Peter Broderick

The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chain and film distribution company. Rugoff was a difficult (some would say impossible) person but was also the man who kicked art films into the mainstream with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business-from the studio classics divisions to the independent film movement to the rise of the Weinsteins-is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure. The story is told through the eyes of former employee Ira Deutchman, who sets out to find the truth about the man who had such a major impact on his life, and to understand how such an important figure could have disappeared so completely.

In a small village not too far from Delhi, three lives explode around taboos of love and lust. Diksha, still just a girl, is caught unguarded on camera, besmirching the "honor" of her parents. Kiran, in love with the wrong boy, becomes the target of another man's lustful vengeance, "dishonoring" her family. And Virender, a young man cruising the streets at will, enjoys all the acts society forbids women, protecting or destroying their "honor" as he wills. Set in the badlands of Haryana, known for high rates of female feticide, G explores the murky world of sexual transgression and honor killings in India.

The fuse is lit when Jon, a chronic optimist, desperately seeks affirmation from his salty older friend, Daryl, by embarking on a cross-country road trip with an experimental motorcycle in an effort to realize Daryl's dream of seeing the Pacific Coast before he completely loses the remainder of his eyesight to a rare condition.

A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother Marc. Things are complicated by the shocking revelation that Marc may be the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, forcing Kim and her family to explore questions of sexual orientation, identity, severe trauma and love.

A bitter-sweet romantic tale set in London, depicting the sentimental education of a young man who is absurdly confused about women.

Sir! No Sir! is a documentary film about the anti-war movement within the ranks of the United States Military during the Vietnam War. It consists in part of interviews with Vietnam veterans explaining the reasons they protested the war or even defected. The film tells the story of how, from the very start of the war, there was resentment within the ranks over the difference between the conflict in Vietnam and the "good wars" that their fathers had fought. Over time, it became apparent that so many were opposed to the war that they could speak of a movement.

A feature-length documentary about the making of Kevin Smith's "Clerks" and the commercial success that followed.

A romantic story of young love is not what it seems. Rachel meets Matt on his way home from school. Matt falls for her, but Rachel has other ideas. Rachel and her boyfriend Nick use Matt to exact a revenge on his parents. What follows is an escalating story of revenge and payback: amoral teenager versus family.

Follows the fate of Lyle, a violent adolescent who, in lieu of prison, is placed in a juvenile mental institution where he encounters a group of equally troubled teens. This motley crew - abused, sexually confused, violent, and yet hanging on by their grit and anger - becomes Lyle's last lifeline as he fights to find meaning in a world that seems to defy understanding.

Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev follows two Czech Holocaust survivors, Jan Weiner and Arnost Lustig, as they revisit Terezin, a labor camp where Arnost was interned for five years and Jan's mother was murdered.

1994년 10월 21일, 세 명의 영화학도 헤더 도나휴, 죠슈 레오나드, 마이클 C. 윌리암스 는 메릴랜드의 블랙힐 숲 속으로 떠난다. 이들의 과제는 200 여년 동안 전해내려 온 블레어 윗치 전설에 얽힌 진실을 다큐멘터리로 제작하는 것. 하지만 16미리 필름과 비디오 카메라, 그리고 녹음기와 메모지를 들고 숲 속으로 들어갔던 그들은 흔적도 없이 사라진다. 1년 후, 블랙 힐 숲에서 발견된 것은 그들이 직접 찍었던 필름 뿐. ‘블레어 윗치’는 메릴렌드주 블레어라 불리는 깊은 숲속 지역에서 발생된 어린이 대량학살의 원인으로 불리는 초자연적 유령에 대한 시골 전설로서, 이들 3명은 이것을 다큐멘타리로 기록하기 위해 블렉 힐 이라는 숲 속으로 들어간 후 자취를 감춘다. 팀의 주장이라 할 수 있는 헤더는 8mm 비디오로 상세한 여정을 기록하고자 항상 찍어대고 조슈아는 흑백 16미리 촬영을, 마이크는 음향 녹음을 담당하여 깊은 숲속으로 나침반과 지도만을 따라 들어가는데...

별다른 일을 하지 않은 젊은이가 심심풀이로 다른 사람들의 뒤를 밟는 미행을 해보다가 뜻하지 않게 범죄에 휘말리게 된다. 초저예산 영화로 만든 놀라운 미스터리 스릴러로 흑백의 느와르 영화 분위기이다.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."