The Police Tapes

Jan 2, 1977

1h 28m

★ 7.0

Overview

Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the highest crime rate in New York City at that time.

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TV Movie

Crime

Documentary

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Video Verité

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Cast

Narrator

Charles Rydell

Himself, Bronx Borough Commander

Anthony Bouza

Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an out-of-work football player known as the Wreck, and Mr. Appopolous, a modern painter and their landlord) and embark on various New York adventures. Ruth, who's trying to make it as a writer, meets up with a sleazy newspaper writer named Chick and a kindly editor named Bob, both of whom take an interest in both her career and her.

6.0

Sway

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7.8

The New Rijksmuseum

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7.0

IMAX Hubble

Mar 19, 2010

An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

6.9

Thin

Oct 21, 2006

The story of four women suffering from anorexia and bulimia in South Florida.

6.0

Hysterical Blindness

Jan 16, 2002

Two friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for Mr. Right in 1980s New Jersey.

6.5

Pervert Park

Nov 6, 2014

Florida Justice Transitions is home to 120 convicted sex offenders. Like in many other U.S. states, sex offenders are not allowed to live within 1000 feet of places frequented by children. Because of this, many sex offenders live under bridges or in woods – or in Palace Mobile Home Park – known as Pervert Park. The crimes committed by the residents range from simple misdemeanors to horrendous acts unbearable to contemplate.

5.9

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Jan 4, 1981

When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.

6.4

City War

Dec 21, 1988

Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.

8.1

Isle of Flowers

Sep 6, 1989

A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.

7.0

Picture Me

Sep 19, 2010

A documentary filmmaker follows a model for several years, chronicling her rise from a fresh face to one that adorns billboards and magazines around the world. Go behind the scenes and chronicle the glitzy world of high fashion modeling, from photo shoots with celebrated photographers to runway shows in New York, Milan, and Paris.

7.2

A Certain Kind of Death

Jan 20, 2003

Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.

7.3

Salaam Bombay!

Aug 24, 1988

After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.

6.2

The Man on the Balcony

Nov 26, 1993

A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

5.4

Prodigal Sons

Aug 29, 2008

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed returns home for her high school reunion, ready to reintroduce herself to the small town as a transgender woman and hoping for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother Marc. Things are complicated by the shocking revelation that Marc may be the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, forcing Kim and her family to explore questions of sexual orientation, identity, severe trauma and love.

6.9

The Linguini Incident

May 1, 1991

A waitress, a barman and an underwear designer try to rob the New York restaurant where two of them work.

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0.0

Wrenched

Oct 20, 2014

Activist/author Edward Abbey's legacy lives on in his best-selling books and now in director ML Lincoln's lively documentary. Lincoln pays tribute to Abbey and the environmental movement he inspired, reenacting his "monkeywrenching," and interviewing notable eco-warriors and present-day activists.

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