Zen documentary is appetizing fare
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The Food Channel puts  very little emphasis on this, but according to master chef  Edward Espe Brown, the essential ingredient for good food is a  touch of Zen. Of course, Brown also happens to be a Zen priest.
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Alison Chernickâs aptly-named documentary takes us aboard a Japanese whaling vessel to witness the filming of the artist Matthew Barneyâs film âDrawing Restraint 9.â
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Michael Apted's landmark  films documenting the lives of a disparate group of Brits in  seven-year intervals have always been fascinating from a  sociological perspective. But the latest installment proves  that they are undeniably brilliant cinematically as well.
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The show, which weaves like a DNA strand through the Metropolitan Museumâs Chinese galleries, has the casual logic of a household photo album, with evidence of shared habits, tastes and temperaments, and of rapport between generations.
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This `Yuva` is all about movies, mazaa and masti. And gorgeous co-stars are his meatÂ
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Itâs been a good DVD year for old-movie buffs with ambitious and interesting projects from a wide range of distributors.
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A documentary about Islam  and homosexuality is vying for attention at the Toronto  International Film Festival, where high-profile movies set in  the Middle East are already making a splash.
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A documentary film looks at the life and work of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, arguably the most important Orthodox rabbi in 20th-century America.
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A good story and great performances make this an engrossing film to watch.
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A venerable cooking magazine creates a book that is encyclopedic yet enticing
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Death, beauty and the persistence of art are the vast topics addressed in Heddy Honigmannâs frustrating documentary âForever.â
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The documentary âShowBusinessâ makes one marvel at the stamina of artists who devote themselves to a world of many miseries and few rewards.
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A documentary grab bag of film clips, diary readings and desultory narration, âA Journey of Dmitry Shostakovichâ peeks at the politics of this controversial composer.
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A documentary by the English filmmakers Nick and Marc Francis that examines the worldwide coffee market.
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&quot;Surf&#39;s Up&quot; brings  audiences into the competitive world of surfing -- surfing  penguins, that is -- by using a documentary style.
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This lo-fi, earnest documentary celebrates the avant-garde oeuvre of the musician Gary Wilson.
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Classics, cult classics, vintage TV and one silent treasure