Allison Anders

This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.

The son of a junkie aristocrat and a schizophrenic showgirl becomes a master of reinvention on a 50+ year journey through rock and roll, TV, and movies.

Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and Spielberg rose to blockbuster stardom in the 1980s, Ashby's uncompromising nature played out as a cautionary tale of art versus commerce.

Os destinos de duas jovens mulheres se cruzam ao acaso nas praias de Venice. Uma quer realizar seu sonho de ser uma cantora, enquanto a outra luta para escapar do controle de seu pai e traçar o seu próprio destino.

A short, Filmstruck-produced documentary on the life of director Shirley Clarke.

Follows the lyrical journey of an imaginative teenage girl who runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter, but not even unicorns can save her now.

Baseado no livro de memórias escrito por John Carter Cash - único filho do casal Johnny Cash e June Carter - esse filme feito para a TV conta a trajetória de June, desde sua infância até seu turbulento, mas duradouro, casamento com o Homem de Preto. Ring of Fire narra a ascensão de June à fama com o grupo The Carter Family, considerada a Primeira Família da música country, antes de se tornar bem sucedida em carreira solo. Mostrando de perto seus dois primeiros casamentos, a vida com as filhas e o afetuoso relacionamento com o filho, o filme também trata do romance de June com Johnny Cash e o seu papel fundamental na vida do cantor.

A young musician recovers from the loss of his girlfriend with the help of his female filmmaker friend, and even forms a friendship with the rival who stole her.

A young musician recovers from the loss of his girlfriend with the help of his female filmmaker friend, and even forms a friendship with the rival who stole her.

Ben se apaixona perdidamente por uma mulher que ele conhece em um café e fica a vendo em todos os lugares. Finalmente um dia, decide dar uma chance ao destino.

This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.

Boyd Rice may well be the only person alive who's been on a first name basis with both Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson. His career has spanned more than three decades, during which time he has remained at the epicenter of underground culture and controversy.

Allison Anders talks about her love for the work of film director Douglas Sirk

Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver") e dezenas de outros Os roteiristas de Hollywood compartilham anedotas hilárias e insights penetrantes em "Tales from the Script", o documentário mais abrangente já feito sobre roteiro. Ao analisar seus triunfos e relembrar seus fracassos, os participantes explicam como escritores de sucesso desenvolvem as habilidades necessárias para seguir carreiras em uma das indústrias mais competitivas do mundo. Eles também revelam as histórias não contadas por trás de alguns dos maiores roteiros já escritos, descrevendo suas aventuras com luminares, incluindo Harrison Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Joel Silver, Martin Scorsese e Steven Spielberg. O filme foi produzido em conjunto com o próximo livro da HarperCollins com o mesmo nome.

The stars and director of 'Written on the Wind' and 'The Tarnished Angels' talk about director Douglas Sirk's techniques. Archival interviews originally appeared in the documentary "Douglas Sirk: Uber Stars" (Eckhart Schmidt, 1980)

A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul Rudd and Tom McCarthy.

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

Short documentary about the making of the 1987 film.

Owen, um jovem repórter de uma revista de música de Los Angeles, volta à sua cidade natal, na Flórida, para entrevistar Sherry, uma cantora de rock local. Os motivos para o retorno de Owen não são somente profissionais: ele e Sherry foram amigos de infância.

Owen, um jovem repórter de uma revista de música de Los Angeles, volta à sua cidade natal, na Flórida, para entrevistar Sherry, uma cantora de rock local. Os motivos para o retorno de Owen não são somente profissionais: ele e Sherry foram amigos de infância.

A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians. Gwen, a singer-songwriter, is on a quest for the big-time. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, Gwen tries to steal her boss' boyfriend, a veteran rock producer. The producer, meanwhile, is trying to orchestrate a comeback for an '80s band.

A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians. Gwen, a singer-songwriter, is on a quest for the big-time. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, Gwen tries to steal her boss' boyfriend, a veteran rock producer. The producer, meanwhile, is trying to orchestrate a comeback for an '80s band.

A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she flops as a recording artist, fast-talking record producer Joel Millner recognizes her songwriting talent and teams her with struggling songsmith Howard Caszatt.

Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she flops as a recording artist, fast-talking record producer Joel Millner recognizes her songwriting talent and teams her with struggling songsmith Howard Caszatt.

Em uma véspera de Ano-Novo muito louca, o carregador de malas de um hotel precisa lidar com bruxas em um quarto, crianças diabólicas em outro, acaba no meio de uma relação problemática e de uma aposta sangrenta entre a comitiva de um superstar.

Em uma véspera de Ano-Novo muito louca, o carregador de malas de um hotel precisa lidar com bruxas em um quarto, crianças diabólicas em outro, acaba no meio de uma relação problemática e de uma aposta sangrenta entre a comitiva de um superstar.

Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe in the early 1990s, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. A program made to accompany a Channel 4 season of films directed and produced by women.

Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.

Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.

A Paul Joyce documentary on the American independent film scene.

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.

Before carving out a niche as one of the most distinct voices in nineties American cinema, Allison Anders made her debut, alongside codirectors and fellow UCLA film school students Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987’s Border Radio. A low-key, semi-improvised postpunk diary that took four years to complete, Border Radio features legendary rocker Chris D., of the Flesh Eaters, as a singer/songwriter who has stolen loot from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife (Luanna Anders), a no-nonsense rock journalist, to track him down with the help of his friends (John Doe of the band X; Chris Shearer). With its sprawling Southern Californian and Mexican landscapes, captured in evocative 16mm black and white, Border Radio is a singular, DIY memento of the indie film explosion in America.

Travis Henderson, um vagabundo sem objetivo que está desaparecido há quatro anos, vagueia pelo deserto fora e tem de voltar a estabelecer laços com a sociedade, ele mesmo, a sua vida e a sua família.