Richard Garriot is the ultimate anything is possible story.  Start with an astronaut father and dreams of going to space.  Make a fortune creating video games.  Buy a spot on a spaceship from the Russians.  Lose the fortune.  Sell the spot on the Russian ship.  Make a second fortune.  Buy ...

Last Train Home tells the generally familiar story of parents who want a better life for their children.  Every spring, millions of Chinese migrant factory workers take trains back to their village.  For many of the workers, it's the only time they will see their children all year. Although the circumstances ...

Mark Hogancamp's story is perfectly suited for film. His minIature WWII reenactments give us direct access to his mind. Nearly beaten to death outside a bar 10 years ago, the reenactments are his therapy. There is something very disarming about an honest and self aware person. ...

Valentino has received a lot of Oscar buzz this year.  Honestly, I thought it was kind of boring.  At times it was beautiful to look at but I was never really engaged by the story. Nonetheless, it was interesting how Valentino has given his full life to fashion.  In spite of ...

"Nobody joins a cult" Jim Jones' appeal and power is terrifying.  Jones took a group of people who were helping the poor and fighting for social equality in their communities to South America.  Ultimately, he spoke to them through a loudspeaker, ordering them to get into a line, take a cup ...

I always assumed that Mike Tyson was just some crazy fool.  By his own admission, Tyson is definitely crazy.  However, he is no fool.  In fact, I'd even go so far as to say he is articulate (a nice thing in a documentary).  He is just so troubled that the ...

A nude horse is a rude horse.  That's why pets, barnyard animals and large livestock should wear clothes - because decency today means morality tomorrow.

In the late 1950s Herb (a post office clerk) married Dorothy (a librarian).  They lived a humble life in a small Manhattan apartment.  In the 1960s, when little attention was being paid to minimalist and conceptual art, Herb and Dorothy began to acquire works from mostly unknown artist.  Living on ...

In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue.   Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing.  He has been in Europe ever since. This film examines ...

Wavy Gravy (AKA Hugh Romney) is a clown, a hippie, a counter culture hero, an old man, a fool, a friend of Bob Dylan, a master fund raiser, a healer of the blind, a world traveler, and a servant to humanity.  However, if you're like me, you probably thought he ...