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Disclosure 2020
Documentary
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
The sides of Disclosure
- Trans actors and writers talking about the screen
- Decades of film and TV clips
- How Hollywood shaped the way people see trans lives
Good for you if
- you want trans people telling their own story of growing up with Hollywood.
- you like tracing a century of film and TV images.
- you like being moved by people recalling what the screen did to them.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through cruel jokes and painful scenes being replayed.
- you'd rather keep your distance from heartfelt, personal testimony.
About: representation · identity · media
Side by Side 2012
Documentary
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
The sides of Side by Side
- Keanu Reeves interviewing directors
- Film stock against digital cameras
- Nolan, Lynch and Cameron on how they shoot
Good for you if
- you care about how every frame is shot.
- you like hearing Nolan, Lynch and Scorsese argue film versus digital.
- you want to know how cinema changed when the cameras did.
Bad for you if
- you need things to happen, not an hour and a half of camera talk.
- you want people and their story, not a debate about sensors.
About: craft · change · cinema

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream 2006
Documentary
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
The sides of Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
- Six cult films shown at midnight in the 1970s
- El Topo, Eraserhead and Rocky Horror
- Directors looking back on how it happened
Good for you if
- you love the cinema of the 1970s.
- you like the strangest films that ever found a crowd.
- you want the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see raw clips from films like Pink Flamingos.
- you want one story to follow, not six films and many interviews.
About: cult cinema · the counterculture · audiences
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 2019
Documentary
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
The sides of Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
- The sound designers behind Star Wars and Apocalypse Now
- Directors like Spielberg and Lucas talking about sound
- How a film's sound is built layer by layer
Good for you if
- you love the big-screen feeling and want to know where the sound comes from.
- you like a tour of cinema history from the first talkies onward.
- you like learning what to listen for the next time you rewatch a film.
Bad for you if
- you need one personal story, not a series of interviews.
- you find clips from silent films and early talkies dated.
About: craft · cinema · listening
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson 2017
Documentary
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.
The sides of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
- A trans activist found dead in the Hudson in 1992
- Victoria Cruz reopening the case
- Stonewall and the birth of S.T.A.R.
Good for you if
- you want to know who Marsha P. Johnson was beyond the Stonewall legend.
- you like a cold case reopened by an activist who won't let it go.
- you care about New York's gay and trans history since Stonewall.
Bad for you if
- you can't face a death ruled a suicide and the violence against trans women around it.
- you need a case that ends with an answer.
About: trans rights · justice · memory

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
I Am Not Your Negro 2017
Documentary
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
The sides of I Am Not Your Negro
- James Baldwin's unfinished book
- Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King
- Archive footage of America then and now
Good for you if
- you want Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King through James Baldwin's eyes.
- you want the real archive footage of the civil rights years.
- you like James Baldwin's words, read by Samuel L. Jackson.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch archive images of racist violence.
- you need a story that moves faster than an essay.
About: racism · memory · American identity
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The sides of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- The shoot of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines
- Footage filmed by Eleanor Coppola
- A typhoon, a heart attack and a director near breaking point
Good for you if
- you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.
- you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.
- you like the strange scenes of Brando improvising in the dark and Dennis Hopper rambling.
Bad for you if
- you want the battles of the film, not the chaos behind them.
- you find grainy 1970s home footage dated.
About: obsession · art · ego · madness
The Times of Harvey Milk 1984
Documentary
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
The sides of The Times of Harvey Milk
- Harvey Milk's rise in San Francisco politics
- One of the first openly gay elected officials in the US
- The 1978 assassination and the city's response
Good for you if
- you want the real Harvey Milk, in the footage of his time.
- you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.
- you can be moved by a candlelight march for a murdered man.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not sit through a real assassination and its grief.
- you find 1980s documentary footage dated.
About: gay rights · political courage · grief
Pray Away 2021
Documentary
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay" movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.
The sides of Pray Away
- Former leaders of the ex-gay movement
- Exodus International and its letters
- A survivor of conversion therapy
Good for you if
- you want the true story of conversion therapy told by those who led it.
- you like seeing how a church movement gained political weight.
- you like hearing people face the harm they caused.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch stories of shame, self-harm and religious pressure.
- you roll your eyes at tearful, heartfelt confessions to camera.
About: faith · identity · guilt
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
78/52 2017
Documentary
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
The sides of 78/52
- The shower scene of Psycho
- 78 camera setups and 52 cuts
- Filmmakers and editors on Hitchcock
Good for you if
- you like learning how one scene from 1960 changed horror films.
- you like seeing how a single scene is built shot by shot.
- you like details you only catch frame by frame.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the same stabbing scene over and over.
- you want a story with people, not one scene taken apart.
About: filmmaking · fear · craft
The Movies That Made Us 2019
Documentary
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
The sides of The Movies That Made Us
- The making of big blockbusters
- Actors, directors and crew telling their stories
- Disasters on set that nearly sank the films
Good for you if
- you like hearing how the films you grew up with actually got made.
- you like funny stories from chaotic film sets.
Bad for you if
- you're watching with kids. The stories come with plenty of swearing.
- you find eighties and nineties blockbusters dated.
About: filmmaking · nostalgia · creativity
A Secret Love 2020
Documentary
Amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret. But coming out later in life comes with its own set of challenges.
The sides of A Secret Love
- Two women together for six decades
- A former professional baseball player
- Coming out to the family late in life
Good for you if
- you want a love story that lasted a whole lifetime.
- you like being moved by Terry and Pat finally telling their family.
- you like a true story filmed by someone inside the family.
Bad for you if
- you find it too hard to watch old age and failing health.
- you need something to happen beyond quiet conversations.
About: hidden love · old age · family

Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
Documentary
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
The sides of Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
- Stanley Kubrick's life and films
- Interviews with Jack Nicholson and others who worked with him
- Home footage from his family
Good for you if
- you love Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and the films around them.
- you want to know the man behind the legend from people who knew him.
- you care about how every Kubrick frame was built.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through almost two and a half hours of documentary.
- you need a story, not a career told in interviews.
About: obsession · creation · cinema
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Documentary
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
The sides of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
- Two Israeli cousins running a Hollywood studio
- Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson action films
- Actors and crew telling stories of the 1980s
Good for you if
- you like true stories about how movies really get made.
- you laugh at wild anecdotes from cheap 1980s film sets.
- you grew up on video store shelves and want the story behind them.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid the many nude clips from the films.
- you can't stand gory clips, even short ones.
About: ambition · excess · show business
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema 2006
Documentary
A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.
The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
- Slavoj Žižek talking through famous films
- Rebuilt sets from Hitchcock and Lynch films
- Psychoanalysis applied to desire and fantasy
Good for you if
- you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.
- you like strange readings of Psycho, The Birds and Blue Velvet.
- you love classic Hollywood and want to see it with new eyes.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours of lecture is too much for you.
- you need a story with people to follow, not one man talking over film clips.
About: desire · fantasy · cinema
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes 2022
Documentary
This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.
The sides of The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
- Unheard interviews with Marilyn's inner circle
- The night of her death in 1962
- Hollywood stardom and its price
Good for you if
- you like hearing the people who actually knew Marilyn Monroe.
- you want to go back over the questions around her death.
- you like old Hollywood told through archive footage.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not dwell on a lonely death and a troubled life.
- you need a clear answer, not theories.
About: fame · loneliness · secrets
In Search of Darkness 2019
Documentary
An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.
The sides of In Search of Darkness
- Horror filmmakers looking back on the 1980s
- Makeup and gore effects explained
- A year by year tour of the decade
Good for you if
- you grew up on 80s horror tapes.
- you like hearing how the gore effects were made.
- you like stories from the actors and crews themselves.
Bad for you if
- you find over four hours too much for one sitting.
- you want to be scared, not hear people talk about it.
About: horror · nostalgia · craft
Circus of Books 2019
Documentary
For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times.
The sides of Circus of Books
- A Jewish couple running a gay porn shop in LA
- Their daughter behind the camera
- Decades of gay life in Los Angeles
Good for you if
- you like a family portrait where parents and children finally talk.
- you want to see gay Los Angeles from the 1970s on through one shop.
- you like real people with a secret life that sounds made up.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see the gay porn on the shop's shelves.
- you can't watch the AIDS years, when the shop lost friends and staff.
About: family secrets · gay history · acceptance