American Dream/American Knightmare
Dec 21, 2018 | IMDB 6.8
85 min Watch NowDocumentary, Music
Documentary that delves deep into the life and storied exploits of the iconic Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight, as well as the volatile and highly influential era in gangsta rap he presided over. Through a series of interviewers face to face with director Antoine Fuqua, Knight reveals exactly how it all happened and why it all fell apart. Knight is currently in jail pending trial on murder, attempted-murder and hit-and-run charges.
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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
The Broken Melody
Amadeus
The Lady of the Lake
Stephen King's World of Horror
Grizzly Man
The Harder They Come
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
Modern Life
The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Narbonne: The Second Rome
Clara Rockmore: The Greatest Theremin Virtuosa
The Good Night
The Corporation
The Hugo's Brain
Tin Tan
Death Metal Murders
The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Interviews
Looking Back to the Future
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IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 2018
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IMDB 7 | May , 1934
A composer goes to Devil's Island for killing his wife's lover, then writes an opera about it.Amadeus
IMDB 8 | Sep , 1984
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.The Lady of the Lake
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2024
In the Pacific Northwest, a crew investigates the mysterious legend of a deep lake where the cold and stillness claim lives and keep secrets. But as they delve deeper, they uncover a horrifying truth about the lake's dark past and the fate of those who enter its depths.Stephen King's World of Horror
IMDB 8 | Jan , 1989
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IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 2005
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IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1972
Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2002
Documentarians Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer turn their camera on 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who served as Adolf Hitler's secretary from 1942 to 1945, and allow her to speak about her experiences. Junge sheds light on life in the Third Reich and the days leading up to Hitler's death in the famed bunker, where Junge recorded Hitler's last will and testament. Her gripping account is nothing short of mesmerizing.Modern Life
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2008
For ten years, Raymond Depardon has followed the lives of farmer living in the mountain ranges. He allows us to enter their farms with astounding naturalness. This moving film speaks, with great serenity, of our roots and of the future of the people who work on the land. This the last part of Depardon's triptych "Profils paysans" about what it is like to be a farmer today in an isolated highland area in France. "La vie moderne" examines what has become of the persons he has followed for ten years, while featuring younger people who try to farm or raise cattle or poultry, come hell or high water.The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film
IMDB 0 | May , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
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IMDB 7 | Jun , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1998
Quite simply the finest theremin player who has ever lived, Clara Rockmore began her performing life as a violin prodigy at the age of 5 years old, still the youngest person ever admitted to the prestigious Imperial Conservatory of Saint Petersburg where she studied under the great Leopold Auer. Due to childhood malnutrition causing bone problems in her teen years, she was forced to give up the violin and moved to New York City in the mid 1920's where she met and became involved with Russian electronics genius Leon Theremin and helped him to refine and perfect his new instrument, giving advice from the standpoint of a musical performer to make the theremin more playable and developing her own hand techniques and exercises for playing the instrument.The Good Night
IMDB 5.3 | Jan , 2007
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.The Corporation
IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2003
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.The Hugo's Brain
IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 2012
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IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2010
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IMDB 10 | Nov , 2005
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2007
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IMDB 7.3 | Feb , 2009
A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.