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Insert Coin
The oral history of a team of geeks and misfits in the back of a Chicago factory creating the biggest video games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, and others) of all time.

- Metascore57
- 2020
Liquor House Comedy presents Julio Hennessey: Call the Law
Liquor House Comedy presents Julio Hennessey Call The Law. Recorded live in his home town of Lexington, North Carolina. Julio Hennessey tells hilarious stories about his current and past life.

- 2021
Between the Races
"Showing the brilliant assemblage of pleasure craft on the Thames River at the Henley Regatta of 1899."
- 1899
Aliens vs. Bigfoot
This compelling documentary explores the unique fields of Ufology and Cryptozoology and compares and contrasts the communities that have sprung up around Bigfoot and Alien sightings. Featuring interviews from Nick Pope, Mike Bara, Nick Redfern, Dr. Jeffery Wells and many others.

- 2021
Beating Superbugs: Can We Win?
BEATING SUPERBUGS: CAN WE WIN?, a feature-length documentary, presents an accessible, in-depth, true-to-fact message with a touch of mystery and suspense throughout: CAN we [Jean addition:] in fact beat superbugs? Its solutions-driven emphasis, planned as legitimate [Bill add:] optimism despite superbugs' danger, underlies even the most dire of its parts. Through dramatic first-hand victim stories, this sober yet optimistic thread becomes even more apparent in interviews with dedicated experts in science, economic, government and the pharmaceutical industry. A narrator's well-informed voice unites connecting facts with supporting visuals, including many original animations. This voice also periodically gives viewers clues about both personal habits and public efforts (government initiatives, pending legislation, independent foundations) with which they may join to participate in the superbug fight. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or "superbugs," share a global crisis status with COVID-19. So far, a quantity of the known patient deaths in this viral pandemic have been linked to bacterial infections. But ingenious solutions to superbugs are either in place or emerging. This searching documentary presents powerful stories and solutions through the eyes of patients, doctors, and researchers as well as leaders in economics, government, and pharmaceutical industries. Separately and together, they are developing innovative and practical new ways to fight the debilitating and often fatal effects of the superbug threat. These efforts, empowered by citizens everywhere, have a good chance to stem a dire prediction: if unchecked by mid-century, superbugs could surpass cancer as the No. 1 cause of human death worldwide.

- 2021
David Bowie: Out of This World
Few artists marked the 20th century like David Bowie did. He was an astonishing and eclectic performer.He was a true artist in every sense of the word. Infinitely changeable and unpredictable, he remains immortal in the people’s heart.

- 2021
Field of Operations: Guadalcanal
Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.

- 2021
Stallone: Frank, That Is
Frank Stallone has seen it all. Frank Stallone has done it all. But, who is Frank Stallone? You know the name, now discover the Grammy and Golden Globe nominated singer, songwriter, musician and actor who has been entertaining audiences for over fifty years, all the while living in a giant shadow.

- 2021
TFW NO GF
Born from the internet, the phrase "TFW NO GF" was originally used online to describe a lack of romantic companionship. Since then, it has evolved to symbolize a greater state of existence defined by isolation, rejection and alienation. The meme's protagonist, "WOJAK," has become the mascot to a vast online community consisting of self-described "hyper-anonymous twenty somethings" and "guys who slipped between the cracks." TFW NO GF asks: How has the zeitgeist come to bear down on a generation alienated by the 'real world'? Meet the lost boys who came of age on the internet- places like 4chan and Twitter, where they find camaraderie in despair.

- 2020
The Other Side of the Ring
4 amazing women take us behind the scenes of the mostly male dominated world of professional wrestling.

- 2021
Ampire: The Sound Of Music
Ampire is a 90-minute documentary film which takes a fun look into the evolution of 'Sound': the Amp and the ever changing voice it has given the guitar. Ampire is loaded with laughs, great behind the scenes stories and some little known facts and secrets. The film features artist and members of bands like REM, RUSH, The Doors, Pat Metheny (2018 Lifetime Achievement Award), Joe Bonamassa, Black Eyed Peas, K.D. Lang, Cheap Trick, Rob Zombie, Chris Cornell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gilad Hekselman, Peter Bernstein, Aerosmith, Lita Ford, Alice Cooper, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley's bands.

- 2018
Field of Operations: The U-Boats
While war was raging on land a whole new breed of war was being waged in the oceans of the world. The German submarine U-Boat threat was a dangerous game of sink or swim against British and American forces.

- 2021
Public Trust
A feature-length documentary about America’s system of public lands and the fight to protect them.

- 2020
Hermitage. The Power of Art
History of Hermitage Museum - Winter Palace in St Petersburg.

- 2019
Pizza: A Love Story
In the 6 block radius of Wooster square lies the trifecta, Sally's, Pepe's and Modern. Three pizza palaces loved by everybody from Presidents to Rock Stars. Even Frank Sinatra used to send his driver all the way from Hoboken just to pick up some pies. And to the people of the Elm City, there's no question. Since Frank Pepe first wheeled his bread cart down Wooster street in 1925, New Haven has been home to the finest pizza on the planet. Coming off the success of his last feature, "Color Me Obsessed, a film about The Replacements," which Rolling Stone named "one of the seven best music documentaries of the year," director Gorman Bechard moves from one lifelong obsession to another. This time taking a look at the long history, the families, the high and the lows of three universally recognized restaurants, and how a city that itself has gone through many highs and lows, has always rallied behind them. Pizza, A Love Story will feature interviews family members (including Sally's wife Flora, and Frank Pepe's grandson), lifelong fans (both famous and not), and food critics, intercutting archival footage and vintage photographs (many never before seen publicly), all to explain the passion, the long lines, and how a small town in Connecticut became the pizza center of the universe. It promises to be the most mouth-watering film ever made.

- 2019
The Legend of Tayos
Janos Moricz, a visionary Hungarian explorer claims to have found a metal library inside a cave in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Certain that his discovery could change humanity, he insists on getting the support of the government and other institutions to make new expeditions and achieve the recognition that his find deserves.

- 2021
Discovering Mavericks
This is the story of those who risked their lives, some paying the ultimate price, for the ultimate ride. Executive produced by Mavericks legend Jeff Clark and directed by Joshua Pomer. Winner of the Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Audience Award.

- 2013
A Journey to Sundance
A JOURNEY TO SUNDANCE - documentary film. Examines, in a real-life and often-emotional narrative, the crushing reality of the fierce competition of the motion picture industry, and the plight of many young directors. It includes a brief history of the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, as well as an in-depth look into the world of Independent filmmaking, and how the two worlds coincide or perhaps collide. Includes interviews with Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, Chaz Palminteri, John Malkovich, Javier Bardem, Jake Gyllenhaal, Salma Hayek and many more celebrities.
- 2023
Mentally Al
A character study of, "the funniest comedian you've never heard of," and an exploration of how we define artistic success, MENTALLY AL follows Al Lubel, a former Star Search grand champion as he struggles to get by, perpetually broke and sleeping on friends couches, as he continues to pursue his artistic dreams into his sixties.

- 2020
Game On: The History of Basketball
Sportscasters Bill "Foul Play" O'Connel, and his feisty giraffe co-anchor Tony "Leftfield" Stromboli are putting their game faces on for an in depth look into one of America's favorite sports, Basketball. It's a slam dunk with Game On: The History Of Basketball.

- 2020
The Boys in Red Hats
January 18, 2019: it was the smirk heard round the world. Surrounded by cheering classmates on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., 17-year old Nick Sandmann, a student at northern Kentucky's private, affluent Covington Catholic High School, instantly and unwittingly became a global headline, internationally villainized on social media and in the 24-hour news cycle as he appeared to confront Nathan Phillips, a Native American elder attempting to keep the peace at that year's heated March for Life rally by beating a ceremonial drum as he moved through the crowds. Overnight, video clips of the interaction went viral, Sandmann and his classmates hit with a tidal wave of worldwide outrage, their safety threatened and the entire Cov Cath community suddenly at the center of uncomfortable conversations about racism, privilege and politics. A graduate of that elite institution, filmmaker Jonathan Schroder watched the incident-and the subsequent media blowback-with keen interest, knowing firsthand the deeply formative nature of an adolescence spent inside the entitled Covington Catholic bubble. Seeking to better understand the scene on the steps, the people involved in it and its larger ramifications for the community, the media and our democracy as a whole, Schroder set out to investigate how one fleeting interaction can become a global controversy. Along the way, The Boys in the Red Hats deftly explores the media's obsession with immediacy over accuracy, the danger in prioritizing intent over impact and what it's going to take if we ever hope to bridge the deep divides in our communities-and our country.

- 2021
My Comic Shop Country
Comic book characters are box office gold, but why do comic book stores struggle to survive? In My Comic Shop Country, filmmaker Anthony Desiato sets out on a quest to explore the culture, business, and fandom of comic shops across America.

- 2019
D-Day: Wings of Victory
An examination of the events behind the scenes of the historical air battle in Normandy, to try and determine if it would have been possible for the Allies to have won the war without aviation.

- 2020
The Last Persian Shah
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi would have been 100 years in October 2019. The Shah's story begins with good ideas and ideals and ends in bloody chaos. On the one hand, he helped carry Iran into modernity. His wealth was legendary, and his marriages made tabloid headlines for years. However, his name also stands for a time of human rights violations, vicious oppression and intolerance.
- 2019