BURDEN OF DREAMS
(1982, Colour) Director: Les Blank
'Burden of Dreams' documents the making of Werner Herzog's film Fitzcarraldo. The film is a fascinating record of an obsessed film-maker's battle to finish his work against all odds.

CRIMINALS
(1996, Colour) Director:Joseph Strick
This a fierce documentary about crime in America featuring the action of decoy squads police videotapes of crimes in progress, unimaginable confessions and some heroic resistance.

INTERVIEWS WITH MY LAI VETERANS
(1970, Colour) Director: Joseph Strick
Terrifying and indescribably sad, this piece of cinema-verite is a series of interviews with five men who participated in the My Lai action in Vietnam, all of whom are now out of the army. These clean-cut American lads recount with smiles, indifference and poise, how and why they murdered.

JANICE
(1973, Colour) Director: Joseph Strick
Two young truck drivers set out from New Jersey with a load of meat. On the journey they pick up Janice - for a price. From that moment on bad luck strikes at them from all sides...... An original work of art - the Observer

JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY
(1959, Colour) Director: Bert Stern
In 1958, a 28 year old Bert Stern had built for himself a reputation as one of the world's leading fashion and advertising photographers. Although he had ambitions to turn his talent to film, the opportunity did not present itself until the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival invited him to "take some pictures". That request would evolve into a full-fledged motion picture presenting some of the most remarkable scenes of live jazz ever brought to the screen. Performers include Louis Armstrong, Gerry Mulligan, Mahalia Jackson, Thelonius Monk, Chuck Berry and Chico Hamilton.

   

MUSCLE BEACH
(1948, B/W) Director: Joseph Strick
On a beach in Southern California acrobats and muscle- builders flaunt their skills and poses. A singing narration takes note of their obsessions.

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
(1977, Colour) Director: Joseph Strick
Joseph (Ulysses) Strick returns to his favourite author James Joyce. An outstanding achievement - Films & Filming.

THE SAVAGE EYE
( 1958, B/W) Director: Joseph Strick
Judith McGuire, young and divorced, suddenly finds herself cut off from the life she knew so well. To escape the ghosts of old memories she immerses herself in every form of pleasure and sensationalism she can find...... A work of startling and disturbing brilliance - The Daily Mail

STEPPENWOLF
(1974, Colour) Director: Fred Haines
This Faust-like and magical story of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope is a self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half wolf. This stunning film is as faithful an adaptation of Herman Hesse's poetical novel as one could possibly expect.