Living With Lincoln
Filmmaker Peter Kunhardt examines how a one-of-a-kind collection of Abraham Lincoln photos and memorabilia have profoundly shaped the lives and sensibilities of five generations of his family.
Run time: 60m Tagline: One family's journey to preserve a president's image Release: 2015-04-13
Director: Brian Oakes, Peter W. Kunhardt
Stars: Dossy Peabody Peter W. Kunhardt
The Diplomat
The life and legacy of Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty years of American foreign policy, is told in this documentary from Holbrooke's eldest son David.
Run time: 104m Tagline: The Life and Legacy of Richard Holbrooke Release: 2015-04-23
Director: David Holbrooke
Stars: Al Gore Bill Clinton Christiane Amanpour Henry Kissinger Hillary Clinton John Kerry Kofi Annan Madeleine Albright Richard Holbrooke Ronan Farrow
Thought Crimes
Dubbed “The Cannibal Cop,” former NYPD officer Gilberto Valle was convicted of conspiring to kidnap and eat women in March 2013. Valle had argued it was all a fantasy, but the prosecution’s narrative convinced jurors otherwise. His story made headlines not only for its chilling details, but also because of its landmark decision regarding a man many consider “patient zero” in a growing thought-police trend across the nation. Featuring unprecedented, intimate interviews with Valle and his family, as well as insights from lawyers, journalists, psychological professionals and criminal experts, THOUGHT CRIMES: THE CASE OF THE CANNIBAL COP explores this complicated case, asking if someone can be found guilty for his or her most dangerous thoughts.
Run time: 81m Tagline: A probing look into the potential future of "thought policing" through the headline-making case of the NYPD "Cannibal Cop". Release: 2015-05-11
Director: Erin Lee Carr
Stars: Alan Dershowitz David Greenfield Laurie Penny Michael Welner Robert Kolker Violet Blue
Everything Is Copy
Jacob Bernstein's extremely entertaining film is a tribute to his mother Nora Ephron: Hollywood-raised daughter of screenwriters who grew up to be an ace reporter turned piercingly funny essayist turned novelist/screenwriter/playwright/director. Ephron comes vibrantly alive onscreen via her words; the memories of her sisters, colleagues, former spouses, and many friends; scenes from her movies; and, above all, her own inimitable presence. Watch any given moment of Ephron being her sparkling but caustically witty self (for instance, this response to a scolding talk show host—"You have a soft spot for Julie Nixon, don't you. See, I don't...") and you find it hard to believe that she’s been gone from our midst for three years. Everything Is Copy (Ephron's motto, inherited from her mother) is a lovingly drawn but frank portrait and, incidentally, a vivid snapshot of an earlier, livelier, bitchier, and funnier moment in New York culture.
Run time: 89m Tagline: Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted Release: 2015-09-29
Director: Jacob Bernstein, Nick Hooker
Stars: Gaby Hoffmann Lena Dunham Meryl Streep Mike Nichols Nora Ephron Reese Witherspoon Rita Wilson Rob Reiner Steven Spielberg Tom Hanks
Becoming Mike Nichols
This intimate portrait of director, producer, and improvisational comedy icon Mike Nichols shows his final and historic interviews filmed just months before his death. Director Douglas McGrath documents Nichols’s early life, as he opens up to his friend, director Jack O’Brien, about the storied beginnings of his career.
Run time: 72m Tagline: Becoming a Comedian. Becoming a Director. Becoming a Filmmaker. Release: 2016-01-28
Director: Douglas McGrath
Stars: Jack O'Brien Mike Nichols
Beware the Slenderman
In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
Run time: 117m Release: 2016-03-11
Director: Irene Taylor Brodsky
Stars: Richard Dawkins