Philip Glass Movies

While AIDS may be one of the most feared diseases of modern times, there is still a degree of scientific debate over the subject of just how the...

In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama. His new film takes a...

A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help...

The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.

The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents...

When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on...

A collaboration in which Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller let Molière die, imagine his death in tableaux with text passages recited by...

A provincial war vet arrives in Moscow and subsequently takes on a gang of bad cops.

A film about poverty in a rich country: father, mother, seven children have made it out of the homeless asylum. The author met the Cologne family B....

Filmmaker Nathan Kornick uses interviews with his friend, Chris Shields, and confessional footage to reflect on the power of movies to help us better...

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass discuss their films "Powaqqatsi" (1988) and "Naqoyqatsi" (2002).

Original Super 8 footage shot by Dr. Oliver Sacks of his patients at Beth Abraham Hospital, Bronx, NY, who were administered the drug L-Dopa in the...

A man travels across New York City to get a Nathan's Famous hot dog.

Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel...

Sara is the perfect young housewife. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad, it is she who works for the funds. For the...

Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for...

Letters from a distance documents a communication exercise thought out by healthcare workers from a public hospital in Mexico City to help with the...

A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch.

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political...

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon had been on the cutting-edge of pop music throughout most of the 1960s and the '70s, first as half of the seminal...