George Bailey spends his entire life giving up his big dreams for the good of his town, Bedford Falls, as we see in flashback. But in the present, on Christmas Eve, he is broken and suicidal over the misplacing... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 1,893 views

The film depicts a rape and murder through the widely differing accounts of four witnesses, including the perpetrator and, through a medium, the murder victim. Each story is mutually contradictory, leaving... continue reading

posted by pigeon 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 3,013 views

A seminal moment from a fantastic film: Donnie Darko - who takes on Jim Cunningham in his 'life talk' presentation.

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 2,023 views

An engrossing documentary about the unappreciated & invisible art of film editing. It shows how film editing came about, and explains all the groundbreaking ways it has changed the film watching experience.... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 8,913 views

Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on "where," but on "what's there." It begins with morning, natural landscapes and people at prayer: volcanoes, water falls, veldts, and forests;... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 5,175 views

A documentary showing both how The Beatles made music together, and how they split up. Hundreds of hours of raw footage was condensed into the final product. The rooftop performance ending the film remains... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 3 months ago • 11,602 views

Style Wars is an impressive view of Hip Hop culture, emphasizing mainly on graffiti in New York during the early 1980's. This film really brings home that lesson that artistic expression doesn't have to... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 4 months ago • 3,847 views

A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world's best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers,... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 8,232 views

A sequel to Scratch (2001) released in 2005, that highlights the performances of Jazzy Jay, Z-Trip, The X-Ecutioners and Mix Master Mike on the Los Angeles stop of the tour promoting the film. The DJ sets/performances... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 3,984 views

This 2001 film follows DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist on a limited tour of their "Product Placement" mix sessions. These sessions are only two DJs, four turntables, and all 7" 45 rpm records. The dual virtuosos... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 5 months ago • 7,296 views

Bill Hicks was never one to mince words, and this 1989 taping at the "Laugh Stop" in Austin, TX. is certainly no exception. This film was made primarily as a "demo" for the folks at HBO in hopes of lading... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 6,600 views • 1:20:12

Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. The documentary focuses on him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 24,252 views • 1:19:08

In the 1950s, Eisenhower issued a stern & cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex". Foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 9,870 views • 1:38:31

The McLibel Trial is the infamous British court case between McDonald's and a former postman & a gardener from London (Helen Steel and Dave Morris). It ran for two and a half years and became the longest... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 2,649 views

Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary which traces the history of GNU, Linux, and the open source and free software movements. It features several interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs (and... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 9,659 views

Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) is an unauthorized made-for-television docudrama written and directed by Martyn Burke. Based upon the book, Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer, by... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 4,573 views • 2:07

Theologian Robert Beckford goes on a historical journey to uncover the true origins of the Torah and the New Testament. He finds that Moses may not have authored the books attributed to him, and that the... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 11,497 views • 1:43:14