John Waters

Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s [IMDB]

It was a $25,000 movie that became a $600 million phenomenon. It caused an administration to declare war on freedom. It turned buying a ticket into an act of revolution. Now, more than 30 years after Deep Throat first burst upon the public consciousness, this documentary examines the chasm between the modest intentions of the movie's makes and the unforeseen legacy they inadvertently created. (Universal)

The rebellious daughter of upper-crust New Yorkers reflects on her past as an actress in Andy Warhol's infamous Factory.

The killer doll is back and his family must slay together in order to stay together. (Rogue Pictures)

With his trademark Dutchboy haircut, Tom of Finland physique, and oh-so-tight trousers, Peter Berlin was the poster boy for the hedonistic and sexually liberated 1970s. Director Jim Tushinski's fascinating, sexy, and ultimately touching portrait, That Man: Peter Berlin, traces Berlin's story over the past 40 years, from his birth in wartime Germany to his current life in San Francisco, turning the elusive sex icon into a human being. (Gorilla Factory Productions)

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. (imdb)

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up. (imdb)

Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board. (imdb)

John Waters' one-man show, this "vaudeville" act celebrates the film career and tastes of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope of Trash." (Cinema Village)

Once known as the "California Riviera," the Salton Sea is now called one of America's worst ecological disasters. This documentary covers the historical, economic, political, and environmental issues that face the Sea, it more importantly offers up an offbeat portrait of the eccentric and individualistic people who populate its shores. Hair-raising and hilarious, part history lesson, part cautionary tale and part portrait of one of the strangest communities you've ever seen, this is the American Dream gone as stinky as a dead carp. (Tilapia Corp.)

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream tells the hidden history of these landmark films, El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Harder They Come (1973), Pink Flamingos (1972), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Eraserhead (1977).

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters. Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his parents, his brother, Divine's mom, actors and crew, other directors, film critics, a film curator, psychologists, and Maryland's last censor, who shudders at the memory of Waters's pictures. (imdb)

A cannibal caterer kills various young women in preperation for a ritual feast for a long-dormant Egyptian goddess that has him under its control. (imdb)

A documentary on art-scene commentator Paul Hasegawa-Overacker's relationship with enigmatic photographer Cindy Sherman.

IT CAME FROM KUCHAR is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuchar have inspired two generations of filmmakers, actors, musicians, and artists with their zany, "no budget" films and with their uniquely enchanting spirits. (imdb)

Gives a lot of great examples of the diversity in how people see gay issues in the media. (imdb)

A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II. (imdb)

An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia (imdb)

The loved can only hope to live...The victim can only wait...The dead can only be revenged (imdb)

During the punk rock stage in the late '70s, downtown New York experienced a wave of "Do it yourself" independent filmmaking.

A retarded man gets help from a sociopathic woman when tries to reunite with his dying father, who disowned him years earlier.

A documentary about actress Edith Massey in which she talks about her life and her career in film. (imdb)

A lawyer falls in love with a murder suspect.

William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. He struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems, and self. William Burroughs was one of the first to cross the dangerous boundaries of queer and drug culture in the 1950s, and write about his experiences. He was hailed the godfather of the beat generation and influenced artists for generations to come... (imdb)

A chronological look at films by, for, or about (or "by, for, and about") gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain." (jhailey@hotmail.com)

A documentary on Candy Darling, The Life and Times of the Andy Warhol Superstar.

A schoolteacher becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks. (imdb)

The movers and shakers in Singapore get involved in behind-the-scenes political and business activities, romantic entanglements, and murder. Nicol Williamson plays the wealthiest man in Southeast Asia. Barbara Hershey is his married antagonistic daughter who starts an affair with an ambitious American banker (Bruce Boxleitner) and who also seems to have the attention of her father. John Waters plays Hershey's totally despicable husband. (imdb)

A disturbed and delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother. (imdb)

Melbourne, 1886: boom-time. Two gentlemen climb into a hansom cab late one murky night. One man climbs out. The second man is dead. The victim's romantic rival, Brian Fitzgerald, is arrested for the murder but refuses to provide an alibi. His lawyer, Duncan Calton, and his wealthy fiancée, Madge Frettlby, are forced to search for the truth themselves in order to save his life. (burberry.com.au)

Documentary about the representation of sexual taboos in the history of film.

How Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, became John Waters' cinematic muse and an international drag icon. (imdb)

Return to Nim's Island to see how things are going with Nim and her Father. One day they get a message that some people will be buying the island to build an attraction there, but Nim will not stand for it and comes up with some things to do to save what she calls home. (imdb)

Raymond has a prestigious MBA, but he can't find work. He can channel the paranormal, but chatting with a cute girl mystifies him. Kicked out of his big city apartment, Raymond returns home to his overbearing mother, ex-jock father, and beer-bellied classmates. But when a vengeful ghost terrorizes the small town, the city-boy recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening everyone's lives. (imdb)

Behind the scenes look at the making of 'Seed of Chucky'.

Interviews with filmmakers/fans Willard Carroll and John Waters, Stephen Cox, author of The Munchkins of Oz, Munchkin actors and others on the impact and influence of the 1939 MGM film version of The Wizard of Oz. (imdb)

A documentary shot at the end of pornographer Joe Sarnos's life, which reveals his attempt to make one last film, as well as his relationship with his wife, Peggy. (IMDB)

Barbara and Steward are happily married and have three kids. But one day Barbara decides that her children are old enough now and she can quit as housewife and start to study. Against the will of her husband she employs babysitter Eric while she attends university. Steward reacts increasingly nervous about the presence of another man in his family and brings their marriage into a crisis. (imdb)

Andres Serrano is a New York photographer most famous for his controversial 1987 work Piss Christ. This documentary follows him to Amsterdam where he shoots a collection based on all aspects of sex. (imdb)

six-part series tells the rarely told true stories of the nurses serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War. The series is based on Peter Rees' book The Other ANZACs as well as diaries, letters, photographs and historical documents. (en.wikipedia.org)

The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.

In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him. (Wikipedia)

Mangus Spedgwick has had one dream his whole life... He wants to be Jesus - in his high school's annual production of "Jesus Christ Spectacular", that is. When unforeseen circumstances strike, Mangus loses the role, which was a Spedgewick family tradition. Will he get to be their towns first crippled Jesus? Not without a hard fight, a road trip and breaking the law a few times along the way. (imdb)

Based on Danielle Steel's novel of a celebrated actress-filmmaker whose family life is marked with love and strife. (imdb)

A man's life is derailed when an ominous pattern of events repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending at precisely 2:22 p.m. (imdb)

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender communities. (imdb)

At a summer music festival, the feisty lead singer of an Irish folk band meets a folk music-hating Theremin player and sparks literally fly. (RottenTomatoes.com)

The film covers the conflict between a father and his son both being musicians. The father is the leader of a band making rock-music from the 60s but his son becomes a star of techno-pop music. (imdb)

A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter. (imdb)

When British Intelligence, following a series of experiments designed to increase alertness of long-distance lorry drivers through use of tonal repetition, discovers chordation that completely erases all memory, it is obvious that such a cleansed mind may be programmed to perform any type of action. Erstwhile agent Peter Clarke inactive for years, is chosen as courier to transport an audio tape of the tones to his native Australia. (rarefilmm)

Explores the history of, and controversy surrounding, the Process Church of the Final Judgment, founded in 1966 by a pair of ex-Scientologists. The group gained notoriety after it expanded to the United States and became the subject of wild rumours as to its connections to Satanic sacrifices, the Manson Family, the Son of Sam murders, and more...

Armed with a pair of camcorders, Shainee Gabel & Kristin Hahn ditch their Hollywood day jobs and set out on the open road in search of the American Dream, a mission that finds them crossing paths with a parade of noteworthy figures. Chronicling every step of their ambitious journey, the two manage to capture candid moments with personalities such as Hunter Thompson, Robert Redford, Michael Stipe, Studs Terkel, George McGovern, Willie Nelson, John Waters, George Stephanopoulos, Chuck D and more.

THE END is where life begins in a dark new comedy series about three generations of a family trying to figure out how to live with meaning, die with dignity and find the beauty that lies in between.

Documentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped into the culture since that time. It is always fun to hear John Waters speak on a subject he is passionate about.

A sniper is on the loose, as Jane Halifax comes back to the rescue to find the sniper before its too late. 20 years on the race for answers is more important than ever. (imdb)

After he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this series, reveal the secrets behind his persona. (Netflix)

After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately finding renewal in the inestimable world of her own imagination.

Time Warp The Mini Series.

The SNL digital short MV for "The Creep" by The Lonely Island.

A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.

Set in a gripping vision of the near future, The Commons is an absorbing character-driven relationship drama and a story about motherhood as the ultimate act of faith in humanity. (imdb)

When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile Hermit who may have been the last person to see his friend alive.

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain’s turbulent Thatcher years.

A look at various forms of promotion including the carnival humbuggery of PT Barnum, the publicizing of star Florence Lawrence by Carl Laemmle, the movie palaces of Sid Grauman, and the use of food concessions such as pizza at drive-ins.

A round-up of stories about marriages that end with one spouse murdering the other. (imdb)