The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

[7] The Reluctant Dragon is an odd but interesting hybrid of anthology feature and behind-the-scenes documentary. It's about a man whose wife convinces him to take a children's storybook titled The Reluctant Dragon to Walt Disney so that he can…
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)

[7] Judy Irving chronicles the lives of an underemployed street musician, Mark Bittner, and a flock of wild cherry-headed parrots he observes and sometimes cares for in a hilly neighborhood of San Francisco. Bird lovers will enjoy getting to know…
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

[7] This documentary tells the story of how two very successful Israeli filmmakers came to Hollywood and shook things up for a while in the '80s. While neither Menahem Golan nor Yoram Globus are interviewed, their personalities come across in…
Life Itself (2014)

Life Itself (2014)

[7] Steve James (Hoop Dreams) directs this documentary about the life and career of Roger Ebert, arguably the most famous and most well-loved film critic who ever lived. Life Itself begins near the end of Roger's life, after cancer has…
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2014)

Jodorowsky’s Dune (2014)

[8] "For me, movies are an art. More than an industry. As essential to the human soul as painting, as literature, as poetry... Movies are that for me…" Like Lost in La Mancha, a chronicle of Terry Gilliam's ill-fated attempt…