Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1974 • United States
Starring Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese
In one of his most personal works, Martin Scorsese sits down with his parents, Catherine and Charles, in their New York apartment for a free-flowing discussion that touches on family history, the immigrant experience, and the meaning of Italian American identity.
Directed by Derek Jarman • 1990 • United Kingdom
Starring Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Kevin Collins
Half waking dream and half fiery polemic, THE GARDEN was born of director Derek Jarman’s rage over continued antigay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis (he himself he h...
Directed by Liu Jiayin • 2005 • China
Starring Liu Jiayin, Liu Zaiping, Jia Huifen
Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this mesmerizing portrait of a working-class Chinese family. Boldly transforming documentary into narrative, Liu Jiayin casts her ...
Directed by Azazel Jacobs • 2008 • United States
Starring Matt Boren, Flo Jacobs, Ken Jacobs
Bumped from a flight back to Los Angeles and the life, wife, and infant daughter awaiting him there, Mikey (Matt Boren) returns to his childhood home, a cluttered, cocoon-like Manhattan loft presided ove...
