Your search by 'USA' identified 46 films

14 Women
USA, 2007, 77 min.
An intimate documentary portrait of the 14 female senators who currently serve our country. Director Mary Lambert has gained extraordinary access, following the senators cinema verité style from 2004–2006 as they struggle to fight the good fight while balancing family, friends and workload.... more

The Air I Breathe
USA, 2007, 97 min.
Romantic/crime drama in four segments with four acclaimed actors representing the key emotions of life set out by a Chinese proverb: happiness (Forest Whitaker), pleasure (Brendan Fraser), sorrow (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and love (Kevin Bacon).... more

Anita O'Day: The life of a Jazz Singer
USA, 2007, 93 min.
This biographical documentary chronicles one of the most respected female vocalists in jazz, Anita O’Day (1919-2006), who died mere weeks after contributing interviews for the film.... more

The Art of Travel
USA, 2007, 100 min.
High school graduate Conner Layne plans to marry his sweetheart, but soon finds himself on an adventure through the Darien Gap, a hundred-mile swath of jungle between Central and South America.... more

As Seen Through These Eyes
USA, 2007, 70 min.
Hilary Helstein’s revelatory documentary looks at the Holocaust from point of view of those interned who fought back by making art, documenting the horrors that lay before them as well as those dwelling so uneasily in their memories. Narrated by Maya Angelou.... more

Autism: The Musical
USA, 2007, 94 min.
An emotional, loving, and moving documentary following the six-month rehearsal process of the aptly-named Miracle Project, in which a group of autistic children write and perform a full-length musical.... more

Before the Rains
USA, 98 min.
Acclaimed cinematographer Santosh Sivan brilliantly captures the rustic beauty of his native Kerala with its sweeping vistas as a backdrop for a torrid love affair set in 1937 India—a world where characters are caught between loyalty to British colonialism and the desire for freedom.... more

Black White + Gray
USA, 2007, 72 min.
Exploring the relationships between legendary curator Sam Wagstaff, famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and punk rock’s “poet laureate” Patti Smith, Black White + Gray reveals the fascinating story of the influential figures who helped form the epicenter of New York’s grand collision of ar... more

Body of War
USA, 2007, 87 min.
Veteran talk-show host Phil Donahue’s Academy Award-nominated documentary is a hardhitting indictment of governmental misuse of power focusing on one of its most courageous victims—a soldier paralyzed by a bullet five days after his arrival in Iraq.... more

Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy
USA, 2007, 40 min.
Director Alice Elliot’s Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy is an intimate portrait of two women with disabilities who are determined to live independent, non-institutionalized lives.... more

The Business of Being Born
USA, 2007, 84 min.
Abby Epstein’s intelligent investigative documentary details the downside of hospital child birthing practices while stumping for innately healthier natural childbirth methods. Actor Ricki Lake (shown having her baby naturally) is our guide through this perfect companion piece to Sicko.... more

Call Me Troy
USA, 2007, 100 min.
A rousing, riveting paean to a hero of the contemporary fight for GLBT rights, Call Me Troy traces the life and times of the charismatic Reverend Troy Perry, a founder of the Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles, self-proclaimed “polar teddy bear” and tireless activist for gay rights ... more

Cat Dancers
USA, 2007, 75 min.
Before Siegfried and Roy, there was Ron and Joy Holiday. Cat Dancers is the story of the husband and wife team who became the world's first exotic cat entertainers in the 1960's. Their act and their lives changed dramatically when dashing young Chuck Lizza joined the pair in the 1980's. In a ... more

Chihuly in the Hotshop
USA, 2007, 90 min.
This engaging documentary focuses on Dale Chihuly, whose work in the field of glassblowing has revolutionized the medium. The camera follows Chihuly at a weeklong residency at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, where it captures the creative chaos of his working style.... more

Cosmic Radio
USA, 2008, 106 min.
Idyllic Idyllwild provides the setting for this story about the owner of a counter-culture radio station whose business is on the verge of going belly-up—along with the illusions that have fueled his life so far—when the daughter of a conservative Senator comes to town hoping to undermine an effort ... more

Crime and Punishment
USA, 1935, 88 min.
The rarely-screened Crime and Punishment (1935), directed by Josef von Sternberg and based on Dostoevsky’s classic 1866 novel, stars gifted Peter Lorre in his American debut and beautiful Palm Desert resident Marian Marsh in one of her best roles.... more

Encounters at the End of the World
USA, 2007, 99 min.
Not just another penguin movie—humans share equal time with nature as maverick director Werner Herzog explores his newest frontier, Antarctica, to capture the absurd, the surreal and the sublime of this icy wilderness at the bottom of the world. ... more

Freeheld
USA, 2007, 38 min.
Laurel Hester, a policewoman with 25 years of service on the Ocean County police force, faces a form of discrimination that confronts too many people in contemporary America. This incredibly moving documentary draws attention to the issue of domestic partnership benefits for same-sex couples in a wa... more

Hairspray (Sing-a-long version)
USA, 2007, 117 min.
One of the happiest movie musicals in decades is brought to you in a special edition, which includes the lyrics to each song subtitled on screen so you can tap your toes, snap your fingers and sing along to your favorite numbers!... more

Hats Off
USA, 2007, 81 min.
Mimi Weddell, 92 years young, makes her living in New York City in “theatre, movies, print and little TV things that come along.” As the camera follows her from lessons to auditions and back, we discover one woman—seen in Sex & the City, Law and Order, Hitch and The Purple Rose of Cairomore

Hollywood Singing & Dancing
USA, 2007, 118 min.
Hollywood Singing and Dancingis a wonderfully entertaining and comprehensive documentary about the Hollywood Musical—a celebration of song and dance that begins with the era of Busby Berkley through the highly acclaimed 2007 box office smash hit Dreamgirls.... more

Honeydripper
USA, 2007, 122 min.
Alabama, 1950. Ty “Pine Top” Purvis (Danny Glover) hatches a plan to revive his ailing jukebox joint by hiring blues star Guitar Sam for a make-or-break show. Two tiny problems: Ty has no money and no clue how to locate Sam.... more

Icon
USA, 2007, 60 min.
Filmmaker Teddy Grouya takes a fascinating look at the iconic images of the early Eastern European churches with an inspirational Romanian artist.... more

Lake of Fire
USA, 2006, 152 min.
A brave look at the issue of abortion, this 15-years-in-the-making documentary tackles the conflict with shades of grey and offers no easy right or wrong. Utilizing a wide range of interviews with fundamentalists, pro-choicers and politicians, Lake of Fire focuses on the physical and psycholo... more

Leave Her to Heaven
USA, 1945, 110 min.
Czar of Noir Eddie Muller will introduce this archival presentation of John M. Stahl’s magnificent Leave Her to Heaven in an extraordinary 35mm print restored by the Film Foundation and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde star.... more

A Man Named Pearl
USA, 2006, 78 min.
This charming documentary (akin in tone to The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill) follows a factory worker and self-taught topiary artist who transformed his South Carolina yard into an inspirational garden—and a major tourist destination.... more

Nanking
USA, 2007, 91 min.
A chilling chronicle of the Japanese army’s 1937 invasion and obliteration of Nanking, China, told through the letters and diaries of a handful of Western expatriates who stayed to establish a makeshift safety zone in the ravaged city, as well as testimonies of both Nanking survivors and Japanese so... more

No End In Sight
USA, 2007, 102 min.
An excoriating survey of the U.S. policy that led to the Iraq conflict and the subsequent descent into guerilla warfare, criminality and anarchy after the fall of Baghdad because of decisions by officials with scant military experience or knowledge of the Arab world.... more

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
USA, 2007, 81 min.
A deeply moving documentary drawn from the letters, memoirs and fiction of U.S. personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, providing a human window into America’s current conflicts, with historical perspective from established writers including Tobias Wolff.... more

Out at the Wedding
USA, 2007, 96 min.
Alex can’t bring herself to tell her conservative family she is engaged to her bi-racial boyfriend. A misunderstood wedding speech and a rumor she’s a lesbian later, her newly-married sister comes to visit for some family bonding. However, when she meets Alex’s stand-in “girlfriend” all bets are off... more

Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm
USA, 2007, 74 min.
This humorous, revealing, and informative documentary traces the history of the vibrator, which evolved along with the women’s movement, from medical to mechanical to recreational device.... more

The Pool
USA, 2007, 92 min.
Documentarian filmmaker Chris Smith (American Movie) now turns not only to fiction, but to Hindi-language drama with this affecting neorealist story about a teenaged hotel worker and his fateful obsession with a swimming pool.... more

The Price of Sugar
USA, 2007, 90 min.
Most Americans know the Dominican Republic only as a tourist destination, but we use their chief export everyday. The Price of Sugar reveals the ugly truth behind the island nation’s biggest industry and chronicles the efforts of a caring and charismatic Spanish priest to change an unjust sys... more

Sari's Mother
USA, 2006, 21 min.
James Longley (director of the Academy Award nominated Iraq in Fragments) follows an Iraqi mother struggling under U.S. occupation to care for her son, who is dying of AIDS.... more

Seventh Heaven
USA, 1927, 110 min.
Award-winning composer Paul Gilman will perform his original score to accompany Frank Borzage’s silent classic, starring Palm Springs’ own Charles Farrell. This transcendent romance co-stars Janet Gaynor, and is set against the backdrop of bohemian Paris. Thanks to 20th Century Fox for providi... more

Shelter
USA, 2007, 88 min.
An unexpected attraction to his best friend’s older brother forces Zach, a handsome artist and surfer, to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family in first-time director Jonah Markowitz’s unsentimental and well-acted gay surfer romance.... more

Shotgun Stories
USA, 2007, 92 min.
A modern spin on Crime and Punishment, this explosive tale of the feuding spawn of a recently deceased small town Arkansas man is simultaneously a tense family drama and a revenge story of near-biblical proportions.... more

Surfwise
USA, 2007, 93 min.
This lively documentary follows 85-year-old surfer and health guru Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, whose strict, bohemian life with his wife and nine children resulted in various arrested developments.... more

Taxi to the Dark Side
USA, 2007, 106 min.
Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) investigates the 2002 murder of an imprisoned taxi driver at a US military base, as well as the deliberately ambiguous torture policies of the Bush Administration.... more

Then She Found Me
USA, 2007, 100 min.
With a seriously ticking biological clock, a recalcitrant husband and a recent bombshell about her own paternity, 39-year old schoolteacher April negotiates an emotional minefield to reconcile her blood family and the family of her dreams. This well-observed comedy is actress Helen Hunt’s directoria... more

Under the Same Moon
USA, 2007, 109 min.
A nine-year-old Mexican boy has himself smuggled across the border in order to find the Los Angeles-based mother he hasn’t seen in four years. Patricia Riggen’s emotionally powerful and politically pointed tale cannot fail to move.... more

Walk the Talk
USA, 2006, 105 min.
After shooting his older brother, rebellious teenager Roy is paroled into the care of his uncle Erik, a successful self-help guru with a seemingly picture-perfect life and family. Walk the Talk is both a hilarious satire on pop psychology and traditional family values and a moving story of fi... more

War/Dance
USA, 2007, 105 min.
Outside a refugee camp in remote northern Uganda, the violence and grief of a 20-year civil war rage. Meanwhile, within the camp’s fences, children sing and dance. This moving documentary about preparations for a nationwide music festival finds hope in horror, revealing the pride and exuberance of t... more

Watching the Detectives
USA, 2007, 92 min.
Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu star in this loopy screwball farce about a self-proclaimed film geek who finds himself swept into a predicament right out of the movies when a thrill-seeking femme fatale enters his life.... more

White Light/Black Rain
USA, 2007, 86 min.
An expansion of the Oscar-nominated short The Mushroom Club (2005), this powerful portrait draws much of its considerable power through interviews with Japanese survivors of the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The director also speaks with some of the scientists and ... more

You Belong to Me
USA, 2007, 82 min.
When Jeffrey gets dumped by his boyfriend, he tracks the man down and mischievously rents an apartment in the same building, only to become the object of obsession for his eccentric landlady in Sam Zalutsky’s skillfully suspenseful thriller... more