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Spike Jonze

Jonze developed forged his reputation first in music videos (Sabotaged (Beastie Boys), 100% (Sonic Youth), Praise You (Fatboy Slim)), for a collection of his best, check out The Work of Director Spike Jonze. He then rocked the film world with his feature-length debut, Being…

Soviet Films

From the October Revolution to Perestroika, cinema in the Soviet Union played a crucial role in defining (and re-defining) the Soviet Spirit. Their work has had a lasting impact on the craft of filmmaking and continues to influence directors today..…

D.A. Pennebaker Collection

One of the pioneers of the modern documentary, Pennebaker (along with fellow docu-luminaries, Albert and David Maysles and Richard Leacock) was a founding member of Drew Associates, which in 1960 developed one of the first synch-sound camera systems, allowing filmmakers to record film and audio separately. The development of synch-sound…

Albert Maysles Collection

One of the fathers of Direct Cinema, Albert Maysles, working alongside his brother, David, is one of the icons of documentary film and luminaries of the indie world. His most widely known work, Gimme Shelter, follows the Rolling Stones through their U.S. tour…

Latino Films

Since 1999, the NY International Latino Film Festival has been shining the spotlight on rising talents within the Latino film community. As the festival ramps up again this July, it's the perfect time to take a look at some of the great films to come out of the Carribean, Central and South America in recent years as well as some classic…

Great Documentaries

Documentaries give us a view of this great big world we live in that we don't get a chance to see, or find little curiosities in our everyday lives that we often overlook. They stimulate, educate and sometimes instigate their audiences all…

Independent Classics

What's the difference between a "Classic Indie" and and "Independent Classic?" As mentioned in our previous collection, "Classic Indies," the bright line we have drawn between the two is Sundance. Well, not Sundance per se but rather what it stands for…

Essential Sci-Fi Collection

As a genre, Science Fiction traces its roots back to the dawn of modern science in the 17th Century. Following on the heels of the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, advances in science and technology took on a newfound importance in modern life. With the development of film and special effects, Science Fiction…

Music Films

Since the days of silent film, music has provided the emotional content and commentary for the scene on the screen. The villain gets the low, sinister horns; the orchestral strings swell as the young lovers run to embrace each other, and when someone loses control or goes on a rampage, it's invariably driving hard rock that threatens…

Digital Masters

Digital filmmaking is widely seen as the inferior, low-budget cousin of shooting on film. Nothing, goes the argument, can substitute for the rich depth and texture of actual celluloid. But with the rapid pace of developing technology, some filmmakers have picked up the digital gauntlet and made strikingly beautiful and moving films…