Movie Releases by Genre

Shakespeare Behind Bars

Shakespeare Behind Bars

March 10, 2006
Shakespeare Behind Bars is an unexpectedly delightful documentary that follows the casting, rehearsal, and presentation of Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, by convicted felons inside Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. (International Film Circuit)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.1
Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

March 3, 2006 | R
A genuine crowd-pleaser, Dave Chappelle's Block Party spotlights comedy superstar Dave Chappelle as he presents a Brooklyn neighborhood with its very own once-in-a-lifetime free block party. (Rogue Pictures)
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.6
Deep Sea

Deep Sea

March 3, 2006 | G
Deep Sea 3D, the new immersive, underwater adventure from IMAX, transports audiences deep below the ocean surface in multiple locations around the waters of the globe and gives them never-before-seen, up-close encounters with a wide range of undersea life. (IMAX)
Metascore:
79
User Score:
6.0
Our Brand Is Crisis

Our Brand Is Crisis

March 1, 2006 | Unrated
For decades, U.S. strategists-for-hire have been quietly molding the opinions of voters and the messages of candidates in elections around the world. They have worked for presidential candidates on every continent. Without the noise of tanks or troops, these Americans have been spreading our brand of democracy from the Middle East to the middle of the South American jungle. This documentary is an astounding look at one of their campaigns and its earth-shattering aftermath. [Koch Lorber Films]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.7
Al otro lado

Al otro lado

March 1, 2006
An aspiring corrido composer from the drug capital of Mexico faces two choices to better his life: to traffic drugs or to cross the border illegally into the United States. From Sinaloa, Mexico, to the streets of South Central and East L.A., Al Otro Lado explores the world of drug smuggling, illegal immigration and the corrido music that chronicles it all. (Altamura Film)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Unknown White Male

Unknown White Male

February 24, 2006 | PG-13
Sometime between 8pm on July 1st and 7am on July 3rd, 2003, Doug Bruce lost himself. That morning, riding alone on a New York subway headed towards Coney Island, he could not remember his name, where he worked, who his friends were, how much money he had in his bank account. He was without his identity. Unknown White Male is the true story of how Bruce, a successful former stockbroker, struggles to learn who he was and who he will become. The documentary, produced, directed and edited by Bruce’s longtime friend, Rupert Murray, chronicles this profound journey. (Wellspring)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
3.9
Forgiving Dr. Mengele

Forgiving Dr. Mengele

February 24, 2006
Forgiving Dr. Mengele is a story of a shocking act of forgiveness by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who along with her twin sister, Miriam, were victims of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's cruel genetic experiments - an experience that would haunt them their entire lives. Eva's metamorphosis from embittered survivor to tireless advocate for reconciliation is sparked when she, in an attempt to get information about the experiments, meets with another former Auschwitz doctor. Her ideas about justice, revenge and the possibility of healing through forgiveness - as well as the passionate opposition from other survivors - become a window to a larger discussion of the many ways people define forgiveness. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.8
Trudell

Trudell

February 24, 2006
In this documentary filmmaker Heather Rae the engaging life story of Native American poet-prophet-activist John Trudell and his heartfelt message of active, personal responsibility to the earth, all of its inhabitants and our descendents. (Appaloosa Pictures)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
Workingman's Death

Workingman's Death

February 24, 2006
Is heavy manual labor disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the trail of the heroes in the illegal mines of the Ukraine, sniffs out ghost among the sulfur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with lions at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles with brothers as they cut a huge oil tanker into pieces in Pakistan, and joins Chinese steel workers in hoping for a glorious future. (Lotus/Quinte/Arte)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.8
Street Fight

Street Fight

February 22, 2006
This documentary chronicles the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark, N.J. between Cory Booker, a 32-year-old Rhodes Scholar/Yale Law School grad, and Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent and undisputed champion of New Jersey politics. (Marshall Curry Productions)
Metascore:
85
User Score:
6.9
Desert Wind

Desert Wind

February 15, 2006
A disturbing exploration of what it means to be a man Desert Wind unveils the innermost thoughts of 13 men about their lives and male identity, making a clean sweep of clichés. Their revelations -- a glimpse of the hidden side that few men spontaneously reveal -- are of equal interest for women. (XL Production)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
The Ister

The Ister

February 10, 2006
The Ister is a 3000km journey to the heart of Europe, from the mouth of the Danube river on the Black Sea, to its source in the German Black Forest. By joining a vast philosophical narrative with an epic voyage along Europe’s greatest waterway, The Ister invites you to unravel the extraordinary past and future of 'the West.' (Black Box Sound and Image)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

February 10, 2006 | PG
Neil Young: Heart of Gold is filmmaker Jonathan Demme's intimate musical portrait of legendary singer/songwriter Neil Young, filmed on the occasion of the world premiere of Young's "Prairie Wind" concert at Nashville's hallowed Ryman Auditorium. (Paramount Classics)
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.2
Through the Fire

Through the Fire

February 10, 2006
This documentary follows basketball player Sebastian Telfair through his senior year of high school.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.5
Cowboy del Amor

Cowboy del Amor

February 3, 2006
Cowboy Del Amor is a documentary comedy about a cowboy-turned-matchmaker who can’t manage his own love life. It follows self-proclaimed "Cowboy Cupid" Ivan Thompson, as he finds Mexican brides for disillusioned American men searching for the perfect wife. (Emerging Pictures)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.7
What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole

What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole

February 3, 2006
Down the Rabbit Hole takes the ideas introduced in the first What the Bleep movie, and plunges the viewer Deep into scientific findings that say Reality is fluid and that we are an integral part of everything -- It's the Next Evolution! (Lord of the Wind Films)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
5.8
Who Gets to Call It Art?

Who Gets to Call It Art?

February 1, 2006
This documentary provides a wild ride through the NYC art scene of the 1960's, through the eyes of Henry Geldzahler, the first curator of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Roving Mars

Roving Mars

January 27, 2006 | G
The mysterious Red Planet, Mars, has inspired countless science fiction dreams and nightmares. Now, for the first time, experience the reality of the Marc surface as seen through the eyes of two intrepid, death-defying explorers -- Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Rovers -- in the spectacular new giant screen adventure Roving Mars. (Walt Disney Pictures)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
6.6
Why We Fight

Why We Fight

January 20, 2006 | PG-13
This documentary is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a "who's who" of military and beltway insiders. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.6
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

January 20, 2006
A chronological collage of Melvin Van Peebles, a beyond-Renaissance man. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Blossoms of Fire

Blossoms of Fire

January 20, 2006
Blossoms of Fire is a dazzling, whirling dance of a film that celebrates the extraordinary lives of the Isthmus Zapotecs of southern Oaxaca, Mexico. (New Yorker Films)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
The Real Dirt on Farmer John

The Real Dirt on Farmer John

January 20, 2006
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. An outcast in his community, Farmer John transforms his world amidst a failing economy,vicious rumors, and violence. By melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free expression,this quintessentially American story heralds a resurrection of farming in America. (Slow Hand Releasing)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.9
24 Hours on Craigslist

24 Hours on Craigslist

January 19, 2006
From a single post on craigslist 8 film crews were assembled to document a random day-in-the-life of what has evolved into the world's largest community board. Not just the "Best-Of" or the "Success Stories", but a real, down-to-earth look at the fastest-growing grassroots cyber-community in the city that started it: San Francisco. (Zealot Pictures)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
The Fall of Fujimori

The Fall of Fujimori

January 18, 2006
The Fall of Fujimori is a character-driven, political thriller exploring the volatile events that defined Alberto Fujimori's decade-long reign of Peru. (Stardust Pictures)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
That Man: Peter Berlin

That Man: Peter Berlin

January 13, 2006
With his trademark Dutchboy haircut, Tom of Finland physique, and oh-so-tight trousers, Peter Berlin was the poster boy for the hedonistic and sexually liberated 1970s. Director Jim Tushinski's fascinating, sexy, and ultimately touching portrait, That Man: Peter Berlin, traces Berlin's story over the past 40 years, from his birth in wartime Germany to his current life in San Francisco, turning the elusive sex icon into a human being. (Gorilla Factory Productions)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.9
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye

January 13, 2006
This documentary is a wonderfully evocative biography of the man considered to be the greatest photographer of the last Century and the grandfather of photojournalism.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
Following Sean

Following Sean

January 13, 2006 | Unrated
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck first met Sean while living as a graduate student in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood at the height of the 1960s. Thirty years, three generations, and a lifetime later, Arlyck has returned to San Francisco in search of who the adult Sean might have become. (Shadow Distribution)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
State of Fear

State of Fear

January 11, 2006
In this documentary, the spectacular beauty of Peru is juxtaposed with the disturbing revelations of that nation's Truth Commission detailing a 20-year reign of terror. (Film Forum)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein

Ich hiess Sabina Spielrein

December 28, 2005
In 1977, a surprising find in Switzerland led to the re-discovery of one of the most important female figures in the early history of psychoanalysis. The found diaries and letters revealed an extensive relationship between the unknown Russian-Jewish psychiatrist Sabina Spielrein and two founding fathers of pyschoanalysis, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. The correspondence charted Spielrein's previously unknown influence on both men's lives and work, as well as her own unique contributions to the field of psychoanalysis. Through recreations and voice-over readings of Sabina's letters, the lost story comes alive and a true pioneer of psychoanalysis and child psychology gets the recognition she deserves. (Facets Multimedia)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
5.2
The Grace Lee Project

The Grace Lee Project

December 14, 2005
With wit and charm, The Grace Lee Project puts a hilarious spin on the eternal question "What's in a name?" (Women Make Movies)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal

December 9, 2005
The documentary features a 2003 Carnegie Hall concert featuring many of folk music's leading lights, in honor an unsung American hero: music impresario Harold Leventhal. (Seventh Art Releasing)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear

The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear

December 9, 2005
This film was originally aired as a BBC documentary comprised of three one-hour episodes "Baby, It's Cold Outside," "The Phantom Victory" and "Shadows in the Cave." The documentaries question whether the threat of terrorism to the West is a politically driven fantasy and if al-Qaeda really is an organised network. (BBC)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.2
First Descent

First Descent

December 2, 2005 | PG-13
First Descent chronicles the rebellious, inspiring and sometimes controversial rise of snowboarding -- as seen through the eyes of the snowboarders setting the standards and breaking the boundaries of this worldwide phenomenon. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt

December 2, 2005
A documentary portrait of Townes Van Zandt, the ultimate songwriter's songwriter who had a profound impact on generations of musicians. (Palm Pictures)
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.8
The Boys of Baraka

The Boys of Baraka

November 30, 2005 | Unrated
On September 12, 2002 twenty "at risk" 12-year-old boys from the tough streets of inner-city Baltimore left home to attend the 7th and 8th grade at Baraka, an experimental boarding school located in Kenya, East Africa. Here, faced with a strict academic and disciplinary program as well as the freedom to be normal teenage boys, these brave kids began the daunting journey towards putting their lives on a fresh path. This documentary focuses on four of these boys and captures their amazing journey. (Loki Films)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.7
Seamless

Seamless

November 25, 2005
Director Douglas Keeve, who profiled an established designer in his film "Unzipped," turns the cameras on young, up-and-coming designers in the documentary film "Seamless."
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
39 Pounds of Love

39 Pounds of Love

November 23, 2005 | Unrated
This documentary is the inspirational and humorous story of Ami Ankilewitz, a 3-D animator in Israel whose bodily motion is limited to a single finger on his left hand. (HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.3
Aristide and the Endless Revolution

Aristide and the Endless Revolution

November 17, 2005 | Not Rated
This feature documentary explores through investigative lenses the events that led to the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected President of Haiti. Filmmaker Nicolas Rossier takes the viewer into a journey of political intrigues, armed criminals posing as freedom fighters and economic fiascos. What emerges is a young democracy being constantly tested and ultimately destroyed. [Baraka Productions]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.1
Zizek!

Zizek!

November 17, 2005
Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek is one of the most important -- and outrageous -- cultural theorists working today. This captivating, erudite documentary explores the eccentric personality and esoteric work of this incomparable academic and writer. (Zeitgeist Films)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.5
The Comedians of Comedy

The Comedians of Comedy

November 11, 2005 | R
This documentary offers a raw, behind-the-scenes look at a group of cutting edge comedians. (Vitagraph Films)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
6.7
La sierra

La sierra

November 10, 2005
This documentary profiles a year in the life of La Sierra, a barrio ruled by paramilitary gangs in Medellin, Columbia.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.4
The Swenkas

The Swenkas

November 9, 2005
A documentary on a group of men in Johannesburg, South African who call themselves "Swenkas" and compete on Saturday nights for cash and prizes in a fashion show of their own making.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
Gay Sex in the 70s

Gay Sex in the 70s

November 4, 2005
Documentary producer/director Joseph Lovett focuses his lens on the unbridled sexual passion and exploration that marked the twelve years from Stonewall (1969) to the first reported cases of AIDS (1981). (Lovett Productions)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.0
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

November 4, 2005 | TV-PG
Robert Greenwald's documentary WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price takes you behind the glitz and into the real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you think, feel... and shop. (Brave New Films)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.5
Derailroaded

Derailroaded

November 3, 2005
In this shocking and sensitive 86-minute journey through the thunderstorms of the mind of paranoid-schizophrenic Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, we follow his discordant encounters in the music business. You will be moved, amazed, repelled, and ultimately come to know what it is like to be profoundly derailroaded. (Ubin Twinz Productions)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.3
New York Doll

New York Doll

October 28, 2005 | PG-13
New York Doll is a film that captures one of those rare occasions where life is not only stranger, but better than fiction. This documentary chronicles the extraordinary journey of Arthur "Killer" Kane to reunite with his bandmates. (First Independent Pictures)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.0
little man

little man

October 28, 2005
Little Man is the story of how a micro-preemie brought a family to its knees. Throughout little Nicholas's struggle for life, so struggle filmmaker Nicole Conn and political activist Gwen Baba to keep their family from disintegrating under the unrelenting stress and chaos of hospitals, emergency medical crisis and a crushing blow to trust. (Jour de Fete Films)
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
Ballets Russes

Ballets Russes

October 26, 2005 | Not Rated
Unearthing a treasure trove of archival footage, filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have fashioned a dazzlingly entrancing ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe known as the Ballets Russes. What began as a group of Russian refugees who never danced in Russia became not one but two rival dance troupes who fought the infamous "ballet battles" that consumed London society before World War II. [Zeitgeist Films]
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.0
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

October 26, 2005
Cinema verite reaches a new level of reality in this 1968 film-within-a-film as director William Greaves dares to break the accepted rules of cinema. (William Greaves Productions)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
After Innocence

After Innocence

October 21, 2005 | Unrated
This documentary tells the dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated -- innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. The film focuses on the gripping story of seven men and their emotional journey back into society and efforts to rebuild their lives. (New Yorker Films)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.3
White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

October 21, 2005
This documentary is the true, astonishing story of what King Leopold II did in the Congo. (ArtMattan Productions)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Emmanuel's Gift

Emmanuel's Gift

October 21, 2005 | G
Emmanuel's Gift tells the powerful and passionate story of a disabled orphan, Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah from Ghana, who has risen above abject poverty and a severe physical challenge to become a hero and inspiration to people around the world. (First Look Pictures)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.8
Protocols of Zion

Protocols of Zion

October 21, 2005 | R
In this documentary, Marc Levin gives us an explosive exploration of resurgent anti-Semitism in the wake of September 11. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.6
The Optimists

The Optimists

October 21, 2005
This documentary tells the dramatic story of how Bulgarian Christians and Muslims saved 50,000 Jews from the Holocaust.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Naked in Ashes

Naked in Ashes

October 21, 2005
This documentary looks at the lives of the Yogis in India.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.5
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family

Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family

October 19, 2005 | R
Trinogomous? Marriage-a-trois? Monogamy but with more than one person? How does one talk about the unusual relationship between Sam, Smantha and Steven? After all, this is one of those stories you WILL want to talk about. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Harlan County U.S.A. (re-release)

Harlan County U.S.A. (re-release)

October 14, 2005 | PG
Barbara Kopple's 1976 documentary is a timeless story of union strife in a Kentucky coal-mining town.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.5
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque

Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque

October 12, 2005 | Not Rated
This documentary chronicles the life, times, and passions of the legendary film archivist.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
The Aggressives

The Aggressives

October 7, 2005
This documentary explores a loophole in society's gender tapestry and seeks to expose the world of six lesbians who define themselves as "Aggressives." (Seventh Art Releasing)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.6
Santo Domingo Blues

Santo Domingo Blues

September 30, 2005
Santo Domingo Blues is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of the guitar-playing, singer songwriter Luis Vargas and Bachata, the guitar blues of Santo Domingo. (Mambo Media)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

September 23, 2005 | Unrated
This documentary takes audiences to the surface of the Moon to walk alongside the extraordinary Apollo astronauts who have stepped upon its surface. With never before seen photographs, CGI renditions of the lunar landscape and previously unreleased NASA footage, audiences will be immersed in the life-changing experiences of these astronauts by showcasing what they saw, heard, felt, thought and did while on the lunar surface. (IMAX)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Occupation: Dreamland

Occupation: Dreamland

September 23, 2005 | Unrated
This documentary is an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. (Rumur Releasing)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
4.6
One Bright Shining Moment

One Bright Shining Moment

September 16, 2005
This documentary examines George McGovern's bold and grassroots presidential campaign of 1972. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.1
Finding Eleazar

Finding Eleazar

September 16, 2005
A feature length documentary which chronicles the journey of international opera star Neil Shicoff as he develops the infamous tenor role of Eléazar from the Grand French opera La Juive. (Millennial Arts Productions)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
I am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

I am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

September 16, 2005
This documentary examines the making of Mikhail Kalatozov's once-banned 1964 masterpiece "I Am Cuba," a celebration of Castro's revolution.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
The Future of Food

The Future of Food

September 14, 2005
This documentary offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. (Lily Films)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.8
Make It Funky!

Make It Funky!

September 9, 2005 | Not Rated
A raucous tribute to the musical heritage of New Orleans, this documentary is chock full of blazing performances, fiery archival footage and red-hot conversations with the remarkable men and women who created it. (Sony)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
4.7
Music from the Inside Out

Music from the Inside Out

September 9, 2005
This documentary is the result of a unique five-year collaboration between filmmaker Daniel Anker and the 105 musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In an exhilarating 90-minute journey, the film explores the mystery and magic of the musical experience, weaving together an eclectic mix of musical performance with the personal stories of some of the finest musicians in the world. (Emerging Pictures)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.4
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

September 8, 2005
A radical journey through the history of motion picture editing--the essence of cinema. Led by visionaries of the art and contemporary masters of the craft, Edge Codes.com goes beyond the cutting edge, unlocking the future of montage and exploring editing as a universal language shaping our perceptions of the world around us. (Travesty Releasing)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie

Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie

September 7, 2005
Through the rhythms of Evelyn Glennie we touch the sound – we feel the beat of the universe. Thomas Riedelsheimer takes us on an expedition with Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie into the center of the sound world – a journey involving each of our senses. See, Feel, Embrace the sound. Evelyn’s postcards from her journey across the world feed into the creation of music from the interior of one of the most unique perspectives of sound and image on the planet. (Shadow Distribution)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.9
William Eggleston in the Real World

William Eggleston in the Real World

August 31, 2005
This documentary examines that connection between the enigmatic personality and the groundbreaking work of one of the most significant figures in contemporary photography.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.0
Wall

Wall

August 26, 2005
This documentary is a cinematic meditation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which the filmmaker blurs the lines of hatred by asserting her double identity as Jew and Arab. (Lifesize Entertainment)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
5.1
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

August 26, 2005
This feature length documentary chronicles the ground breaking, early 80's punk rock band from their humble beginnings in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA to their tragic and untimely demise when lead signer and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a van accident in December of 1985. (Rocket Fuel Films)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
5.8
This Divided State

This Divided State

August 19, 2005
A raw and riveting examination of the heated "red versus blue" rift in the nation, This Divided State begins in September 2004 with the presidential election fast approaching and the State of Utah ready to declare itself "Bush Country" once again. However, this complacent state of Republican majority was rocked when Utah Valley State College announced that liberal filmmaker Michael Moore would speak on their campus two weeks before the election. (Minority Films LLC)
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.6
Reel Paradise

Reel Paradise

August 17, 2005 | R
Reel Paradise tells the story of John Pierson's family at the end of a year-long adventure on a remote island in Fiji where they ran the 180 Meridian Cinema, showing free movies to the locals. (Wellspring Media)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
4.9
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

August 17, 2005 | PG-13
This documentary investigates the murder and subsequent injustice surrounding Emmett Louis Till's death, which many consider to be the true catalyst for the American Civil Rights Movement. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
The Goebbles Experiment

The Goebbles Experiment

August 12, 2005
This documentary lets the Nazi propaganda mastermind behind Hitler talk directly to you as actor Kenneth Branagh reads pages of the diary he kept without interruption from 1924 to 1945. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.3
Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man

August 12, 2005 | R
In his mesmerizing new film, acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. [Lions Gate Films]
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.2
The Century of the Self

The Century of the Self

August 12, 2005
Adam Curtis' acclaimed BBC documentary series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. (BBC Four)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.6
A State of Mind

A State of Mind

August 10, 2005
This observational film provides a rare glimpse into North Korea, one of the world’s least known societies. The film following two young gymnasts, 13 year old Pak Hyon Sun and 11 year old Kim Song Yun, and their families for over eight months in the lead up to the Mass Games -- involving a cast of thousands in a choreographed socialist realism spectacular -- the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth. (Kino International)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
My Date with Drew

My Date with Drew

August 5, 2005 | PG
Ever since the second grade when he first saw her in "E.T. The Extraterrestrial," Brian Herzlinger has had a crush on Drew Barrymore. Now, 20 years later he’s decided to try to fulfill his lifelong dream by asking her for a date. There's one small problem: She's Drew Barrymore and he's, well, Brian Herzlinger, a broke 27-year-old aspiring filmmaker from New Jersey. But that doesn't stop Brian and his film school pals from doing everything they can think of to convince Barrymore to go out with him – and documenting their quest along the way. (DEJ Productions)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.3
Proteus

Proteus

August 5, 2005
This documentary uses the undersea world as the locus for a meditation on the troubled intersection of scientific and artistic vision. The one-hour film is based almost entirely on the images of nineteenth century painters, graphic artists, photographers and scientific illustrators, photographed from rare materials in European and American collections and brought to life through innovative animation. (First Run / Icarus Films)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
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Darwin's Nightmare

Darwin's Nightmare

August 3, 2005
Darwin's Nightmare is a tale about humans between the North and South, about globilization and about fish. (Cellulois Dreams)
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.5
Young Rebels

Young Rebels

August 3, 2005
Young Rebels follows seven Cuban hip-hop artists and producers over the course of a Havana summer. Battling on the stage or at home, the characters' personal travels collide in a summer of explosive concerts, intense debate, unbearable heat, and rising tensions as government agencies begin to institutionalize hip-hop's street roots. (Gowanus Productions)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
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The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats

July 29, 2005 | Not Rated
Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closet friends (who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman) to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque routine, too extreme to be performed in public, called "The Aristocrats." (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.0
Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen

Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen

July 29, 2005
The King of the B's, Edgar G. Ulmer was one of the first independent filmmakers, shooting movies in six days for a fraction of the cost of a studio feature. This documentary searches for an understanding of the mysterious and oft-forgotten man behind some of the most classic noir, horror, and sci-fi films in history. (Anthology Film Archives)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
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Melancholian 3 huonetta

Melancholian 3 huonetta

July 27, 2005
This award-winning, stunningly beautiful documentary reveals how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya. Divided into three episodes or 'rooms,' the film is characterized by an elegantly paced, observational style, which uses little dialog, minimal voice-over commentary and a spare but evocative musical score. (First Run / Icarus Films)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.7
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

July 22, 2005
This documentary explores the beautiful, dramatic, and lyrical story of David Brower and his colleagues' unrelenting campaigns – fought through lobbying, art, and hard hitting advertising – to protect and establish some of our most treasured national parks. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
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Rittenhouse Square

Rittenhouse Square

July 22, 2005 | Not Rated
Rittenhouse Square is an impressionistic, music-filled documentary about a small Philadelphia park - "the spot" - where people go to meet friends, find romance, muse about life and enjoy the beauty of nature and the opposite sex. (Max L. Raab Productions)
Metascore:
50
User Score:
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Making Grace

Making Grace

July 20, 2005
This captivating portrait of a lesbian couple's quest to become mothers brings the audience along on their journey, letting them experience the challenges and joys of lesbian motherhood. (First Run Features)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
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The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

July 15, 2005
After assessing today's dwindling oil reserves and skyrocketing use of oil for fuels, plastics and chemicals, this documentary questions the motives for the U.S. wars in the Middle-East and Central Asia where 3/4 of the world's oil and natural gas is located. (Free-Will Productions)
Metascore:
30
User Score:
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Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

July 13, 2005
A thought-provoking road trip through the American South, this film is a collage of stories and testimonies, almost invariably of sudden death, sin or redemption: Heaven or Hell, with no middle ground. (Films Transit International)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.3
Return to the Land of Wonders

Return to the Land of Wonders

July 13, 2005
Moving between the political sphere and everyday life on the streets of Baghdad, this documentary offers a unique glimpse into the resilience of Iraqis as they struggle to sustain their lives and to fight off a sense of despair and defeat. (Arab Film Distribution)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
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Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

July 8, 2005
This documentary examines the ancient meditation technique named Vipassana, which shows people how to take control of their lives and channel them toward their own good. It is the story of a strong woman named Kiran Bedi, the former Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi, who strove to transform the notorious Tihar Prison and turn it into an oasis of peace. (Immediate Pictures)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.8
Murderball

Murderball

July 8, 2005 | R
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, Murderball is a film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players. (ThinkFilm)
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.4
A Sidewalk Astronomer

A Sidewalk Astronomer

July 6, 2005
A fascinating and illuminating journey through the cosmos featuring the cantankerous and brilliant astronomer John Dobson.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
Twist of Faith

Twist of Faith

July 1, 2005
This documentary follows the intimate psychological journey of Tony Comes, a firefighter from Toledo, Ohio, who survived years of sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest. (HBO/Documentary Films)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
A Decent Factory

A Decent Factory

June 29, 2005
This documentary follows an Ethical and Environmental expert from Nokia as she travels to China to inspect the facilities under contract to her company.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
tbd
March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins

June 24, 2005 | G
This documentary chronicles one year in the life of an emperor penguin flock.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.8
Rize

Rize

June 24, 2005 | PG-13
Rize reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that's exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this documentary film brings to first light a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. (Lions Gate Entertainment)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.1
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