Category Archives: Documentary

Matt Johnson of the English band THE THE, has remained silent as a singer / songwriter for years. Now he attempts to challenge contemporary politics through his own 12 hour live radio broadcast. But sudden grief and a request to write a new song reveals old demons of inertia and bereavement. Director : Johanna StContinue reading “The Inertia Variations – 2017”

The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20th century. Zahed was 13 years old when he enrolled in the Iranian army. Najah was 18 when he was conscripted into the Iraqi army, and he fought against Zahed in the Battle of Khorramshahr. Fast forward 25Continue reading “My Enemy, My Brother – 2017”

A woman fishing in turbid waters, a suffering nature, the broken chant of the muezzin, all linked by a thin black line. Director : Francesca Scalisi|Mark Olexa Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 11/8/2017 Country : Switzerland

Dina, an outspoken and eccentric 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, invites her fiancé Scott, a Walmart door greeter, to move in with her. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shacking up poses a new challenge. Scott freezes when itContinue reading “Dina – 2017”

For six female Holocaust survivors, liberation from the camps marked the beginning of a lifelong struggle. Director : Jon Kean Cast : Erika Jacoby|Eva Beckmann|Lili Majzner|Linda Sherman|Rena Drexler|Renee Firestone Genre : Documentary Release Date : 3/25/2017 Country : Poland

A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by changing one’s perceptions, the human body can heal itself from any disease. Director : Kelly Noonan Cast : Anita Moorjani|Anthony William|Bruce H. Lipton|Deepak Chopra|Gregg Braden|Marianne Williamson|Michael Beckwith Genre : Documentary Release Date : 10/20/2017 Country : United States

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters within their fields of expertise, alien ship and being design, costumes, alien language construction, and Denis Villeneuve’s work. Director : Keith Clark Cast : Amy Adams|Dan Levine|Denis Villeneuve|Eric Heisserer|Forest Whitaker|Jeremy Renner|JessicaContinue reading “Xenolinguistics: Understanding Arrival – 2017”

In 1937, at a school in the Trastevere district of Rome, a class photo was taken. Nobody could have known that two of the boys in the picture would go on to make film history: they were director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone. Another boy sat between this duo destined for world fame. WhatContinue reading “My Name Is Nobody – 2017”