
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
(2005)Transcending cultural borders and genres, Istanbul’s vibrant music scene takes the spotlight in Fatih Akin’s sonically immersive time capsule, now remastered in 4K. Thumping with an infectious energy, this movable feast celebrates the bonding power of art over political and generational divides.

How to Survive a Plague
(2012)With great immediacy in its first-hand accounts and an incisive use of archival footage, this Academy Award®-nominated documentary dives deep into one of the most tortured yet tide-turning moments in recent American history. A remarkable portrait on the potentiality of significant social change.

The Girl with the Needle
(2024)Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

Phoenix
(2014)A Holocaust survivor receives surgery to repair her disfigured face before searching for her husband who may have betrayed her to the Nazis.

Finding Vivian Maier
(2014)In 2007 the previously undiscovered photographs of a reclusive nanny took the art world by storm. Soon after, the ripples extended to this documentary, which obsessively reconstructs her story through archival materials. It just shows: some of our greatest artists may be hiding in plain sight.

The Settlers
(2023)Chile, 1901. Three horsemen embark on an expedition, tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property. Accompanying a British lieutenant and an American mercenary is mestizo marksman Segundo, who comes to realize their true mission is to violently “remove” the indigenous population.

Teenage
(2013)Leaping between the UK, US, and Germany, this fascinating documentary from filmmaker Matt Wolf maps the social and cultural development of teenagers as a political entity. Employing multiple narrators—including Ben Whishaw and Jena Malone—Teenage is a vibrant examination of pre-war youth culture.

A Field in England
(2013)When deserters of England’s 17th century Civil War are taken, they soon eat from a mushroom field and descend into psychedelic horror and insanity,

Grand Tour
(2024)Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Miguel Gomes’s transcendent travelogue sets sail for spellbinding horizons, where romance and adventure thrillingly entwine. Guided by the capricious will of the heart, this epic tale of love on the run is a movable feast for the mind and the senses.

The Death of Louis XIV
(2016)August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. Over the next few days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.

High & Low – John Galliano
(2024)Reliving triumphs and controversies, fashion designer John Galliano takes center stage in this grippingly nuanced portrait from Oscar®-winner Kevin Macdonald. Star-studded interviews and rare archival footage reveal the toxicity behind exquisite glamor and spectacle, both on and off the runway.

The Second Game
(2014)Corneliu Porumboiu’s minimalist doc might feel as simple as chatting during a match, yet he creates a super-charged situation where audiences come to dissect the hidden meaning lurking behind the images. A captivating look at Romanian history, father-son relationships, and football.

Blood of My Blood
(2015)Winner of the FIPRESCI award, this haunting portmanteau from director Marco Bellocchio is a shrewd social commentary steeped in striking gothic imagery. Set in a convent-prison, the film shifts from past to present, crafting a story that is a love letter to Italy’s past and a critique of its stasis.

Sun Song
(2013)Discovered at Rotterdam’s film festival, Joel Wanek’s short film is at once lyrically poetic and precisely documentarian. The lighting evolves as the day ages, and we watch portraits in miniature of Durham’s workers, students, and other passengers. Luminous with a quietly dark undercurrent.

Charlie Victor Romeo
(2014)The team covers transcripts from six real airline emergencies in real time.

Further Beyond
(2016)Ambrose O'Higgins' journey from Ireland to Chile in the 18th century.

Pino
(2020)The directorial debut of editor Walter Fasano (Call Me by Your Name), this unconventional documentary is a spirited portrait of Pino Pascali, an icon of postwar Italian art. Narrated by Suzanne Vega, Alma Jodorowsky, and Michele Riondino, Pino unmasks the revolutionary legacy of a forgotten artist.

Liberté
(2019)From Don Quixote to Louis XIV, Albert Serra is notorious for radically reimagining the costume drama, but little will prepare you for this. A gorgeous tableaux of the nocturnal cruising and sexual fantasies of desperate aristocrats, its confrontational form challenges cinematic vulgarity and excess.