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The Pervert's Guide to Ideology 2012
Documentary
A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas.
The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
- Slavoj Žižek standing inside scenes from famous films
- Ideology read through Hollywood
- Psychoanalysis applied to pop culture
Good for you if
- you like a philosopher talking nonstop about films you know.
- you like ideas you have to work to follow.
- you want to see how films quietly sell you politics.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through more than two hours of one man talking.
- you want a story with people, not a lecture.
About: ideology · cinema · belief

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
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
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? 2004
Documentary
Amanda is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders impart information directly to an off-screen interviewer about academic issues, and Amanda begins to understand the basis to the quantum world beneath. During her epiphany as she considers the Great Questions raised by the host of inserted thinkers, she slowly comprehends the various inspirations and begins to see the world in a new way.
The sides of What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
- A divorced photographer questioning her life
- Interviews about quantum physics and the mind
- Animated cells at a wedding party
Good for you if
- you like big questions about consciousness and reality.
- you enjoy a mix of fiction, interviews and odd animated sequences.
Bad for you if
- you need the science to hold up to scrutiny.
- you roll your eyes at talk of creating your own reality.
About: consciousness · self-help · spirituality
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
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond 2017
Documentary
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
The sides of Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
- On-set footage from Man on the Moon, unseen for years
- Jim Carrey refusing to leave Andy Kaufman's character
- Carrey, nearly twenty years later, talking straight to camera
Good for you if
- you want the footage a studio kept buried and the man explaining it years later.
- you like an actor who answers only as a dead comedian for four months.
- you want to see what one role costs the person giving it.
Bad for you if
- you want the Jim Carrey who makes you laugh, and that is not what he came to do here.
- you can't sit with a man taking apart his own sense of self.
About: identity · fame · grief

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
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
An Evening with Kevin Smith 2002
Documentary
Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.
The sides of An Evening with Kevin Smith
- Kevin Smith answering students' questions
- Stories from making his films
- A college Q&A tour
Good for you if
- you like a director telling long, rambling behind-the-scenes stories.
- you like Kevin Smith's foul-mouthed, self-mocking humour.
Bad for you if
- nearly four hours of one man talking is too much for you.
- you want something to look at beyond a man with a microphone.
About: filmmaking · Hollywood · fandom
Gates of Heaven 1978
Documentary
A showcase of workers in the animal burial industry while dealing with heavier existential questions regarding mortality and the afterlife. Floyd 'Mac' McClure believes that a graceful burial is as important for pets as it is for people; he chronicles his struggles to keep his niche business afloat, and interviews several of his associates and one of his competitors, the manager of a rendering plant.
The sides of Gates of Heaven
- A man who believed pets deserve graceful burials
- Two pet cemeteries in California
- A rendering plant manager
Good for you if
- you like the true story of a small pet cemetery business fighting to stay afloat.
- you can laugh and wince at grief over dead pets at the same time.
- you like Errol Morris letting ordinary people talk until they reveal themselves.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and not long talking heads.
- you find 1970s documentary footage dated.
About: mortality · the afterlife · grief

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
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? 2013
Documentary
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
The Five Obstructions 2003
Documentary
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
The sides of The Five Obstructions
- Jørgen Leth remaking his own short film
- Lars von Trier inventing the rules
- One remake made as a cartoon
Good for you if
- you like a game between two directors that keeps getting stranger.
- you're fascinated by Lars von Trier trying to break his mentor.
- you enjoy two filmmakers sparring across a table.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the Danish parts.
- you need to know at the end who won the game between the two men.
About: creativity · constraints · 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
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

Penn & Teller: Bull! 2003
Documentary
This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.
The sides of Penn & Teller: Bull!
- Two magicians testing psychics and palm readers
- Feng Shui and Ouija boards under the microscope
- A loud, swearing host and a silent partner
Good for you if
- you like Penn ranting and Teller staying silent while they take a belief apart.
- you like real people, real claims and a hidden camera or two.
- you want every claim checked against the evidence.
Bad for you if
- eight seasons of half-hour episodes is too much for you.
- you'd rather not see the nudity in some episodes.
About: skepticism · belief · deception
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
This Film Is Not Yet Rated 2006
Documentary
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.
The sides of This Film Is Not Yet Rated
- The board that rates American films
- A private investigator tailing the raters
- Directors on the cuts they were asked to make
Good for you if
- you want to know how films get their ratings in America.
- you like a private investigator unmasking the secret raters.
- you like an investigation with a playful, cheeky tone.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see the sex scenes shown as examples.
- you'd rather follow a story than a case file.
About: censorship · secrecy · double standards
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World 2016
Documentary
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
The sides of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
- Werner Herzog asking what the internet is doing to us
- The first message sent between two computers
- Robots, hackers and dreams of Mars
Good for you if
- you like hearing the people who built the internet tell how it began.
- you like Herzog asking whether the internet dreams of itself.
- you like odd detours to people who flee all radio waves.
Bad for you if
- you can't face a family harassed online after their daughter's death.
- you need momentum more than ten loose chapters of musing.
About: technology · the future · human connection
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