A film by Jia Zhang-ke
A masterful film from Jia Zhang-ke, the renowned director of Still Life and The World, 24 City chronicles the dramatic closing of a once-prosperous state-owned aeronautics factory and its conversion into a sprawling luxury apartment complex. Bonus features include Jia's acclaimed 20-minute short film Cry Me A River and a 46-minute director interview.

A film by Agnes Varda
A reflection on art, life and the movies, The Beaches of Agnes is a magnificent new film from the great Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I, Cleo From 5 to 7), a richly cinematic self portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of husband Jacques Demy and the birth of the French New Wave. On over two dozen best of the year lists, including The New York Times, LA Times, The New Yorker, Village Voice and more!

A film by Ellen Kuras
2009 Academy Award® nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Filmed over the course of 23 years, The Betrayal examines the collateral impact of America's secret war in Laos during Vietnam by chronicling one family's extraordinary journey from war-torn Laos to the streets of New York.

A film by Agnes Varda
From Agnes Varda, director of The Beaches of Agnes and The Gleaners and I, this wonderful collection of short films includes Cinevardaphoto, her acclaimed triptych of film essays on photography (Varda was a photographer before turning to film) and six short films never before available in the US, plus a truly inventive documentary exploring Varda's career-long love of short films.

A film by Margaret Brown
One of the most acclaimed documentaries of 2008, a fascinating look at race relations in America today through the little-known history of the nation's oldest Mardi Gras celebration. Nominated for two 2009 Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Documentary.

A film by Davide Ferrario
A comic, frightening, and picaresque road trip through history. Narrated by Academy Award winning actor Chris Cooper.

A film by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash
An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture.

A film by Laura Dunn
Executive produced by Terrence Malick and Robert Redford, The Unforeseen is an award-winning documentary that peeks behind the American dream of home ownership for an examination of urban sprawl and its impact on the environment.