a stage show that asks you to be moved.
- you need momentum. Most of it is one man speaking softly on a small stage.
About: identity · illusion · being seen
Weiner 2016
Documentary
Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.
The sides of Weiner
- Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor in 2013
- A new sexting scandal breaking mid-campaign
- Huma Abedin watching from the campaign office
Good for you if
- you like a camera that keeps rolling while a campaign falls apart.
- you want to see a New York mayoral race from the inside.
- you can laugh at a candidate digging himself deeper on live television.
Bad for you if
- you can't root for a candidate who keeps hiding the truth from his own team.
- you need something light, and watching a marriage strain in public isn't.
About: ambition · shame · the media
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present 2012
Documentary
Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The sides of Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
- Marina Abramović before her MoMA retrospective
- An artist sitting silent for hours, facing strangers
- A reunion with her former partner Ulay
Good for you if
- you want to see how a famous artist prepares a show.
- you like watching one woman hold a room in total silence.
- you're drawn to strong, uncompromising people.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and can't sit through long silences.
- you have no patience for strange art, like walking the Great Wall to break up or staring at strangers for hours.
About: art · endurance · presence · love
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop 2011
Documentary
A documentary that follows the former Tonight Show host. Filmed during Conan’s ”Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” comedy tour, after his departure from the Tonight Show, taking viewers on an intimate journey of O’Brien’s life.
The sides of Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
- Conan O'Brien after leaving The Tonight Show
- A comedy tour across America
- Backstage exhaustion and bad moods
Good for you if
- you like Conan's absurd humour on and off stage.
- you want to see a comedian's restless, prickly side.
- you enjoy a tour full of singing and guitar.
Bad for you if
- you want a warm comedy, not a tired man snapping at his staff.
- you need a story with stakes and suspense.
About: work · ego · comedy
Érase una vez en… Hollywood 2019
Película
Los Angeles, 1969. La estrella de televisión Rick Dalton, un actor en horas bajas especializado en westerns, y el doble de acción Cliff Booth, su mejor amigo, tratan de sobrevivir a una industria cinematográfica en constante cambio. Dalton es vecino de la joven y prometedora actriz y modelo Sharon Tate, que acaba de casarse con el prestigioso director polaco Roman Polanski…
Las caras de Érase una vez en… Hollywood
- Un actor de televisión en declive y su doble
- Los Ángeles en 1969
- Un día cualquiera y una noche que lo cambia
Buena para ti si
- te gusta pasar el rato con los personajes más que seguir una trama.
- te gustan los actores que hablan en coches y en sets de rodaje.
- te encantan la música, los coches y los cines de 1969.
Mala para ti si
- no puedes reírte cuando alguien sale lastimado, y Tarantino trata las peleas de Cliff como comedia.
- una última escena muy violenta te arruinaría la película.
Temas: la fama · la amistad · la nostalgia
Lost in Translation 2003
Película
Bob Harris y Charlotte son dos norteamericanos que se encuentran en Tokio. Bob es una estrella de cine de mediana edad que ha venido a rodar un anuncio. Charlotte es una mujer joven que acompaña a todas partes a su marido, un fanático del trabajo. Incapaces de dormir, los caminos de Bob y Charlotte se cruzan por casualidad y no tardará en nacer entre ellos una sorprendente amistad. Se aventuran juntos en la vida nocturna de Tokio, comparten inolvidables experiencias con los habitantes de la ciudad y terminan descubriendo una nueva manera de ver la vida.
Las caras de Lost in Translation
- Un actor y una joven sin dormir en Tokio
- Un bar de hotel
- Un susurro que nunca oyes
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una película tranquila que va a la deriva como una noche sin dormir.
- te gusta una conexión que no necesita etiqueta.
- te gusta el humor seco e impasible de Bill Murray cuando las largas indicaciones de un director se traducen en una sola frase corta.
Mala para ti si
- quieres que pasen cosas. Pasa muy poco.
- necesitas una historia que lo ate todo. La semana de Bob y Charlotte en Tokio deja preguntas abiertas.
Temas: la soledad · la conexión · estar perdido
Lost in La Mancha 2002
Documentary
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.
The sides of Lost in La Mancha
- Terry Gilliam shooting Don Quixote in Spain
- A flash flood on the set
- A lead actor too injured to ride
Good for you if
- you like watching a real film shoot fall apart day by day.
- you can laugh when storms, jets overhead and bad luck all pile up.
- you like Terry Gilliam holding on to a dream he can't let go.
Bad for you if
- you need some hope, and can't watch a man's dream project crumble around him.
- you need momentum. Much of the film is meetings, fittings and waiting for actors before the cameras roll.
About: ambition · failure · filmmaking
My Best Fiend 1999
Documentary
A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
The sides of My Best Fiend
- Werner Herzog remembering Klaus Kinski
- Five films made together, from the jungle of Peru
- Rages on set caught on camera
Good for you if
- you want the true story behind Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo.
- you laugh at a director calmly recalling his plan to kill his star.
- you like two impossible men who could not work apart.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film partly in German.
- you find footage from the seventies dated.
About: art · obsession · love and hate