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Neil Young Journeys 100 Points In May of 2011, Neil Young drove a 1956 Crown Victoria from his idyllic hometown of Omemee, Ontario to downtown Toronto's iconic Massey Hall where he intimately performed the last two nights of his solo world tour. Along the drive, Young recounted insightful and introspective stories from his youth to filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme, a long-time fan and collaborator, captured these tales of Young's childho ... Item View » |
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Mod-One Nation Under Dog-Stories 103 Points MOD-ONE NATION UNDER DOG-STORIES (DVD/2012) NON-RETURNABLERatingNot RatedFormatDVD - MOD ... Item View » |
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Other Dream Team 125 Points After leading the USSR to a gold medal (and victory over the U.S.A.) at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Sarunas Marciulionis and Arvydas Sabonis were poster boys for their oppressor's sports machine. Four year later, after the fall of the Soviet Union, they emerged as symbols of democracy, helping their country break free from the shackles of Communism, and willing newly independent Lithuania to the medal stand a ... Item View » |
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Searching for Sugar Man 100 Points In the late '60s, two celebrated producers, who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg rec ... Item View » |
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Shelter Me 60 Points Every so often there is a film that comes out that makes you feel good about the possibilities out there. Shelter Me is that kind of film. This film shows how the adoption process works for the animals that society has basically discarded. It also show how dogs are being trained by women in prison for placement with people who have disabilities and also how they are helping our returning war veterans cope ... Item View » |
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Great White Shark-Living Legend 80 Points GREAT WHITE SHARK-LIVING LEGEND (DVD)RatingNot RatedFormatDVD ... Item View » |
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Gatekeepers 100 Points Charged with overseeing Israel's war on terror-both Palestinian and Jewish- the head of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service is present at the crossroad of every decision made. For the first time ever six former heads of the agency agreed to share their insights and reflect publicly on their actions and decisions. The Gatekeepers offers an exclusive account of the sum of their success and failures. It valida ... Item View » |
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Free Angela & All Political Prisoners 130 Points The high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at the University of California at Los Angeles into a seventies revolutionary political icon. Nearly forty years later, and for the first time, Angela Davis speaks frankly about the actions that branded her as a terrorist and simultaneously spurred a worldwide political movement for her fre ... Item View » |
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John F Kennedy-Years of Lightning-Day of Drums 75 Points Gregory Peck narrates a government-commissioned review of the president's life and work. Directed by Bruce Herschensohn.RatingNot RatedFormatDVD ... Item View » |
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One Direction-This Is Us 126 Points ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US is a captivating and intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable story of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis' meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor, to conquering the world and performing at London's famed O ... Item View » |
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Muscle Shoals 74 Points Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. Under the spiritual influence of the "Singing River," as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. At its heart is Rick Hall who founded FAME Studios. Overcoming crushin ... Item View » |
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Punk Singer 118 Points Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill and dance-punk trio Le Tigre, rose to national attention as the reluctant but never shy voice of the riot grrrl movement. She became one of the most famously outspoken feminist icons, a cultural lightning rod. Her critics wished she would just shut-up, and her fans hoped she never would. So in 2005, when Hanna stopped shouting, many wondered why. Throug ... Item View » |
