Michael pollan

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poster The Pollinators
The Pollinators
(3.7/5)
93mn - Documentary
Our complex food system rests on the wings of the honey bee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard, pollinating the crops that we eat.
poster Science Moms
Science Moms
30mn - Documentary
This is a film that will give a voice to the science-minded moms - the women who are too often drowned out by the fear mongers, the shamers, and the CelebMoms. Through interviews with "science moms" who a…
poster Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
(4/5)
84mn - Documentary
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is t…
poster When Do We Eat?
When Do We Eat?
(2.9/5)
86mn - Comedy
An old school dad is as tough on his sons as his father is on him. On this night, however, one of the boys slips dad a dose of special, hallucinogenic ecstasy in order "to give him a new perspective."
poster Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
(3.5/5)
52mn - Documentary
Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency,…
poster Grass
Grass
(3.6/5)
80mn - Documentary
Marijuana is the most controversial drug of the 20th Century. Smoked by generations to little discernible ill effect, it continues to be reviled by many governments on Earth. In this Genie Award-winning d…
poster The Dinner
The Dinner
120mn - Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation re…
poster Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies
Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies
59mn - Comedy
In his first hour-long comedy special, award-winning comedian Paul Ogata takes it upon himself to solve the world's problems by exposing the lies of modern society, including the Ebola scare, food allergi…
poster Wandering Papas
Wandering Papas
20mn - Comedy
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into cont…
poster The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
(4/5)
105mn - Crime, Documentary
Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended …
poster It's a Gift
It's a Gift
12mn - Comedy
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives i…
poster The Making of an American
The Making of an American
14mn -
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.
poster Criminal Act
Criminal Act
93mn - Thriller, Horror, Crime
Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.
poster Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
90mn - Documentary
Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenured positions by those who believe in Darwin's theory of evolution.
poster Making an American Citizen
Making an American Citizen
(2.7/5)
11mn - Drama
A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
poster The Scientist
The Scientist
93mn - Horror
A desperate scientist breaks all ethical boundaries in his race to save his dying wife, but his dangerous experiments with human DNA could doom humanity.
poster Perfect People
Perfect People
(2.8/5)
100mn - Short, Comedy, Drama
After many years of marriage Ken and Barbara decide to change their way of living radically. In order to become more attractive they submit themselves not only under modern diets and physical education bu…
poster Harvested Alive
Harvested Alive
62mn - Documentary
As a doctor, Zhiyuan Wang spent 30 years studying how to save lives. He never imagined that he would spend another 10 years investigating how Chinese doctors take innocent lives. 95% of his evidence come…
poster The Brahmin and the Butterfly
The Brahmin and the Butterfly
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.
poster Doomsday for Pests
Doomsday for Pests
15mn - Animation, Documentary
Facing mounting insect deaths, concerned bugs view a documentary film about Sherwin-Williams's lethal new PESTROY pesticide coating.
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