17 June 2025
How Do You Measure A Year? (2022)
For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt (When We Were Bullies) filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking her the same questions.
In just 29 minutes, we watch her grow from a toddler to a young woman with all the beautiful and sometimes awkward stages in between. Each phase is captured fleetingly but makes an indelible mark. Her responses to her father’s questions are just a backdrop for a deeper story of parental love, acceptance, and ultimately, independence.
How Do You Measure A Year? was nominated for the Best Documentary Short Film Oscar in 2023 and has a 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Decider hails it as “so very bitter and so very sweet … essential viewing.”
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Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024)
This documentary chronicles the world of soft rock epitomised by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York S1
This intense and emotional book-inspired documentary tells the story of a serial killer who preyed on gay men in New York City in the early 90s.
Duster S1
Working on taking down a crime syndicate, the first Black female FBI agent recruits a gutsy getaway driver in this gritty series set in 1972.