Saltar al contenido principal

¿Qué quieres ver esta noche?

Cada título dice para quién es bueno y para quién no. Toca lo que quieres esta noche, o di que no a uno y por qué.

Lo más cercano a Zeitgeist: The Movie primero

  1. Zeitgeist: Addendum 2008

    Documentary

    Director Peter Joseph examines examples of economic subjugation and offers solutions based on alignment with nature.

    The sides of Zeitgeist: Addendum

    • The debt system behind modern money
    • Economic hit men in Latin America
    • A plan for an economy without money

    Good for you if

    • you like asking who really controls money and banks.
    • you want to hear John Perkins tell how he worked as an economic hit man.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at a two-hour call to change the whole world.
    • you need every claim to hold up, and this one draws on conspiracy theories.

    About: money · power · debt · utopia

    Explora sus caras
  2. HyperNormalisation 2016

    Documentary

    We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…

    The sides of HyperNormalisation

    • Decades of politics told through archive footage
    • Syria, Libya and Wall Street in one story
    • The early internet as an escape

    Good for you if

    • you like a sweeping take on how the powerful manage the world.
    • you like decades of recent history, from the 1970s on, told as one story.
    • you like archive footage set to unexpected pop and ambient music.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through nearly three hours of documentary.
    • you need some hope at the end of a film.

    About: power · post-truth · disillusion

    Explora sus caras
  3. Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

    The sides of JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    • Oliver Stone back on the Kennedy case
    • Declassified files from the assassination
    • Dallas, November 22, 1963

    Good for you if

    • you want to go through the real documents released decades after Dallas.
    • you like going back over who shot Kennedy, piece by piece.
    • you want to look at what the CIA and Washington knew in 1963.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the Zapruder footage of the shooting played again.
    • you need a final, settled answer about who killed Kennedy.

    About: political assassination · government secrecy · american history

    Explora sus caras
  4. Spotlight 2015

    Película

    Cuando el tenaz equipo de reporteros de la sección "Spotlight" ahonda en los alegatos de abuso dentro de la Iglesia Católica, descubren en su investigación el encubrimiento llevado a cabo durante décadas por parte de las altas esferas de organizaciones religiosas, legales y gubernamentales de Boston, desatando una ola de revelaciones alrededor del mundo.

    Las caras de Spotlight

    • Periodistas que investigan los abusos en la Iglesia
    • Entrevistas con sobrevivientes
    • Una ciudad que miró hacia otro lado

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una historia contada con entrevistas y documentos.
    • quieres ver cómo se hizo una investigación real.
    • te gusta una presión que sube despacio sobre los poderosos.

    Mala para ti si

    • los abusos a menores, aunque sean contados, son demasiado para esta noche.
    • quieres acción. Son llamadas y papeles.

    Temas: la verdad · el poder · la complicidad

    Explora sus caras
  5. Modern history can be divided into two time frames: before 9/11 and after 9/11. This five-part docuseries is a cohesive chronicle of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., offering illuminating perspectives and personal stories of how the catastrophic events of that day changed the course of the nation.

    The sides of Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

    • The September 11 attacks
    • Twenty years of war in Afghanistan
    • Survivors, soldiers and officials remembering

    Good for you if

    • you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.
    • you like seeing how one day reshaped the following twenty years.
    • you want to understand the choices made in Washington after the attacks.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch footage of the attacks and accounts of torture.
    • you want something light for your evening.

    About: terrorism · grief · security and freedom

    Explora sus caras
  6. Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.

    The sides of The Untold History Of The United States

    • Oliver Stone narrating American history
    • From the Second World War to the present
    • Presidents, bombs and the Cold War

    Good for you if

    • you like a sweeping run through the American century.
    • you like asking who really made the big decisions.
    • you like archive footage of real leaders and real events.

    Bad for you if

    • you find almost ten hours too much for one documentary.
    • you'd rather not spend hours on wars and bombs.

    About: empire · power · memory

    Explora sus caras
  7. Wild Wild Country 2018

    Documentary

    When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

    The sides of Wild Wild Country

    • A guru's followers building a city in the Oregon desert
    • Ma Anand Sheela, his right hand
    • A small town fighting back

    Good for you if

    • you like a fight between a commune and a town that becomes a national case.
    • you can't look away from Sheela telling her own story decades later.
    • you like a true story that gets stranger with each episode, and you can't guess where it goes.

    Bad for you if

    • six episodes of over an hour each is too much for you.
    • you need momentum, and the archives and interviews take their time.

    About: faith · power · utopia

    Explora sus caras
  8. The Edge of Democracy 2019

    Documentary

    A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

    The sides of The Edge of Democracy

    • Lula and Dilma Rousseff up close
    • An impeachment seen from inside the palace
    • A director whose own family is part of the story

    Good for you if

    • you like watching who really holds power in a country fall apart in real time.
    • you want the Brazil of Lula and Dilma Rousseff filmed from the inside.
    • you like a political story told through the director's own parents and grandparents.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for two hours of Portuguese.
    • you need some hope by the end, not a divided country left as it is.

    About: democracy · polarization · memory

    Explora sus caras
  9. A presentation of a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical 'life ground' attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a 'Resource-Based Economy'.

    The sides of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

    • A case against the monetary system
    • A proposed resource-based economy
    • Interviews, animation and narration

    Good for you if

    • you like questioning who money really serves.
    • you like hearing real experts such as Gabor Maté and Robert Sapolsky on what shapes human behaviour.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through two hours and forty minutes of argument.
    • you roll your eyes at a film that pleads one case from start to finish.

    About: money · society · sustainability

    Explora sus caras
  10. Dirty Wars 2013

    Documentary

    Investigative journalist, Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars, and examines how the US government has responded to international terrorist threats in ways that seem to go against the established laws of the land.

    The sides of Dirty Wars

    • A journalist following covert US operations
    • A night raid in Afghanistan
    • Families of victims telling their story

    Good for you if

    • you want to see what happens far from official statements.
    • you like asking who decides on secret wars.
    • you like following Jeremy Scahill from one lead to the next.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take grieving families talking about their dead.
    • you need a film that ends with some hope.

    About: secrecy · accountability · war

    Explora sus caras
  11. Fahrenheit 9/11 2004

    Documentary

    Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    The sides of Fahrenheit 9/11

    • The 2000 election and September 11
    • A president in a classroom after the attacks
    • A mother from Flint who lost her son in Iraq

    Good for you if

    • you want news footage and interviews from the Bush years in one film.
    • you like following money and oil between Washington and Saudi Arabia.
    • you like Michael Moore's mocking edits and pop songs over politicians.

    Bad for you if

    • a mother reading her dead son's last letter is too much for you.
    • you can't watch real footage of wounded civilians and soldiers in Iraq.

    About: war · grief · politics

    Explora sus caras
  12. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

    The sides of Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

    • Eight former members of the Church of Scientology
    • How a science fiction writer founded a religion
    • Testimony about abuse inside the church

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing people explain how they came to believe, and how they left.
    • you want to know how an organisation keeps control of its members.
    • you like long testimonies where people choose every word.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't listen to accounts of psychological abuse and broken families.
    • you lose track when names pile up. Eight former members, two church leaders and a few film stars come and go.

    About: belief · control · leaving

    Explora sus caras
  13. The Act of Killing 2012

    Documentary

    After befriending documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various American film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposing the lingering impact of Indonesia's 1965-66 anti-communist purge and the unsettling psychology of its perpetrators.

    The sides of The Act of Killing

    • Men who led death squads in 1965 Indonesia
    • Their killings restaged as film scenes
    • A country where the killers were never tried

    Good for you if

    • you want history told by the people who carried it out.
    • you can sit with a story that offers no comfort at the end.
    • you want to see who stayed in power after the killings.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take mass killing described calmly by the men who did it.
    • over two and a half hours of this is too much for one evening.
    • you won't read subtitles, and the film is in Indonesian.

    About: impunity · memory · guilt

    Explora sus caras
  14. Collective 2019

    Documentary

    In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.

    The sides of Collective

    • A nightclub fire in Bucharest
    • Sports journalists investigating hospitals
    • A new health minister inside the system

    Good for you if

    • you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.
    • you like seeing how corruption reaches from hospitals to ministers.
    • you like a documentary that plays like a political thriller.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Romanian.
    • you can't watch burn victims and grieving families on screen.

    About: corruption · journalism · grief · public health

    Explora sus caras
  15. Julian Assange. Bradley Manning. Collateral murder. Cablegate. WikiLeaks. These people and terms have exploded into public consciousness by fundamentally changing the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy, and the right to information, perhaps for generations to come. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an extensive examination of all things related to WikiLeaks and the larger global debate over access to information.

    The sides of We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

    • Julian Assange and the rise of WikiLeaks
    • Chelsea Manning and the leaked war files
    • Governments, secrets and journalists

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing who controls secrets and who pays for leaking them.
    • you want the real story behind Cablegate and the war logs.
    • you'd rather judge Assange yourself than be handed a hero.

    Bad for you if

    • you find two hours of interviews too much for one evening.
    • you can't watch real footage, filmed from a helicopter, of civilians shot in Baghdad.

    About: secrecy · freedom of information · power · betrayal

    Explora sus caras
  16. The Corporation 2003

    Documentary

    Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

    The sides of The Corporation

    • The corporation treated as a legal person
    • A psychiatric checklist applied to big business
    • Interviews with CEOs, activists and economists

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how companies came to hold so much power.
    • you like real case studies more than abstract theory.
    • you enjoy a long argument built from dozens of interviews.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly two and a half hours of documentary is too much for you.
    • you want striking images, and this is built from interviews and archive footage.

    About: capitalism · democracy · responsibility

    Explora sus caras
  17. The Dissident 2020

    Documentary

    When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.

    The sides of The Dissident

    • A journalist who walks into a consulate in Istanbul
    • His fiancée waiting outside
    • Dissidents fighting a state online

    Good for you if

    • you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.
    • you like an investigation that plays like a thriller.
    • you want to understand how a state hunts its critics abroad.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with a real murder and the grief of the people left behind.
    • you can't hear the details of a killing described.

    About: free speech · surveillance · impunity

    Explora sus caras
  18. Above Majestic 2018

    Documentary

    A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.

    The sides of Above Majestic

    • A secret group said to hold alien technology
    • Hidden budgets and black projects
    • Interviews with UFO researchers

    Good for you if

    • you love UFO lore and the strange stories around it.
    • you like digging into the Majestic 12 legend.
    • you enjoy theories about who really pulls the strings.

    Bad for you if

    • you need every claim to hold up to hard evidence.
    • you find more than two hours of interviews too much for one evening.

    About: secrecy · conspiracy · extraterrestrials

    Explora sus caras
  19. She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.

    The sides of The Martha Mitchell Effect

    • The wife of Nixon's attorney general
    • Late-night phone calls to reporters
    • A campaign to call her crazy

    Good for you if

    • you like seeing how Nixon's men silenced a woman who talked.
    • you want the forgotten true story of Martha Mitchell.
    • you like Watergate seen from an unexpected side.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1970s TV archive footage dated.
    • you want the full Watergate story. This runs forty minutes and stays on Martha.

    About: truth · political scandal · gaslighting

    Explora sus caras
  20. Making a Murderer 2015

    Documentary

    Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.

    The sides of Making a Murderer

    • A man freed by DNA after 18 years in prison
    • A new murder charge two years later
    • A nephew's confession and the trials that follow

    Good for you if

    • you want to weigh the evidence in the Steven Avery case yourself.
    • you like seeing how a county police force and a court work up close.
    • you like a case followed over ten years, hearing by hearing.

    Bad for you if

    • a real young woman's murder and a teenager's interrogation are too much for you.
    • you need some hope, and a family's ten-year fight through prison visits and appeals wears you down.

    About: justice · doubt · family

    Explora sus caras