Filmmaker John Waters discusses BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS director Russ Meyer and his work in this interview, recorded in April 2016.

Directed by Martin Rosen • 1978 • United Kingdom
Starring John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham-Cox

With this passion project, screenwriter-producer-director Martin Rosen brilliantly achieved what had been thought nearly impossible: a faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams’s classic...

Spike Lee’s first decade; John and Bob the Mailman; HANG YOUR DOG IN THE WIND (movie about making movies); the real Fargo—Brainerd, MN; and the Gruesome Twosome: an encounter with John Waters and Herschell Gordon Lewis. Original airdate 03/10/1997

Directed by John Waters • 1970 • United States

The gloriously grotesque second feature directed by John Waters is replete with all manner of depravity, from robbery to murder to one of cinema's most memorably blasphemous moments. Made on a shoestring budget in Waters' native Baltimore, with th...

This audio commentary from 2016 features writer-director John Waters and was recorded in New York.

Directed by Martin Rosen • 1982 • United Kingdom, United States
Starring John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin

Two dogs embark on a perilous quest toward freedom in this heartrending animated adventure. Having already adapted WATERSHIP DOWN for the screen, director Martin Rosen turned to another cl...

Directed by Bruce Beresford • 1980 • Australia
Starring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters

At the turn of the twentieth century, three Australian army lieutenants are court-martialed for alleged war crimes committed while fighting in South Africa. With no time to prepare, an Australian ...

Since its founding in 1989, Strand Releasing has brought bold independent, art-house, and documentary films from around the world to American screens and home video, including many trailblazing works of queer cinema. To commemorate its thirtieth anniversary, Strand asked more than thirty filmmake...

Directed by Alan Rudolph • 1985 • United States
Starring Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer

In a down-and-out corner of Rain City—a mysterious, moody metropolis that seems to exist partly in the future, partly in the past—a collection of social cast-offs are drawn together by fate,...

Although ON THE WATERFRONT was Eva Marie Saint’s first feature film, she had been a successful actor for years before landing the role of Edie Doyle, which earned her an Oscar. She later starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST and John Frankenheimer’s ALL FALL DOWN, among many other movi...

Directed by John Hubley • 1976 • United States

Inspired by psychologist Erik Erikson’s theories of human social development, this singular animated journey takes viewers through the eight stages of life, from birth to death. The freewheeling watercolor visuals of animators John and Faith Hubley,...

Directed by Ivan Passer • 1981 • United States
Starring Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn

One of the unsung gems of 1980s American cinema, CUTTER’S WAY represents a career high point for its director, Czechoslovak New Wave veteran Ivan Passer. After Richard Bone (Jeff Bridges) witnesses wh...