Archived Festival Film

The Secret of the Grain

Winner of best picture and best director Césars, this remarkable depiction of a family of North African immigrants in a decaying port town in southern France introduces a large group of characters you'll soon warm to as members of your own family-... read more

Archived Festival Film

Ramchand Pakistani

Gorgeous colors enhance this tense tale, based on actual events, about a young Pakistani boy who, with his father, inadvertently crosses the border into India. Both wind up in jail for years, while mother (Nandita Das) is left bewildered and alone... read more

Archived Festival Film

Two Timid Souls

The revelation of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival last fall was this charming, near-forgotten comic gem, which displays all the elegance, wit, and visual inventiveness that are hallmarks of its director. Archival print from the Cinémathèque Fr... read more

Archived Festival Film

War, Love, God & Madness

It's no surprise that making a feature film in Iraq in 2003 wasn't a picnic. But this extraordinary account of the peril-filled ordeal that the director and crew of Ahlaam went through must be seen to be believed. read more

Archived Festival Film

Killer Movie

A reality TV director copes with a spoiled celebutante and a show gone haywire when a masked killer starts bumping off the crew in this slasher-movie satire from a director who did time working on The Simple Life and The Real World/Road Rules Chal... read more

Archived Festival Film

90 Miles The Documentary

The title of Grammy-winner Gloria Estefan's latest album, 90 Millas, refers to the distance between Cuba and southern Florida, a region that has become synonymous with Latin culture. At the core of that culture is its music, and Gloria's husband E... read more

Archived Festival Film

2007 Before the Tracks Are Lost On the Wind

In 2007 Before the Tracks are Lost on the Wind, director Renate Günter-Greene's tracking camera surveys remnants of the Dusseldorf train station where Jews were deported to concentration camps. read more

Tribeca Film

Don't Go In The Woods

Don't Go in the Woods is sound advice, especially when there's a killer on the loose. First-time director Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent") explores love, greed and ruth... read more

Archived Festival Film

Under Our Skin

Arguably the most overlooked and misdiagnosed ailment currently verging on epidemic throughout the United States, Lyme disease and the shocking controversies surrounding its identification and treatment are the focus of this provocative and often ... read more

Archived Festival Film

Sita Sings the Blues

Using a variety of colorful animation techniques, writer-director Nina Paley wittily interweaves the story of Sita, the leading lady of the ancient Sanskrit epic Ramayana, with the story of a modern American woman struggling to keep her marriage a... read more