ESSENTIEL — A Portrait

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the mode

2001

Don't Look Back

In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosop

1967

La Meilleure Façon de tracer

2010

Isabelle Adjani, 2 or 3 Things We Don't Know about Her...

Documentary that retraces Isabelle Adjani's life and career.

2013

What happened Gina Dirawi?

A life marked by murder threats. Gina Dirawi broke through on Youtube as a 20-year-old by recording sketches on the toilet. She was the super talent w

2019

Oskar Kokoschka : Portraits européens

2022

(There Is No) Cure

In this new video essay, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe delves into the dread-inducing mood and tone of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern horror classic Cure

2022

Corno

A feature-length documentary portrait of Québécoise painter Johanne Corno, who has lived and worked in New York City for more than 20 years. Ignored b

2013

Tony Curtis on 'Some Like It Hot'

Leonard Maltin interviews Tony Curtis on his experience filming 'Some Like It Hot'.

2001

Debra Paget, For Example

A video essay where the author presumes motivations and insights in a fictionalized biography regarding Debra Paget, a contract player for 20th-Centur

2016

La Guerre des centimes

2019

The Real Nancy Botwin From 'Weeds'

2015

With Sea Views

After consolidating itself as a tourist destination in the mid-1960s, this small coastal village has become the dormitory town for the workers of a Nu

2021

Interview with Mirai Mizue

Documentary about the early Mirai Mizue animation films between 2003-2010

2010

Mega Hammerhead

Shark expert Neil Hammerschlag and a crew of researchers search for an elusive hammerhead shark.

2016

Milk?

Using engaging interviews and arresting visuals, this documentary investigates the case for milk as a nutritious food. Is milk good for us or not?

2012

Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française

On April 24th, 1982, when Orson Welles was invited to Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur from François Mitterand, a lively filmed interview took pl

1983

Painting Pain

The film approaches the work of the Greek artist Nikos Koniaris. The particular way in which the painter depicts human suffering is presented through

2021

I, Apostate

A fantasia of post-indoctrination, immigration, and iconography. A pageant of wanderers and searchers: Mormon missionaries, a pioneer, polygamists, sc

2018

Frau Mercedes

In Bern, Madame Mercedes has been working for 35 years in her car as a prostitute. An intimate and subtle portrait about ageing as a prostitute, a doc

2008