Sandra Adair

Editor, Producer

Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".

Blue Moon

An intimate, psychological portrait of collage artist Lance Letscher

The Secret Life of Lance Letscher

The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.

Boyhood

A professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.

Hit Man

A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump-starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.

Last Flag Flying

After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.

School of Rock

Two strangers embroiled in bad relationships wind up in the same upstate New York Airbnb.

Alone Together

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Before Sunrise

A coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.

Dazed and Confused

LBJ: Triumph and Tragedy

To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.

Blue Miracle

Guy Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, struggles to write poetic songs while balancing a complicated marriage with wife Susanna, and a deep friendship with writer Townes Van Zandt, who Susanna forged a passionate dependence on.

Without Getting Killed or Caught

Filmmaker and omnivore John Papola, together with his vegetarian wife Lisa, offer up a timely and refreshingly unbiased look at how farm animals are raised for our consumption. With unprecedented access to large-scale conventional farms, Papola asks the tough questions behind every hamburger, glass of milk and baby-back rib.

At the Fork

A feature documentary on the life and work of filmmaker, Richard Linklater.

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

Everybody Wants Some!!

A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.

Tumbledown

The journey of A SINGLE FRAME weaves an exploration of the impact of photography from both sides of the shutter. The fascinating post-war culture of Kosovo serves as backdrop.

A Single Frame

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the year's achievements in film.

The Oscars

We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

Before Midnight

Shepard & Dark is the remarkable story of a friendship in letters.

Shepard & Dark

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.

Bernie

A day in the life of Richard Linklater, taking in a conference call with some young studio executives and a session with a psychologist.

Another Day at the Office

In this meticulously researched documentary, filmmaker Mark Hall traces the origins of sushi in Japan to its status today as a cuisine that has spawned a lucrative worldwide industry.

Sushi: The Global Catch

When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.

Everything Must Go

In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.

Me and Orson Welles

This one hour documentary (which aired on PBS) profiles River City Tattoos parlor outside Fort Hood and the stories of the soldiers who get tattooed before being deployed. More than 95% of soldiers have at least one tatttoo.

Tattooed Under Fire

A profile of University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in NCAA history.

Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach

An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.

Fast Food Nation

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

A Scanner Darkly

A grizzled little league coach tries to turn his team of misfits into champs.

Bad News Bears

Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.

Before Sunset

Two twenty-something couples are entwined in a gut-wrenching and sex-crazed last month in Austin, Texas. Having made plans to leave town, they all seize fleeting opportunities and reexamine their relationships.

Sexless

Three old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.

Tape

A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

Waking Life

Different celebrity hosts present new independent documentaries..

Independent Lens

The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.

The Newton Boys

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

SubUrbia

A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface (Robert Jacks) and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Dom Deluise hosts this documentary as a tribute to the Laurel and Hardy team, including extracts from many of their films, many in color, plus comments from celebrity interviewees.

Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.

Internal Affairs

A crazy out of work actress, Vashti Blue, spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone, which she uses to try and solve all her problems with life.

The Telephone

Maricela and her mother Eugenia have fled El Salvador for the US with hopes of building a better life. Unable to find work in her profession as a school teacher, Eugenia becomes a live-in housekeeper to the affluent Gannett family. Conflict occurs when Maricela clashes with teenage Stacy Gannett, who resents her presence at home and at school.

Maricela

Documentary explore the unfulfilled promise of Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac, covering the period from the publication of his notorious novel On the Road in 1957 to his alcohol-related death 12 years later.

What Happened to Kerouac?

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.

Desert Hearts

Dr Daniel Jekyll researching into drugs that would help mankind avoid surgery discovers a white powder that unleashes the animal in every man, and in his case turning him from a shy and timid doctor into a wild sex crazed party animal. To the delight and dismay of both his rich fiancée and stripper girlfriend.

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.

American Playhouse

A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

True Confessions

Led by their comedic leader, Turk, the Hollywood Knights car club raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965.

The Hollywood Knights

The story of a divorced woman who begins an affair with the college-age son of her best friend, and the effects it has on her relationship with her own son, who is not much younger than her lover.

Anatomy of a Seduction

The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister up to his assassination in Memphis in 1968.

King

Pipe Dreams is a 1976 film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. In this drama, her husband must choose between reuniting with her or giving in to pressure of the local boss.

Pipe Dreams

A college journalist infiltrates the campus' cheerleading squad to write an piece on female exploitation, but instead makes unlikely friendships and uncovers a conspiracy involving the football team's coach.

The Swinging Cheerleaders

Trip through the creation of the Universe from the Bog Bang to the frontiers of science. Musical score from Brian Eno. Includes visits with great thinkers.

Creation of the Universe

This monthly series examines the creation of a scene from a new feature film from the point of view of the director and other key collaborators.

Anatomy of a Scene

A mad scientist fills his basement dungeon with victims in an insane attempt to restore his daughter's eyesight.

Mansion of the Doomed

Tina helps Bobby, an ex-convict who goes after the country music star who stole his song and made it a hit.

Outlaw Blues

Dream House

An ensemble comedy focused on the bizarre, underpaid employees of Grammaw's Home Cookin'.

$5.15/Hr.

The imcomparable Speed Levitch waxes philosophical about New York City, the Twin Towers, and Buffalo.

Live from Shiva's Dance Floor

Dying after being crowned Miss Texas Rose, Anabelle comes alive just before Elvis embalms her. He does his ailing dad's work. Anabelle later returns to the embalmer's farm to get away from her mom and be happy.

Elvis and Anabelle

"Cinema of Our Time" is a documentary series about contemporary filmmakers from around the world, created by Janine Bazin and André S. Labarthe, as a follow-up to the acclaimed initial series "Filmmakers of Our Time" (1964-1972).

Cinéma, de notre temps

A cop tracks down a serial killer who goes after women who work for a phone-sex company.

Smoothtalker

This feature-length documentary film explores the profound and transformational impact of Shakespeare at Winedale, a program created in 1970 by University of Texas professor James "Doc" Ayres.