Jonathan Franzen

Revenge of the Mekons (2013)

Documentary about the Mekons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Angio
CAST:  Fred Armisen  •  Vito Acconci  •  Rico Bell  •  Hugo Burnham

Documentary about the Mekons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Angio
CAST:  Fred Armisen  •  Vito Acconci  •  Rico Bell  •  Hugo Burnham

Birders: The Central Park Effect (2012)

A diverse group of full-of-attitude New Yorkers reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Kimball
CAST:  Regina Alvarez  •  Anya Auerbach  •  Mike Bryant  •  David Burg

A diverse group of full-of-attitude New Yorkers reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Kimball
CAST:  Regina Alvarez  •  Anya Auerbach  •  Mike Bryant  •  David Burg

Philip Roth: Unmasked (2013)

Philip Roth, arguably America’s greatest living novelist, turns 80 on March 19. In 1959, his collection of short stories, Goodbye, Columbus, put him on the map, and 10 years later his hilarious, ribald best-seller, Portnoy’s Complaint, gave rise to the first of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Karel
CAST:  Jonathan Franzen  •  Nicole Krauss  •  Philip Roth  •  André Dussollier

Philip Roth, arguably America’s greatest living novelist, turns 80 on March 19. In 1959, his collection of short stories, Goodbye, Columbus, put him on the map, and 10 years later his hilarious, ribald best-seller, Portnoy’s Complaint, gave rise to the first of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Karel
CAST:  Jonathan Franzen  •  Nicole Krauss  •  Philip Roth  •  André Dussollier

Ferrante Fever (2017)

Hillary Clinton, Roberto Saviano, Jonathan Franzen and others weigh-in on the Elena Ferrante "craze" and what makes her work - and her mysterious persona - so uniquely captivating.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giacomo Durzi
CAST:  Lisa Lucas  •  Ann Goldstein  •  Sarah McNally  •  Roberto Saviano

Hillary Clinton, Roberto Saviano, Jonathan Franzen and others weigh-in on the Elena Ferrante "craze" and what makes her work - and her mysterious persona - so uniquely captivating.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giacomo Durzi
CAST:  Lisa Lucas  •  Ann Goldstein  •  Sarah McNally  •  Roberto Saviano

Le cri du rhinocéros (2018)

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him. Do artists have an expiry date? Do we create our best works in our youth or, on the contrary, does experience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Labrèche
CAST:  Xavier Dolan  •  Atom Egoyan  •  Denys Arcand  •  Denis Villeneuve

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him. Do artists have an expiry date? Do we create our best works in our youth or, on the contrary, does experience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Labrèche
CAST:  Xavier Dolan  •  Atom Egoyan  •  Denys Arcand  •  Denis Villeneuve