Michael Levine

Películas

Charm Circle
Editor
Oscillating between present day and decades-old home videos, Charm Circle is a cinéma vérité portrait of an eccentric New York family navigating the chaos that divides them.
Fragments of Paradise
Editor
For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films. From his arrival in New York City as a displaced person in 1949 to his death in 2019, he chronicled the trauma and loss of exile while pioneering institutions to support the growth of independent film in the United States. Fragments of Paradise is an intimate look at his life and work constructed from thousands of hours of his own video and film diaries-including never-before-seen tapes and unpublished audio recordings. It is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, and a man who tried to make sense of it all... with a camera.
The Automat
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The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
The Automat
Editor
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
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In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of the most memorable series in television history.
Cradle of Champions
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Three extraordinary young people battle to change their lives through the three-month odyssey of the New York Daily News Golden Gloves - the biggest, oldest, most important amateur boxing tournament in the world.
The Last Patrol
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Four veterans of the Afghani war ride the American rails.
Sample This
Editor
A documentary that reveals how a forgotten record by the Incredible Bongo Band helped cement the foundation of hip hop when DJ Herc extended its percussion by playing them back to back, creating an anthem on the streets of the Bronx.
American Commune
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In 1970, hundreds of hippies followed Stephen Gaskin on a journey from San Francisco to Tennessee, where they founded a legendary commune known as the Farm. Within this self-sustaining society based on non-violence, vegetarianism and respect for the earth, members willingly took a vow of poverty, lived in converted buses, grew their own food and home-delivered babies. Born and raised in this alternative community, filmmakers and sisters Rena and Nadine return for the first time since leaving in 1985. Finally ready to face the past after years of hiding their upbringing, they chart the rise and fall of America’s largest utopian socialist experiment and their own family tree. The nascent idealism of a community destroyed, in part, by its own success is reflected in the personal story of a family unit split apart by differences. American Commune finds inspiration in failure, humour in deprivation and, most surprisingly, that communal values are alive and well in the next generation.
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Editor
Documental sobre el enigmático y genial maestro del ajedrez Bobby Fischer.
Restrepo
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Crónica de las vidas de un pelotón de soldados estadounidenses que combaten en el valle más peligroso de Afganistán, llamado Korengal. El documental se centra en un remoto puesto formado por 15 hombres llamado Restrepo, un lugar conocido por su extrema peligrosidad donde se produce una quinta parte de los combates que ocurren en todo el país. Sebastian Junger, periodista, y Tim Hetherington, un reputado fotógrafo ganador de varios premios World Press Photo, pasaron varios meses empotrados con los marines estadounidenses en el valle, consiguiendo unas imágenes impactantes de la dura realidad del conflicto.
Factory girl
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Filme biográfico sobre Edie Sedgwick, la musa de Andy Warhol, que murió de una sobredosis de barbitúricos en 1971, a los 28 años de edad. Warhol dió a la joven Edie un entorno familiar de la que ésta carecía, pero también la introdujo en el mundo de las drogas.
The One Percent
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Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half the wealth of the U.S. Johnson's thesis is that this wealth in the hands of so few people is a danger to our very way of life.
Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story
Editor
A story of violence, love, sex, politics and media centered around the life of Griffith, a six-time world welterweight champion.
The Cruise
Editor
Affectionate portrait of Timothy "Speed" Levitch, a tour guide for Manhattan's Gray Line double-decker buses.