Inherit the Viper

Inherit the Viper 2019

5.50

Since the death of their father, the Riley siblings have kept their heads above water by illegally dealing in painkillers. Josie is managing the business with an iron fist, when her brother, War veteran Kip, is concerned that the risky business is increasingly turning them into outsiders in their small community. While Kip wants to keep his younger brother out of their illegal endeavors, his younger brother is already making plans of his own.

2019

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy 1994

7.10

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

1994

Cypher

Cypher 2002

6.60

An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.

2002

Josie and the Pussycats

Josie and the Pussycats 2001

5.60

Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.

2001

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 2003

7.60

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

2003

Side Effects

Side Effects 2005

5.80

America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.

2005

Bathtubs Over Broadway

Bathtubs Over Broadway 2018

8.20

When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever.

2018

Manufactured Landscapes

Manufactured Landscapes 2006

7.30

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.

2006

Coca-Cola, leader pollueur

Coca-Cola, leader pollueur 2021

8.20

100 billion throwaway plastic bottles are sold by Coca-Cola each year. Panorama looks into the company's pledge to reduce plastic waste.

2021

From the Sea to the Land Beyond

From the Sea to the Land Beyond 2012

1

From the Sea to the Land Beyond is a film about the British coast made from 100 years of our film heritage stored in the British Film Institute collection, edited by Penny Woolcock with a soundtrack by British Sea Power

2012

The Tobacco Conspiracy: The Backroom Deals of a Deadly Industry

The Tobacco Conspiracy: The Backroom Deals of a Deadly Industry 2011

4.80

This French-Canadian co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at the expense of public health. A gripping investigation covering three continents, Nadia Collot's film exposes the vast conspiracy of a criminally negligent industry that conquers new markets through corruption and manipulation. To confront the tobacco cartel, anti-smoking groups are organizing and scoring points, but the fight remains fierce. With ist diverse viewpoints, shocking interviews and riveting images, The Tobacco Conspiracy deftly defines the issues in a complex situation where private interests and the public good collide. Enlightening and engrossing, this documentary is a hard-hitting critique of an industry gone mad.

2011

Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy

Skint: The Truth About Britain's Broken Economy 2024

1

Britain feels under-funded and falling apart. On the eve of the election, as politicians debate the causes, economist Tim Harford looks at what the numbers reveal about the broken state we're in.

2024

The Season of Undies

The Season of Undies 2022

3.00

A story about a young man who doesn't believe in sincerity meets Don Quixote, the president of an underwear company, and his right-hand man, Sancho, and becomes sincere both in underwear and in life.

2022

A Century of Energy

A Century of Energy 2015

8.00

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.

2015

Drux Flux

Drux Flux 2008

4.00

Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by One-Dimensional Man by the philosopher Herbert Marcus…

2008

Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry

Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry 2021

1

Find out how the cars were crafted and discover the secret family stories behind the most famous marques including Riley, Standard, Triumph and Jaguar. Legendary racers Rosemary Smith, Pat Quinn and Norman Dewis share their memories of competing Coventry’s cars in some of the world’s most dangerous motorsport events. And, meet the people passionate about preserving the city’s extraordinary motoring heritage.

2021

END:CIV

END:CIV 2011

6.60

The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day, the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system - it seems to be coming apart already. But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future. Backed by Jensen's narrative, the film calls on us to act as if we truly love this land. The film trips along at a brisk pace, using music... Written by Franklin Lopez

2011

Inside the Factory

Inside the Factory 2015

7.75

Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get exclusive access to some of the largest factories in Britain to reveal the secrets behind production on an epic scale.

2015

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World 2003

6.25

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television miniseries that originally aired from 4 September 2003 to 16 October 2003 on BBC. The programme examines seven engineering feats that occurred during the Industrial Revolution.

2003

Maps of Britain

Maps of Britain 2024

7.00

Britain is connected by miles of roads, canals, and railway. This series explores the history of how we get around this ancient island.

2024

The Machines That Built America

The Machines That Built America 2021

7.00

The stories behind innovations such as TV, radio, phones, airplanes, motorcycles and power tools as well as the inventors including Nikola Tesla, William Harley, Alexander Graham Bell, Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker.

2021

Enterprise

Enterprise 1981

1

Half-hour program on the "real-life adventure" of big business. Newsman Eric Sevareid, who served as host, described the series as neither "chamber of commerce boosterism" nor anti-establishment; rather, "an effort to report how various industrial sectors actually work."

1981

Walking Through History

Walking Through History 2013

5.00

Tony Robinson goes for a walk through some of Britain's beautiful and historic landscapes.

2013

Chicago: City of the Century

Chicago: City of the Century 2003

1

In just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. Captains of industry built empires through innovation, ingenuity, determination, and sheer ruthlessness, while the labor of millions of working men and women -- most of them immigrants from Ireland and Northern Europe -- helped reinvent the way America did business.

2003

The Past at Work

The Past at Work 1980

1

The birth and development of the Industrial Revolution is explored by visiting factories, mines, and other industrial relics where the modern world was made -- not by statesmen and philosophers, but by men, women and children with dirt on their hands.

1980