1895 (1995)

7.1

Documentary
1992
Movie

Visions of Light

7.1
1992

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

Animation
2022
Movie

The House

7
2022

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.

6.6

Animation
1970
Movie

The Grandmother

6.6
1970

To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.

7.5

Documentary
1995
Movie

Frank and Ollie

7.5
1995

Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of animation flowed from the pencils of two of the greatest animators The Walt Disney Company ever produced -- Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Frank and Ollie, the talent behind BAMBI, PINOCCHIO, LADY AND THE TRAMP, THE JUNGLE BOOK, and others, set the standard for such modern-day hits as THE LION KING. It was their creative genius that helped make Disney synonymous with brilliant animation, magnificent music, and emotional storytelling. Take a journey with these extraordinary artists as they share secrets, insights, and the inspiration behind some of the greatest animated movies the world has ever known!

6.8

Animation
2021
Movie

Mad God

6.8
2021

A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.

6.9

Documentary
2019
Movie

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

6.9
2019

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

6.8

Animation
2008
Movie

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

6.8
2008

Ordered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts.

7.8

Documentary
2020
Movie

The Skywalker Legacy

7.8
2020

The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

7.1

Documentary
2018
Movie

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

7.1
2018

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

7.1

Documentary
2016
Movie

Mifune: The Last Samurai

7.1
2016

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

6.2

Animation
2018
Movie

Duck Duck Goose

6.2
2018

After he’s grounded by an injury, a high-flying bachelor is saddled with two wide-eyed orphans as they come face-to-face with the dangers and beauty of the outside world.

6.7

Documentary
2016
Movie

Cameraperson

6.7
2016

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.

6.5

Animation
1973
Movie

Heavy Traffic

6.5
1973

A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.

7.8

Documentary
2014
Movie

Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

7.8
2014

A look behind the lens of Christopher Nolan's space epic.

6.1

Animation
2019
Movie

Arctic Dogs

6.1
2019

Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.

6.5

Animation
1934
Movie

The Big Bad Wolf

6.5
1934

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

7.2

Documentary
2012
Movie

Side by Side

7.2
2012

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.