Filmage

Filmage

★★★★ Director: Deedle Lacour, Matt Riggle Year: 2013 I absolutely love the Descendents. And I knew the relationship with All but never knew the full story. And it's great hearing ...

Beautiful Losers

Beautiful Losers

★★★★ Director: Aaron Rose, Joshua Leonard Year: 2008 This was one of the top films on iTunes and I just had to watch it since it's all about NYC artists ...

Burt’s Buzz

Burt’s Buzz

★★★ Director: Jody Shapiro Year: 2013 This was on sale on iTunes so I figured, why not. Didn't really know much about Burt's Bees. I don't even use ...

Life Itself

Life Itself

★★★★★ Director: Steve James Year: 2014 I think we all take for granted the impact and role models that Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel had in film making, ...

Finding Vivian Maier

Finding Vivian Maier

★★★★★ Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Year: 2013 What an absolutely amazing story. The documentarian finds all of these amazing negatives at a storage locker auction. Posts it to ...

Tim’s Vermeer

Tim’s Vermeer

★★★★ Director: Teller Year: 2013 One of those films that I saw on iTunes and figured why not. Somewhat heard of it, which is one man's obsession to ...

Senna

Senna

★★★★ Director: Asif Kapadia Year: 2010 Been wanting to watch this forever but never had the time on Netflix, etc. But I'm glad I did. Not only is ...

Sign Painters

Sign Painters

★★★★ Director: Faythe Levine, Sam Macon Year: 2014 More documentaries since that's my obsession and this one is worth checking out on iTunes. Pretty cool art form, or not ...

Silent Revolution of Truth

Silent Revolution of

★ Director: Jack Gerlach Year: 2007 This was recommended. Eh. A man's obsession and belief in hunting UFO's. Really more like a cult. > More Info

20 Feet from Stardom

20 Feet from Stardom

★★★★★ Director: Morgan Neville Year: 2013 It's easy to see why this film won Best Documentary. It has a great premise, famous stars, great music and a feel ...

The Rape of Europa

The Rape of Europa

★★★ Director: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham Year: 2006 The documentary that inspired The Monuments Men. I didn't see that film, but this told an amazing ...

Cutie and the Boxer

Cutie and the Boxer

★★★★★ Director: Zachary Heinzerling Year: 2013 It's easy to understand why this film won at Sundance and just how incredible the story and editing of the film is. ...

The Act of Killing

The Act of Killing

★★★★★ Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Year: 2012 Everyone knows how much I love documentaries and well, not only is this the best documentary of the year but it's one ...

Pruitt-Igoe Myth

Pruitt-Igoe Myth

★★★★ Director: Chad Freidrichs Year: 2011 Having gone to school, let alone architecture school, in St. Louis, I've always known about Pruitt-Igoe, the housing project that won a ...

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Big Star: Nothing Ca

★★★ Director: Drew DeNicola, Olivia Mori Year: 2012 I first discovered Big Star when I was in college listening to This Mortal Coil. Listening to Alex Chilton on ...

Indie Game

Indie Game

★★★★★ Director: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky Year: 2012 What a beautifully crafted film. For one, I was a gamer in my 20s and I had no idea how ...

Chasing Ice

Chasing Ice

★★★★ Director: Jeff Orlowski Year: 2012 Fascinating documentary that follows National Geographic photographer James Balog and his documentation of the collapse of glaciers. It's more photography focused and ...

Marwencol

Marwencol

★★★★ Director: Jeff Malmberg Year: 2010 Everyone needs to see this documentary. The incredibly story of Mark Hogancamp's WWII recreations are stark, gorgeous and therapy. The premise is just ...