Directed by Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan • 2024 • India

In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us. In the dark of night, two curious observers shine a light on this secret universe. Together, they are on an expedition to decode these nocturnal cr...

Directed by Sacha Gervasi • 2008 • Canada

One of the most beloved rockumentaries of all time, this inspiring, heartfelt celebration of the human will to persevere follows Canadian heavy-metal legends Anvil, who played some of the world’s biggest stages in the 1980s and inspired the likes of Anth...

Directed by Dag Johan Haugerud • 2024 • Norway
Starring Ella Øverbye, Selome Emnetu, Anne Marit Jacobsen

Teenage Johanne (Ella Øverbye) falls in love for the first time with her French teacher, Johanna (Selome Emnetu). To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writi...

Directed by Clement Virgo • 1995 • Canada
Starring Maurice Dean Wint, Rachael Crawford, Clark Johnson

Jamaican Canadian director Clement Virgo’s landmark debut—the first Canadian dramatic feature made by an entirely Black crew—is a searing, poetic portrait of marginalized souls fighting to overc...

Directed by Eltayeb Mahdi • 1979 • Sudan

With a direct, vérité gaze, this candid documentary offers a revealing look at the inner workings of a Sudanese school for children with physical and learning disabilities.

Directed by Lili Horvát • 2020 • Hungary
Starring Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi

The second feature by Hungarian director Lili Horvát is a slippery, seductive investigation of memory, obsession, and delusion. After twenty years in the United States, Hungarian neurosurgeon Márta (Nata...

Directed by Suliman Mohamed Ibrahim Elnour • 1978 • Soviet Union

Sudanese Film Group cofounder Suliman Mohamed Ibrahim Elnour depicts everyday life at a newly established school for Bedouins in the desert of Yemen.

Directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari • 2019 • Sudan

In 1989, the members of the Sudanese Film Group saw their dream of establishing a Sudanese cinema free from state censorship dashed by the military coup and repressive dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir. Now, reunited after decades of distance and exile, ...

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy • 1931 • United States
Starring Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H. B. Warner

This hard-hitting look at the cynical world of tabloid journalism casts Edward G. Robinson as Joseph Randall, a ruthless newspaper editor who will go to any length, use any means, and destroy ...

Directed by Ibrahim Shaddad • 1981 • Sudan

This short by Ibrahim Shaddad of the Sudanese Film Group is a report from the life of a camel, most of which plays out in a dreary, small room—a sesame mill.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy • 1932 • United States
Starring William Powell, Evelyn Brent, John Wray

William Powell (THE THIN MAN) is at his ruthlessly charming best in this breakneck con-man comedy. He stars as Gar Evans, a fast-talking hustler who makes a fortune selling stock in a company with a ...

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy • 1932 • United States
Starring Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, Warren William

Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, and Ann Dvorak star as three grammar school friends who remain close even as they grow into very different women in this pre-Code drama. Ten years after graduating, har...

Directed by Peter Yates • 1968 • United States
Starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset

In the role that made him a superstar, Steve McQueen stars as Lieutenant Frank Bullitt, a hard-bitten police detective assigned to protect the star witness in a congressional investigation. Bu...

Directed by Eltayeb Mahdi • 1977 • Egypt

One of the founding members of the Sudanese Film Group, Eltayeb Mahdi, uses the story of a charlatan who claims to be able to heal people to explore questions of blind faith and authority.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy • 1933 • United States
Starring James Cagney, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins

In this breezy pre-Code comedy, the ever-dynamic James Cagney stars as Lefty Merrill, a motormouthed flimflam artist who has yet to find a scam he won’t run on any hapless sucker he can find to fall ...

Directed by Héctor Babenco • 1975 • Brazil
Starring Paulo José, Marília Pêra, Vic Militello

Héctor Babenco’s first feature traces the descent of Tertuliano (Paulo José), a once-promising aspiring lawyer, into a life of decadence and amorality on the bohemian fringes of São Paulo as he falls into...

Directed by H. B. Halicki • 1974 • United States
Starring H. B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda

Cars were harmed in the making of this movie. Indeed, no less than 127 vehicles were destroyed or damaged in the course of production—ninety-three of them alone in the electrifying, forty-minute...

Directed by Eltayeb Mahdi • 1989 • Sudan

This poetic documentary depicts the comings and goings at a gas station in the Sudanese desert where tradition and modernity collide.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy • 1934 • United States
Starring Aline MacMahon, Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster

Veteran supporting player Aline MacMahon gets a chance to shine in an all-too-rare starring role in this hard-edged tale of simmering lust and violence in the remote California desert. At her road...

Directed by Terence Davies • 2011 • United Kingdom, United States
Starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale

Master chronicler of postwar England Terence Davies directs this ravishing adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s 1952 play about a woman whose overpowering love threatens her w...

Directed by James Merendino • 1998 • United States
Starring Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish

It’s 1985 and Stevo (Matthew Lillard) is that rare animal: a punk rocker in the Mormon stronghold of Salt Lake City, Utah. Though he’s just graduated from college with honors, his life...

Directed by Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan • 2023 • India

In Tora, a remote village on the India-Myanmar border with minimal infrastructure and few economic opportunities, residents receive a glimmer of hope when they learn that electricity may at last be coming to the region—a promise the...

Directed by Héctor Babenco • 1977 • Brazil
Starring Reginaldo Faria, Ana Maria Magalhães, Paulo César Peréio

An enormous box-office success in Brazil, Héctor Babenco’s second feature electrified audiences with its gritty, gut-punching evocation of a corrupt world where the line between criminals...

Directed by Madeline Anderson • 1960 • United States

Recognized as the first documentary ever directed by an African American woman, INTEGRATION REPORT 1 examines the struggle for Black equality in Alabama, Brooklyn, and Washington, DC, incorporating footage by documentary legends Albert Maysles...