Five centuries ago, anatomist André Vésale opened up the human body to science for the first time in history. Today, DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA opens the human body to the cinema. It reveals that... more
A half dozen thought-provoking documentaries from this French filmmaking legend. Includes Vive Le Tour (1962/19 min.), his short but energetic look at the Tour de France; Humain, Trop Humain (1974/75... more
The legendary French filmmaker Agnes Varda (Cleo from 5 to 7), whose remarkable career began in the 1950s and has continued into the twenty-first century, produced some of her most provocative works... more
Few films can claim to be as influential to the course of cinema history as CHRONICLE OF a SUMMER. The fascinating result of a collaboration between filmmaker-anthropologist Jean Rouch (Moi, un noir)... more
In the heart of the Tibetan highlands, multi-award-winning nature photographer Vincent Munier guides writer Sylvain Tesson on his quest to document the exceptionally elusive snow leopard. Munier... more
Bertrand Tavernier, Thierry Fremaux, Jacques Becker. Famed director and screenwriter Bertrand Tavernier takes viewers through his favorite directors' best works. From the films that first inspired... more
An improbable but wholly compatible pairing of Gallic art phenomena-rep house cinema legend Agnes Varda and guerrilla photographic muralist JR-chronicle themselves as co-directors on a remarkable... more
The charmingly deconstructionist efforts of Venetian experimental filmmaker Paolo Gioli, marked by hand-painted frames and stop-motion trickery, have been comprehensively collected in this set.... more