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Vinyl
Zweig’s cult favourite mines the comedy and tragedy of obsessive record collecting. This smart and cranky confessional recognizes the record as an object beyond music, and collecting as a way of searching the heart and mind.
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The Corporation
The spectacular rise, and strange legal fiction that make up the modern corporation is the subject of this 26-award-winning blockbuster. Featuring 7 CEOs, 3 VPs, 2 whistleblowers, many activists, and the FBI’s top consultant on psychopaths.
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Kedi
Roam free with the street cats of Instanbul in this perennial Hot Docs favourite.
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A Better Man
Feminist filmmaker and counsellor Attiya Khan opens a brave conversation with her abusive ex-partner from over 20 years ago.
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I, Curmudgeon
To be negative or not to appear to be negative, that is the question. Alan Zweig enlists a raucous cast of fellow ‘sour, angry, miserablist truth-tellers,’ including Fran Lebowitz, Harvey Pekar and Scott Thompson, to examine the risks of being a naysayer in a society continually pitching the positive.
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Lovable
How long have you been alone? Why can’t you find love? Is being solo merely taboo, or is it proof that you’re unlovable? With his signature candour and humour, Alan Zweig reflects on why he is still single at mid-life while boldly challenging the dominant romantic myths and expectations of our culture.
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Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
In this intimate, newly-released portrait tracing her life and career, Amy Tan opens up with remarkable frankness about her painful past, and how writing has helped her heal.
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Bill Cunningham: New York
A chronicle of the elusive, eccentric photographer who documented the intersection of fashion and society for over 50 years.
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All the Time in the World
A family disconnects with the modern world to reconnect with each other by relocating to an isolated cabin in the remote Canadian North—spending nine winter months without electricity, running water or a trace of technology.
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Bangla Surf Girls
Three rebellious working-class teenage girls in Bangladesh escape daily hardships and stifling family lives by riding waves on their surfboards, chasing a fleeting and thrilling sense of freedom.
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15 Reasons to Live
The human desire for meaning finds vivid expression in the fifteen vignettes set forth in Alan Zweig’s quietly instructive film about what makes life worth living.
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The Cool School
Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbour?) takes you back to the birth of Los Angeles’ modern art scene in the 1950s. Featuring narration by actor Jeff Bridges, a breezy jazz score, and interviews with Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Frank Gehry and more.
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The Devil's Horn
Acclaimed filmmaker Larry Weinstein offers a fascinating look at this beloved and feared instrument alongside riveting tales of history’s greatest saxophone players.
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Untying the Knot
An empowering exposé of abusive relationships and marriage in Bangladesh— and the courageous women standing up to the social codes that oppress them.
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Tungrus (Short)
A middle-class Mumbai household is turned upside down by the arrival of a new family member—a cute chick who quickly grows into a hell-raising rooster.
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The Act of Killing
In this groundbreaking and chilling documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris and Werner Herzog, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads are challenged to re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.
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When Jews Were Funny
Alan Zweig puts the century’s funniest Jews on the hot seat to answer the question: Are Jewish comics funnier?
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Laila at the Bridge
Laila Haidari is one self-described badass Afghan woman. She has to be when her work takes her deep beneath Kabul Bridge, to a place where Afghan women and men come to shoot up heroin and forget the hardships of their lives.
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Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
Occasioned by a retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, Marina Abramovic prepares for one of her most striking performances yet, in which she sits still in a gallery seated across from various spectators one by one, seven hours a day, six days a week.
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Pickle (Short)
Pickle explores the human capacity to care for all creatures throughout their sometimes greatly protracted lives until their occasionally sudden and unfortunate deaths.
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What Walaa Wants
Young Walaa has her sights set on becoming one of the few women to join the Palestinian Security Forces; she has to fight to survive police training boot camp with her wildly rebellious spirit intact.
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Umiaq Skin Boat (Short)
A beautiful and poetic 30-minute film about a group of Inuit elders in Inukjuak, Québec who decide to build the first traditional seal skin boat their community has seen in over 50 years.
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Fire at Sea
In this Academy Award finalist for Best Documentary, acclaimed director Gianfranco Rosi (Notturno) uses his skills of quiet observation to shine a unique perspective on the European refugee crisis.
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Connecting the Dots
The first-ever documentary of its kind, Connecting the Dots takes on the subject of mental health through the voices of young people around the world.
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Tiny: A Story About Living Small
Ever dream of trading in the hustle and bustle for something more… minimal? All over the world, people are happily downsizing their lives to move into houses smaller than the average parking spot.
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The Cola Conquest (3-part film)
Explore story of Coca-Cola - the 'sublimated essence' of all that American stands for - and the century-long competition with its rival, Pepsi-Cola.
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Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect
Rarely has an architect caused as much sensation outside of the architecture community as Rem Koolhaas. This engaging portrait provides full access to the Dutch visionary's process, philosophies and most revered accomplishments around the world, including the Seattle Library and the Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto.
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The 1619 Project with Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York TimesLive Wednesday, December 8 at 7:30 PM (EST)
Nikole-Hannah Jones reframed the public’s understanding of the legacy of slavery in America with her award-winning 1619 Project. Recently named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people, she joins us to discuss her essential new collection of essays and fiction based on the project, featuring contributions from Ibram X. Kendi, Barry Jenkins, Wesley Morris and more.
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The Many Sides of Tony: Laurie Woolever on Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
Join Laurie Woolever, one of Bourdain’s most intimate confidantes, for a behind scenes look at the life and enduring legacy of the cultural tastemaker and her new book on his life, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography.
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Adventures in France: Bill Buford on the Joys of French Cuisine
Bestselling food writer Bill Buford offers the inside dish on the art of French cooking and cuisine, and the valuable lessons he learned in writing Dirt, his anticipated follow-up to the bestselling classic, Heat.
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A Living Legacy: MSNBC’s Eddie Glaude on James Baldwin
Join Princeton historian and MSNBC commentator Eddie Glaude for a timely look at the legacy of the late great public thinker James Baldwin—and how his life and work can serve as a powerful guide for our moment of social change.
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Salman Rushdie on the Languages of Truth
Join us for an evening of mind-expanding conversation with the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie whose latest collection of non-fiction, Languages of Truth, solidifies his place as one of the most original thinkers of our time.
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On Animals with The New Yorker’s Susan Orlean
The beloved New Yorker writer and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief joins us to discuss her latest collection of stories, On Animals, a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about the animal world.
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André Picard, Katie Engelhart and Paul Wells on Aging with Dignity
It took the pandemic to open our eyes to society’s systemic neglect of our elders. Is it time to reimagine the systems that support them? In conversation with Maclean's’ Paul Wells, The Globe and Mail’s André Picard and veteran journalist Katie Engelhart will help us reassess how we approach life’s final chapters, drawing from their important new books, Neglected No More and The Inevitable.
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After the Fall: Obama Adviser Ben Rhodes on The Future of Democracy
Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? Help find the answer with former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes who’s recently released new book, After The Fall, draws inspiration from the politicians, activists and dissidents fighting for a more just and democratic world.
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What's Next for America? The New Yorker's Evan Osnos on Joe Biden
As President Biden enters his first term in office, join The New Yorker's Evan Osnos for a timely look at the man and his moment in history, as outlined in his anticipated new biography, Joe Biden.
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Walter Isaacson on The Future of Genetics
The bestselling biographer behind Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs joins Anna Maria Tremonti to discuss his latest book, The Code Breaker, a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna launched a revolution with the invention of CRISPR, the groundbreaking gene editing tool.
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