Maidentrip
Dir. Jillian Schlesinger
In 2010, Dutch 15-year old Laura Dekker set out on a mission to be the youngest person to sail solo…
Beau travail
Dir. Claire Denis
Often considered Claire Denis’ best film, Beau Travail is an epic exploration of both masculinity and colonialism. Inspired by Melville’s…
The Violin
Dir. Francisco Vargas
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS FILM IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. CONTAINS VERY GRAPHIC SCENES. In fact, the movie opens…
Particle Fever
Dir. Mark A. Levinson & Mark Levinson
An absolutely delightful documentary about the first round of testing on the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. Who knew that…
Heartstone
Dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
This coming-of-age drama is set in a remote fishing village in Iceland. It follows a group of boys during a…
Endless Poetry
Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
This extremely unusual movie about the life of legendary Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky (as in Jodorowsky’s Dune) was financed by…
Come as You Are
Dir. Geoffrey Enthoven
Three guys in their twenties love wine and women but feel incomplete because they are still virgins. Under the guise…
This Is England
Dir. Shane Meadows
Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is a 12-year-old kid fueled by rage because of his father’s death. Over the course of the…
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Dir. José Padilha
Get ready for one hell of a journey. From the writer of City of God, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within…
Trouble the Water
Dir. Carl Deal & Tia Lessin.
Nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature. On the day before Hurricane Katrina, a young aspiring rap singer in the 9th…
The Interrupters
Dir. Steve James
This documentary is about a unique program in Chicago called CeaseFire whose sole aim is to stop violent deaths in…
Tony Takitani
Dir. Jun Ichikawa
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that the mix of ideas and aesthetics that gave us Her has roots…