Frank Gerstle

Before the Lonestar Rollergirls, before the Texas Rollergirls, before the emergence of 300+ rollergirl leagues across the globe... before all of this, there were the pioneers. In 2001 a rowdy group of Austin women were determined to ressurect an old sport, but with a new spin. This is the beginning of a revolution: Hell On Wheels is the ass-kicking documentary film telling the story of a group of Texas women who band together to resurrect roller derby for the 21st century. Emerging from the Austin music and arts scene, these women create a rock and roll fueled version of all-girl roller derby that has spawned the derby craze that's sweeping the nation. Currently there are two leagues packing houses and holding bouts in Austin, Texas. The success of these Texas leagues has inspired hundreds of women across the country to get on their skates and organize derbies in their own hometowns and cities. Hell On Wheels is the birth of the rollergirl revolution, chronicling the creation of the first modern-era women's roller derby league, the Lonestar Rollergirls and the breakaway league, the Texas Rollergirls. Filmed from the trenches, Hell On Wheels delivers the struggles and eventual success of the rollergirls as they construct a new sport and set forth to conquer the globe.

A man returns to the home he left after killing the son of an evil rancher. He wants to live on his father's ranch and rekindle his former romance. En route home he discovers that a gang of outlaws is planning to hold up the bank. Most of the men have gone on a cattle drive, leaving the town defenseless, so he agrees to help his old friend fend off the bad guys.

Film greats Kirk Douglas ("Spartacus") and Susan Hayward ("Valley of the Dolls") star in this comedy about a fiery news publisher who knows all about the past of a military diplomat. But instead of discrediting him, she ends up falling in love. Co-starring Jim Backus ("Gilligan's Island").

When a flood of lawless gunmen invades his once peaceful town, Marshal Cass Silver (Robert Ryan) knows it's up to him to force them out. But the only chance he might have is to gain the help of a gunslinger named Thad (Jeffrey Hunter), who wrongly believes the Marshal is responsible for his father's death. To save the town, Silver will have to earn the aid, and trust, of a man sworn to send him to his grave!

A centuries-old voodoo curse includes decapitation and the shrinking of the victim's head.

Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford and Buddy Ebsen star in this absorbing drama about a young, self-centered recruit who comes of age during WWII. Sam Gifford (Wagner) is a successful cotton planter who treats his sharecroppers as if they were little more than farm machinery. But during combat in the Pacific, as he sees "quality" people crack, endures life under a sadistic officer (Crawford), and learns true friendship from a "cropper" (Ebsen), Gifford slowly discovers there's more to a person than social class and good breeding.

Marc Wolf's acclaimed one-man Off-Broadway show comes to the screen

Marc Wolf's acclaimed one-man Off-Broadway show comes to the screen

Now that the repeal of the United States military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy has become final, actor Marc Wolf’s acclaimed one-man Off Broadway show comes to the screen, in a film by John C. Walsh (with Creative Consultant Mary Harron). Like the play, this 2011 film adaptation, aptly titled Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, uses Wolf's interviews with hundreds of soldiers and veterans, male and female, gay and straight and distills them into 18 individual voices - a compelling, and deeply humanist, exploration of all sides of this highly politicized issue. Director John C. Walsh, who was drawn to the richness of the play, has remained faithful to its spareness, yet brought a new dimension to the work. Walsh notes: "I didn't want to get in the way of the characters with distracting flourishes. The play was a gem, so it was really about pursuing a restrained visual style." By choosing to film in an actual abandoned Armory, the filmmakers found a real life setting for the characters that is natural, cinematic and, crucially, has great resonance with the film's subject. Marc Wolf adds “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has always been, and will always be, about Silence. In the late 1990s, I interviewed military personnel who were silenced by our federal government because of their sexual orientation, and my goal is to tell their stories to as many people as possible. With the fall of the policy, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell becomes the story of the struggle to break the Silence.”

With the official repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy on September 20th, actor Marc Wolf, filmmaker John C. Walsh, and Creative Consultant Mary Harron bring Wolf's acclaimed one-man Off Broadway show to the screen. The text from Wolf's Obie Award-winning Off-Broadway show Another American: Asking and Telling was created verbatim from tape-recorded interviews conducted between 1996 and 1999. Like the play, this adaptation, aptly titled Don't Ask, Don't Tell, uses Wolf's interviews with hundreds of soldiers and veterans, male and female, gay and straight and distills them into a compelling, and deeply humanist, exploration of this highly politicized issue.

Indie filmmaker Bob Ray delivers a high-octane documentary that charts the revival of modern-day roller derby, beginning with the feisty group of women from Austin, Texas, who started it all back in 2001. The film's soundtrack features original music by …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Grupo Fantasma, RPG, Nashville Pussy, Alice Donut, the Crack Pipes, U.S.S. Friendship and more.

Cycling's defining contest, the Tour de France, is caught in all its grueling glory in this gripping documentary from Academy Award-winning director Pepe Danquart. Top riders reveal their fears, hopes and dedication as they compete in the annual event that attracts millions of fans and viewers worldwide. Amid the high drama of the race, Danquart also goes beyond the spectacle to shed light on those who support the athletes behind the scenes.