Allen Iverson – The Answer
Philadelphia 76ers star guard Allen Iverson is in many ways the fantasy of armchair hoopsters, and I readily cop to being one. We know that we’re not as intimidating a…
Egypt’s Golden Empire
In 1560 BC, when Rome was still a marsh and the Acropolis was an empty rock, Egypt was already 1,000 years old. Although the period of the pyramid-builders was long…
Biggie and Tupac
In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop’s infamous east-west rivalry….
The Lighthouse Family: Greatest Hits
The songs on this DVD are: 1. Lifted, 2. Ocean Drive, 3. High, 4. Raincloud, 5. Lost in Space, 6. Loving Every Minute, 7. Free / One, 8. Question of…
Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief
Lewis Black hosts this comedic documentary about the US income tax system. Set at St John’s University, Lewis, as Professor Black, teaches a ‘Taxes 101’ course to students which highlights…
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy
This is the making of the Back to the Future Trilogy by acclaimed documentary maker Laurent Bouzereau and appears on the Back to the Future DVD set.
Price for Peace
Steven Spielberg, historian Stephen E. Ambrose, and director James Moll bring us a film with firsthand accounts chronicling the unforgettable events in the Pacific Theater of World War II. From…
Raw Iron: The Making of ‘Pumping Iron’
A documentary on the making of “Pumping Iron” to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Aired on Cinemax.
Rebels in the End of Times
A documentary about the everyday life and the expectations of three rebels, from Cape Verde, who are waiting for the end of the world. They believe salvation will come with…
What Killed the Mega Beasts?
“What Killed the Mega Beasts?” is a TV movie about the mystery of what caused the great extinction from the Pleistocene to Holocene eras with several paleontologists to find out…
The Real Bruce Lee 2
Dragon arrives in town and notices that it’s under the influence of the cruel Tang which controls the games, the prostitution and the loans of money with its fist of…
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’
Movie and stage icon Debbie Reynolds hosts the making of “Singin’ in the Rain”. The short documentary includes Donald O’Connor, who played the comical “Cosmo Brown”, Stanley Donen, one half…
A Haunting In Connecticut
A haunting documentary of a normal family living in Connecticut, who, after moving into their new house, are terrorized by an evil ghost that dwells in the home.
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 modern world, these mutant human…
National Geographic – Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Rings
A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting…
Winged Migration
The cameras of Jacques Perrin fly with migratory birds: geese, storks, cranes. The film begins with spring in North America and the migration to the Arctic; the flight is a…
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
Explore the myths and legends that inhabit the real world of Harry Potter. Follow award-winning documentary filmmakers as they offer insights to witches, wizards, Greek gods, ancient Celts, ghosts, magical…
A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of ‘Lord of the Rings’
Master of the Rings: The Unauthorized Story Behind J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’
This documentary examines the social and cultural underpinnings of the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, in an attempt to understand the work’s phenomenal success and…
Sting: All This Time
This DVD contains a behind the scenes documentary film and an intimate concert performance by Sting. The documentary is a candid look at the genesis, development and realisation of Sting’s…
Classic Albums: Lou Reed – Transformer
In 1972, Lou Reed’s second solo album Transformer elevated him from a minor cult figure to one of the best known and most talked about artists in rock & roll,…
The Cuban Game
A documentary depicting Cuba/US relations through baseball.
The Matrix Revisited
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
Muhammad Ali – Through The Eyes Of The World
“This is a kid who just said it. I’m the greatest – and he said it with poetry. And I don’t mean just the poems that he wrote but with…
We Stand Alone Together
Compiled over two years, an ‘on-camera oral history’ of Easy Company, told by the veterans themselves. Accompanies the mini-series Band of Brothers.
Being ‘Shallow Hal’
The HBO special is hosted by star Brooke Burns, who spends more time talking to people on the street about what it means to be shallow than discussing the film…
Reel Comedy: Shallow Hal
The Comedy Central “Reel Comedy” special provides a stage for Black, who starts riffing in the interview and coming up with some funny bits. Paltrow, Robbins and the Farrelly Brothers…
The Omen Legacy
The true stories that spawned the eerie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan. This documentary shares spine-tingling…
The Secret NASA Transmissions The Smoking Gun
Throughout the documented history of those early pioneering man missions into space, one can find numerous references, made by both astronauts and cosmonauts, to witnessing and sometimes describing curious anomalous…
Super 8 Stories
Flesh + Steel: The Making of ‘RoboCop’
A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in the line of duty, only to be reborn as a half-man, half-machine…
Beyond Vanilla
Much as the title suggests, Beyond Vanilla explores the kinkier aspects of sex on the other side of vanilla. With interviews, demonstrations and a good dose of how-to instructions, this…
Genesis – The Genesis Songbook
When Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford joined forces in the late sixties, their intentions were not to be recording artists but rather songwriters. That initial plan soon fell…
Welcome to Death Row
The record label Death Row Records has, since its creation in 1993, been synonymous with the American hip-hop climate. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label has released seminal rap…
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of ‘The French Connection’
The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin’s The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the character of Buddy ‘Cloudy’ Russo, played in…
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
The life and works of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone; a rich and fascinating portrait. Unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics reconstruct every…
Photograph of Wind
My daughter’s name is Maya. I’ve been told that the word maya means illusion in Hindu philosophy. As I watch her growing up, spinning like a top around me, I…
The Blue Planet
David Attenborough narrates a natural history of the oceans.
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Documentary about the shooting of ‘Suspiria’ that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music…
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Film critic and presenter Mark Kermode explores the fascination and praise audiences, fans and critics have behind the classic The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and how its importance grew higher over…