Night and Fog

Ten years after the Holocaust, filmmaker Alain Resnais goes back to the camps. What he shows is somehow even more disturbing because they’re empty. I found this doc through Jeremy … Read more

Nuyorican Básquet

In 1979, Puerto Rico’s national basketball team was filled with players straight out of New York City playgrounds. This doc shows how those courts built a movement. We found this … Read more

Wild Isles

You think you know the UK…until David Attenborough shows you the version with orcas, puffins, boxing hares, ancient oaks, and survival stories straight out of Planet Earth. Trailer for “Wild … Read more

The Road to Dharma

This isn’t Eat Pray Love—this is ride, crash, and confront your soul. It throws people into Himalayan cliff roads and sends them on a spiritual journey. My colleague Rob Kelly … Read more

The Century of the Self

America didn’t just invent better products—it invented better ways to mess with your head. Cigarettes became feminism, cake mix became motherhood, and “therapy” became a horror movie. This doc is … Read more

Miracle: The Boys of ’80

This doc drops you right into Team USA’s 1980 Olympic hockey run. A group of college kids going up against a Soviet Union team that had dominated the sport for … Read more

Rowing the Atlantic

She quit her corporate job, spent her life savings on a rowboat, and headed alone into 3,000 miles of open ocean. Trailer for “Rowing the Atlantic” You Can’t Make This … Read more

The Compleat Beatles

This might be the best Beatles documentary most people have never seen. It’s unauthorized, loaded with rare interviews, and basically vanished after Paul McCartney bought the negative and pulled it … Read more