What Movies to Watch Right Now

The story of lion trophy hunters in Africa. KING OF BEASTS offers a close-up on the world of the controversial 'sport" of lion hunting.

On any given night, approximately fourteen thousand people in the Phoenix metropolitan area are homeless. In The Road Back Home, we meet five of them and follow their stories through victories and struggles, some surprising and others tragically familiar. Their stories are woven together with poignant insights from people who work with the homeless all the time. From a police officer who leads us to a surreal camp under a bridge to Lucy, a social worker whose tireless love for the homeless is as inspiring as it is unusual, we see not only the problem, but also a way forward, and reason for hope.

Saturday Night Live has been reflecting and influencing the American story for forty years.  Live From New York! explores the show’s early years, an experiment that began with a young Lorne Michaels and his cast of unknowns, and follows its evolution into a comedy institution.

”The Network” connects both past and present – bouldering, sport, and competition climbing – and this cutting-edge film tangles the viewer inside the spider web of connections that makes up the world of the professional rock climber.

2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.

A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.

Embargo is a feature Documentary film which delves into the secret relationship between the United States and Cuba. It is the story of an American woman who travels to Cuba with a U.S. Senator and discovers the untold history of her generation. The film follows her journey as she uncovers the truth from American, Russian and Cuban leaders. Embargo is a landmark exploration of American foreign policy in Latin America. It is also a catalyst to lift the restrictions of the Embargo, not only for the Cuban people, but for the rights of Americans to travel freely. It stars Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Sergei Khrushchev, Ted Sorensen, Frank Mankowiecz, Peter Kornbluh,(National Security Archives) President Ricardo Alarcon ( Cuban National Assembly) and many Cubans and Cuban Americans.

Heartland is a gripping and inspiring documentary about a small town in Southern Missouri that was hit by one of the deadliest tornadoes in American history.

The documentary focuses on the human rights aspect of the Magdalene Laundries and shows how State and Church colluded to remand and keep these women against their will. The film challenges the audience to look beyond the historical significance of these institutions and most importantly, focuses on the impact this experience had on the women in their daily lives once the laundries closed down. It asks the important questions of why and how these institutions were allowed to carry on until late 1996. It asks why these women never received a public apology or redress from either State or Church. As young people living in Ireland, we believe it is essential for this to be acknowledged equally with the industrial school, convent home, orphanage and other environments of abuse.

Christian Gerhartsreiter, a man eventually known as "Clark Rockefeller", lived a life of deception; the FBI called it "the longest-running con in FBI history." After ingratiating himself into New York society and marrying a top banker with a Harvard MBA, "Clark" settled into his new luxurious life. The two had a daughter, before they divorced after 13 years. When his wife won custody, a distraught Clark abducted his beloved daughter. Ironically, it was the search for the missing child that not only exposed a web of lies and multiple identities, but a double murder committed decades earlier. How was Gerhartsreiter able to dupe so many people - from the very cream of society? What buttons did he press? We followed his trail and collected the reflections of those close to him. His friends who were left in the wake of his roller-coaster journey: from a Bavarian village to the most exclusive clubs on the American East Coast - to the grand finale in a Los Angeles court room. Here a jury recently found him guilty of murder, he was sentenced to 27 years in prison. After the sentencing we interviewed him exclusively together with best-selling author Walter Kirn.

Explores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.

"The HOAX" is an examination of abusive power and lack of regulation in the homeowners' association (HOA) industry; a business and quasi-government system whose key selling point is the protection of property values. Under this quasi-government system, the call of homeowners to share, confront, or report civil & criminal violations of HOA board members to legislative authorities often results in little to no action, or even some form of retaliation against the homeowners from the board. In this practice, people overwhelmed by foreclosure, harassment and financial greed are now standing up for themselves against neighbors, board members, HOA attorneys, property management companies, and politicians, who support this industry. This documentary follows an investigative reporter, homeowners, and HOA reform activists as they illustrate shocking evidence of financial and psychological hardships throughout Texas and Nevada. A few of these people, including the filmmaker, are the subject of adverse actions from various players in this quasi-governmental system.