Kenneth Anger: Film as Magical Ritual

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.

2021

Derren Brown: Sacrifice

Illusionist Derren Brown concocts a psychological experiment in which he tries to manipulate an ordinary person into taking a bullet for a stranger.

2018

The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole gro

1977

The Great Houdinis

A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he

1976

A. K.

An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

1985

The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

A short documentary about the making of D. W. Griffith's controversial 'The Birth of a Nation'.

1993

L'illusionniste

1990

The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs

An in-depth oral history of the production and development history of Robert Altman's "O.C. and Stiggs," featuring commentaries from the film's cast a

2023

8mm Boys

This coming-of-age memoir takes a candid look back on a group of struggling creatives isolated in the Appalachian Mountains. Three generations of pers

2024

Frosty the Snowman

A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a

1969

That Guy Dick Miller

Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featu

2014

Under a Blue Sun

Negev Desert, Israel, 1987. Bashir Abu Rabi'a works as a pyrotechnics and special effects assistant on the film Rambo III, starring Sylvester Stallone

2024

My Santa

A young, single mother, Jen, begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas. However, when she takes her son Eric to see the local mall Santa, Jen

2013

Jack and the Beanstalk

Imaginative and creative Jack seeks adventure while trying to provide for himself and his mother. Will he ever solve the mystery of how his father die

1983

Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic

In addition to the insight provided by performers who knew Vernon, including Max Maven, Herb Zarrow, John Carney, Jackie Flosso, Ricky Jay, Steve Free

2017

Beyond the mall

Is there an audience for Latin American movies? These are some of the questions posed by an Ecuadorian filmmaker whose latest movie was a commercial f

2010

The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit

Michael Dudok de Wit was asked by the famous Japanese animation studio Ghibli, to create his first feature length animated film. This would be Ghibli'

2016

The Haunted House: Gags and Growth

Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).

2011

Hard Luck: The Last Short to Be Found

Documentary about the Buster Keaton short Hard Luck (1921).

2011

The Goat Is Not a Goat

A short documentary on the works of Buster Keaton.

2011