Based on the autobiography of the acclaimed Polish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman, who detailed his survival during World War II, and narrowly escaped a roundup that sent his family to a death camp.
Based on the true story of Michael ‘Big Mike’ Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Based on two true stories, ‘Julie & Julia’ intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
The story of ‘half-blind Yankee schoolgirl’ Anne Sullivan’s struggle to teach young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy how to communicate.
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that […]
Emotionally self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.
An intimate portrait of the controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb who played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix, and his traumatized family.
More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how, even at Iris’ advanced age, a soaring free spirit continues to inspire. IRIS portrays a singular woman whose enthusiasm for fashion, art and people are life’s sustenance and reminds us that dressing, and indeed life, is nothing but an experiment. Despite […]
The Blind Side
Julie and Julia
The Miracle Worker
The Internets Own Boy The Story of Aaron Swartz
Raging Bull
Amadeus
Crumb
Iris 2015