The Black Candle

Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California ho...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Bruce Brown

Cast

Michael Hynson, Robert August, Lord James Blears

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the most important spokesmen for his generation. Intercut with archival footage, photographs and interviews, this film takes apart the heroic myth and even returns to the childhood of the author who...

Runtime

55m

Cast

Albert Belzile, Bertholet Charron, Mance Émond

Video magazine with interviews and video clips. Featured on this volume is: Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Poison, Steve Vai, Hunter / Ronson, Billy Idol, Cinderella, Scorpions, Slaughter, Kita Ford and more.

Runtime

2h

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.

Runtime

1h 29m

Cast

Richard Johnson, Kirsten Johnson, Isla Sierck

When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide.

Runtime

1h 34m

Cast

Matt Furie, Aiyana Udesen, Chris Sullivan