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Rabbit à la Berlin - 2010 Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Short Subject. The history of the Berlin Wall from the rabbits' point-of-view.
Red Knot - A modern exploration of love, isolation and the inescapable vastness of the natural world. A modern exploration of love, isolation and the inescapable vastness of the natural world. Starring Vincent Kartheiser and Olivia Thirlby. From the KimStim Collection.
Red Persimmons - A visually elegant paean to the cultivation and harvesting of the sweet red fruit, and the disappearance of a traditional way of life in rural Japan.
Regular or Super - A lovely introduction to Mies van der Rohe, one of the 20th century's most influential architects, and a stimulating examination of modernism and urban environments.
Remembrance of Things to Come - Reminiscent of Resnais, Ivens, even Kubrick, but in its deployment of still photographs (as in La Jetée), its theme of history and memory, its subject-skipping montage and rapid shuttle of wit and philosophy it's pure Marker.
The Right Way - Two artists in rat and bear costumes try to find reasons for all they see and experience, getting closer than expected to the right way.
Rocky Road to Dublin - The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism.
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Salvador Allende - Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile) tells Allende's story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973.
Saving Mes Aynak - Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site from imminent demolition.
Sermons and Sacred Pictures - Profiles Reverend L.O. Taylor, a Baptist minister and inspired photographer/filmmaker who documented the fabric of black American life prior to the civil rights movement.
Seventeen - A group of high school seniors hurtles toward maturity with a combination of joy, despair, and an aggravated sense of urgency.
Shadows of Liberty - Reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups and corporate control. From Bullfrog Films.
The Shrine - Director Jon Knautz returns with a blood-curdling tale of sacrificial cults, demonic possession and ancient evil. From the KimStim Collection.
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger - The artist, intellectual and storyteller John Berger is the subject of four essay films by Tilda Swinton and the Derek Jarman Lab.
The Silence of Mark Rothko - With his imposing canvasses, pure color and texture, Mark Rothko sought to express fundamental human emotions.
The Sixth Side of the Pentagon - Chronicle of the 1967 Mobilization to End the War in Vietnam protest march on the Pentagon, by documentary essayist Chris Marker. Also on this disc is a second film, THE EMBASSY.
Slow Food Story - In 1986 Carlos Petrini, dispirited by the rapid rise of global fast food chains, launched Slow Food, an international movement to preserve traditional and regional cuisine.
From the KimStim Collection.
Sol Lewitt - Sol LeWitt was one of the most prominent post-war American artists and is considered a key founder of conceptual art.
South - The heart of this journey is the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr in Jasper, Texas. But this is not an anatomy of his murder, rather, it is an evocation of how this event fits in to a landscape and climate as much mental as physical.
The Spectre of Hope - Critic and writer John Berger and photographer Sebastião Salgado. A searing examination of imagery and images, the abyss, hope, and globalization.
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness - Follows an unnamed character through three seemingly disparate moments in his life. From the KimStim Collection.
The Strange Little Cat - A sequence of family scenes in a Berlin flat creates a wondrous world of the everyday: Coming and going, conversations, all manner of doings. From the KimStim Collection.
The Substance - Chock-full of rare footage and LSD-celebrity interviews, an informative and enteraining historical and scientific "trip."
Summer Holiday (aka Boogie) - From acclaimed Romanian director Radu Muntean, Summer Holiday (aka Boogie) is a funny and bittersweet drama of male mid-life crisis. From the KimStim Collection.
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Tales from the Golden Age - A funny, poignant and surreal portrait of 1980s Romania, conceived and scripted by Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu. From the KimStim Collection.
Tatsumi - Celebrates the life and work of Japanese comics artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi—a manga pioneer who elevated the genre to a new level of creative expression and adult realism. From the KimStim Collection.
Three Cheers for the Whale - Noted French documentarian Chris Marker chronicles the history of the whale and, in a more general manner, that of all marine mammals, in the process warning of the imminent destruction of the whale threatened by the fishing industry.
Three Songs about Motherland - A film about collisions between the past, present, and future in three Russian cities today.
To Chris Marker, An Unsent Letter - A cinematic love letter to filmmaker Chris Marker.
Torture Made in USA - Mixes stunning archival footage, on the ground detective work and backed by hard hitting interviews from key administration witnesses. From the KimStim Collection.
Tosca's Kiss - Meet the inhabitants of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896.
Towards Zero - A dazzling mix of shocking family drama, picturesque seaside landscapes and three generations of brilliant French actresses, and a smart, smoldering and thrilling update of one of Agatha Christie's most enduring works. From the KimStim Collection.
Trouble Every Day - World renowned filmmaker Claire Denis's most controversial, divisive and under appreciated films to date. From the KimStim Collection.
Two Films by Peter Fischli and David Weiss - From the artists who brought us the amazing cult classic THE WAY THINGS GO, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, come the earlier adventures of Rat and Bear!