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Chasing Ice

Chasing Ice

Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.

Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph

A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

The Singularity

The Singularity

Within the coming decades we will be able to create computers with greater-than-human intelligence, bio-engineer our species, and redesign matter through nanotechnology. How will these technologies change what it means to be human?

Math=Magic: How Science Powers Pixar’s Animation

Math=Magic: How Science Powers Pixar’s Animation

Tony DeRose, senior scientist and research group lead at Pixar Animation Studios, delivers an illustrated lecture on the extraordinary contribution of mathematics to animated films.

Chasing Mavericks

Chasing Mavericks

A young surfer learns the secrets of surviving the towering waves of the infamous Mavericks surf break.

Bestiaire

Bestiaire

Bestiaire is a mesmerizing meditation on the relationships between animals and people through the seasons at a Quebec safari park.

Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect

After freshman Beca is cajoled into joining her college's all-girls singing group, she injects much needed energy into their repertoire as they take on their male rivals.

Sleepwalk with Me

Sleepwalk with Me

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Robot & Frank

Robot & Frank

In the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.

The Last Ocean

The Last Ocean

The race to protect Earth's last untouched ocean—the Ross Sea in Antarctica—from our insatiable appetite for fish. The film raises the simple ethical question: do we fish the last ocean or do we protect it?

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, sparking a frenzied search by the town's quirky inhabitants.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

In the Garden of Sounds

In the Garden of Sounds

A portrait of the musician, therapist and sound researcher Wolfgang Fasser, who lost his sight as a teenager.

Last Call at the Oasis

Last Call at the Oasis

Erin Brockovich, Robert Glennon, and Jay Famiglietti are among those interviewed in Jessica Yu's investigation of the world's looming water shortage.

Future Weather

Future Weather

When her single mom runs off to California, Laudurée, a passionate environmentalist, clings to her rural home and a carbon sequestration experiment.

Asteroid Impacts: How Hollywood Misses Reality

Asteroid Impacts: How Hollywood Misses Reality

A look at the reality and fiction behind Hollywood's representation of asteroid impacts.

Of Dolls and Murder

Of Dolls and Murder

An exploration of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, murder-scene dioramas intended as training tools for detectives in the 1930s and '40s.

The Innkeepers

The Innkeepers

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as odd guests check in for a stay.

Lost and Sound

Lost and Sound

This documentary explores the adaptive power of the brain and the impact technological advances can have in the lives of three individuals with hearing loss. 

Birders: The Central Park Effect

Birders: The Central Park Effect

A diverse group of full-of-attitude New Yorkers reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.

The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty

A tiny teen and her family live under a the floorboards of a house and survive by borrowing items from the home's human inhabitants.

The Last Reef 3D

The Last Reef 3D

A global journey exploring exotic coral reefs and vibrant sea walls pulsing with anemones and crustaceans.

Valley of Saints

Valley of Saints

War and poverty force two men to flee Kashmir. But a military crackdown derails their escape. Waiting for conditions to change, they discover a mysterious woman, braving the curfew to research the dying lake.

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet

The history of the environmental movement's evolution from the 1960s to the present.