Margaret Bodde

Shines a light on David Johansen, the lead singer-songwriter of the androgynous 1970s glam punk groundbreakers the New York Dolls, and his complete reinvention as hepcat lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.

Por que ainda somos capazes, hoje, de assistir a imagens que foram capturadas há mais de 125 anos? À medida que entramos na era digital, o patrimônio audiovisual parece ser um fato seguro e óbvio. No entanto, muito do cinema e da nossa história filmada já se perdeu para sempre. Arquivistas, técnicos e cineastas de diferentes partes do mundo explicam o que é a preservação audiovisual e contam o porquê ela é necessária. O documentário é uma homenagem a todos esses profissionais e ao seu importante trabalho.

Em 1975, Bob Dylan embarcou em uma turnê através dos Estados Unidos junto com diversos artistas, brincando com novas técnicas criativas e adotando uma teatralidade raramente vista em sua carreira. Unindo imagens de arquivo restauradas e novas entrevistas com Dylan, o diretor Martin Scorsese captura a experiência desse momento histórico tanto para a música, quanto para o espírito americano.

A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.

Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often included strong female characters who find themselves in difficult situations and who have to grow up quickly. He is best remembered for the horror films he made at RKO starting in 1940. Starting with only a title - his first was The Cat People - he would meticulously oversee every aspect of the film's completion. Although categorized as horror films, his films never showed a monster, leaving it all to the viewers imagination, assisted by music, mood and lighting.

In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett.