Films
Ghost Bird
The mythos of a possibly-glimpsed extinct woodpecker grips a small town in Arkansas hoping to reverse its misfortunes and a tireless stream of bird-watchers and scientists searching for the Holy Grail of birds.
King Corn
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.
Sleep Dealer
The near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.
Know Your Mushrooms
Fungi experts and enthusiasts Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans lead the hunt for wild mushrooms and explore their cultural significance.
Flash of Genius
Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.
Pineapple Express
A stoner's enjoyment of a rare strain of marijuana may prove fatal when he drops his roach at a murder scene. Learning that the fancy weed can be traced back to them, he and his dealer go on the lam, with a dangerous drug lord and crooked cop hot on their heels.
Ponyo
This animated adventure follows a five-year-old boy and his relationship with Ponyo, a goldfish princess who longs to become human after falling in love with him.
Wall-E
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Between the Folds
An investigation into the art form of origami and how paper folding has influenced and continues to influence modern science and technology.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Jonathan Bird’s Blue World
Host Jonathan Bird dives underwater to showcase various wonders of the ocean.
Iron Man
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, an industrialist creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
There Will Be Blood
A story of family, religion, hatred, oil, and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
Juno
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Sharkwater
Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, filmmaker Rob Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.
Sunshine
A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
Ratatouille
A rat and a 5-star gourmet restaurant come together for the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale.
Paprika
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it.
Bug
An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.
Away From Her
A husband and wife cope with her institutionalization due to the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
The Lookout
Chris is a promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé
This series brings together the best of the surrealist-influenced works of filmmaker-scientist-inventor Jean Painlevé.