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  1. An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.

    The sides of David Lynch: The Art Life

    • David Lynch talking while he paints
    • A childhood in small town America
    • Art school in a dark Philadelphia

    Good for you if

    • you love Lynch and want to see where his strangeness comes from.
    • you like watching paintings take shape in his studio.
    • you like a portrait of an artist before he became famous.

    Bad for you if

    • you want answers. Lynch tells his memories and leaves them unexplained.
    • you need momentum, and long quiet shots of painting bore you.

    About: art · childhood · becoming yourself

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  2. 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

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  3. 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

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  4. 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

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  5. This Is Not a Film 2011

    Documentary

    Renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi received a 6-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban from filmmaking and conducting interviews with foreign press due to his open support for the opposition party in Iran's 2009 election. In this film, which was shot secretly by Panahi's close friend Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and smuggled into France on a USB stick concealed inside a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, Panahi documents his daily life under house arrest as he awaits a decision on his appeal.

    The sides of This Is Not a Film

    • A director banned from making films
    • An apartment in Tehran under house arrest
    • A film smuggled out inside a cake

    Good for you if

    • you want to see a ban on filmmaking from the inside.
    • you care about Jafar Panahi defying a state that silenced him.
    • you like a quiet day at home, phone calls and a pet iguana.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles in Persian.
    • you need clear answers, and this film leaves you unsure what is staged and how Panahi's appeal ends.

    About: censorship · freedom · creation

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  6. Tokyo-Ga 1985

    Documentary

    German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.

    The sides of Tokyo-Ga

    • Wim Wenders walking through 1980s Tokyo
    • Pachinko halls and plastic food
    • Interviews with Ozu's actor Chishu Ryu and cameraman Yuharu Atsuta

    Good for you if

    • you like long, quiet shots of a city going about its day.
    • you love Ozu and want to look for his Tokyo.
    • you like a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles in German and Japanese.
    • you want characters to follow. Here the only lead is the city.

    About: memory · cinema · modern life

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  7. Finding Vivian Maier 2014

    Documentary

    Vivian Maier's photos were seemingly destined for obscurity, lost among the clutter of the countless objects she'd collected throughout her life. Instead these images have shaken the world of street photography and irrevocably changed the life of the man who brought them to the public eye. This film brings to life the interesting turns and travails of the improbable saga of John Maloof's discovery of Vivian Maier, unravelling this mysterious tale through her documentary films, photographs, odd collections and personal accounts from the people that knew her. What started as a blog to show her work quickly became a viral sensation in the photography world. Photos destined for the trash heap now line gallery exhibitions, a forthcoming book and this documentary film.

    The sides of Finding Vivian Maier

    • A nanny who secretly took thousands of photos
    • Boxes of negatives bought at an auction
    • The families she worked for remembering her

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together who a secretive woman really was.
    • you love street photography of the American city in the fifties and sixties.
    • you like a real discovery told by the man who made it.

    Bad for you if

    • you want every question about her life answered.
    • you need more happening on screen than people talking about photos.

    About: art · privacy · recognition

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  8. The Propaganda Game 2015

    Documentary

    North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.

    The sides of The Propaganda Game

    • A guided trip inside North Korea
    • A Spanish guide loyal to the regime
    • Pyongyang as the state wants it seen

    Good for you if

    • you're curious what a visitor is allowed to see in North Korea.
    • you like seeing how a regime tells its own story.
    • you like how strange a staged Pyongyang can look.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a film that tells you clearly what is true.

    About: propaganda · truth · isolation

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  9. 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

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  10. The Gleaners and I 2000

    Documentary

    Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

    The sides of The Gleaners and I

    • Agnès Varda with a small digital camera
    • People picking up what fields and markets leave behind
    • Heart shaped potatoes

    Good for you if

    • you like meeting real people who live off what others throw away.
    • you like Varda herself, filming her own hands and her own age.
    • you want a gentle, curious film that wanders where it likes.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles to hear Varda and the gleaners talk in French.
    • you need momentum. Varda stops to film trucks on the road and a clock with no hands.

    About: waste · ageing · what we keep

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  11. 20,000 Days on Earth 2014

    Documentary

    A semi-fictionalized documentary about a day in the life of Australian musician Nick Cave's persona.

    The sides of 20,000 Days on Earth

    • Nick Cave's staged day in Brighton
    • Talks with old friends in his car
    • The Bad Seeds recording an album

    Good for you if

    • you love Nick Cave and want to watch his songs being made.
    • you like a music film shot with the care of a feature.
    • you like long talks about memory, fear and writing.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a film that moves forward, not a quiet day of thinking aloud.
    • you want to know what is real and what is staged.

    About: memory · creation · identity

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  12. 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

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  13. Burden of Dreams 1982

    Documentary

    The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

    The sides of Burden of Dreams

    • Werner Herzog shooting Fitzcarraldo in the Amazon
    • A steamboat pulled over a mountain
    • A film crew facing accidents and delays

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a real film shoot slowly fall apart.
    • you like the Peruvian jungle filmed up close.
    • you like the sight of a whole steamboat hauled up a hill.

    Bad for you if

    • you find early 1980s footage dated.
    • you need a film that moves faster than a jungle shoot.

    About: obsession · filmmaking · nature

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  14. Under the Sun 2015

    Documentary

    Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.

    The sides of Under the Sun

    • A Pyongyang family filmed for a year
    • Officials directing every scene
    • What happens between the takes

    Good for you if

    • you like everyday life that feels staged and surreal.
    • you want to see how a regime scripts its own people.
    • you're curious about a real family in North Korea.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum and long silent shots wear you out.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Korean.

    About: propaganda · control · childhood

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  15. The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.

    The sides of Memory: The Origins of Alien

    • The making of Ridley Scott's Alien
    • H.R. Giger's dark art
    • Dan O'Bannon's script and old myths

    Good for you if

    • you like studying the art of H.R. Giger and Francis Bacon.
    • you want to know how the chestburster scene came to be.
    • you like digging into myths and nightmares behind a monster.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather watch Alien itself than an essay about it.
    • you want a light, fun behind the scenes film.

    About: creation · myth · fear

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  16. A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

    The sides of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

    • Noam Chomsky in conversation
    • Michel Gondry's hand-drawn animation
    • Questions about language and how we think

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing Noam Chomsky explain language and the mind.
    • you like Michel Gondry's doodles moving to every idea.
    • you want to hear Noam Chomsky talk about his own childhood and family.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you'd rather not work through linguistics and philosophy.

    About: language · thought · curiosity

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  17. Jodorowsky's Dune 2013

    Documentary

    In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

    The sides of Jodorowsky's Dune

    • A director preparing Dune in 1974
    • A book of storyboards for a film nobody shot
    • Dalí and Mick Jagger in the cast

    Good for you if

    • you want the man himself telling you how he lost the film.
    • you like pages of Moebius drawings and Giger designs on screen.
    • you like the feeling of a film too big to exist.

    Bad for you if

    • you want something happening on screen and not people remembering a project.
    • you can't take a man casting Salvador Dalí as a galactic emperor.

    About: ambition · failure · cinema

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  18. Room 237 2012

    Documentary

    A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments.

    The sides of Room 237

    • Five fans and their theories about The Shining
    • Voices over clips from Kubrick's film
    • Minotaurs, moon landings and hidden messages

    Good for you if

    • you like hunting for hidden meanings in a film you thought you knew.
    • you want to watch The Shining again right after.
    • you enjoy theories that get stranger the longer they go.

    Bad for you if

    • you need every theory to hold up against the evidence.
    • you want to see the people talking, not only hear their voices.

    About: obsession · interpretation · cinema

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  19. 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

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  20. Tim's Vermeer 2013

    Documentary

    Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

    The sides of Tim's Vermeer

    • An inventor who has never painted
    • A room in Texas rebuilt like Vermeer's
    • Mirrors, lenses and years of patience

    Good for you if

    • you like a theory tested with real lenses and mirrors.
    • you like a centuries old question about how Vermeer painted.
    • you like Dutch painting from the 1600s.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and months of painting wear you out.
    • you want Penn and Teller's stage comedy. Here they mostly watch a friend paint.

    About: art · obsession · patience

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