Lisa Rinzler Movies

A young woman seeks to rebuild her life when she takes work at an antique store. She regains her confidence from the kind souls who own the shop,...

A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.

The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they...

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane...

Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite...

Donna and Michael are getting married. But first, they have to plan the reception, get the tux, buy the rings, and cope with their own uncertainty...

Mother-of-two Judy Malinowski, then 31, was doused in gasoline and set on fire by her crazed boyfriend – and one of the first ever to testify...

After twenty years of being a drunk, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The ordeal brings Mort back to what...

The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The great men and women of NYC who did all they could to...

A vintage shop owner contends with a customer looking for what he’ll wear when he kills himself.

In the future, surgeons practice their skill on androids designed to imitate patients, but Dr. Garrett sees this as pointless since she cares little...

Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual...

Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

A hot-shot journalist is swept up in a movement to challenge Apartheid in 1950s South Africa.

A cabaret owner tries to keep his club from being taken over by the powers that be.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has endured 20 years of devastating violence. Rape has been used as a weapon of war to destroy community and access...

For six female Holocaust survivors, liberation from the camps marked the beginning of a lifelong struggle.

"Rigoletto" retold at Christmas time in Manhattan's corporate world. Rick, an executive at Image, is a jerk to a woman applying for a job. That...

A visceral homage to those living and dying under the shadow of AIDS in a world run amok.