New Books in the HTC Library

Agnès Varda explores the world of modern-day gleaners: those living on the margins who survive by foraging for what society throws away. Varda posits herself as a kind of gleaner of images and ideas, one whose generous, expansive vision makes room for ruminations on everything from aging to the birth of cinema to the beauty of heart-shaped potatoes. By turns playful, philosophical, and subtly political, THE GLEANERS AND I is a warmly human reflection on the contradictions of our consumerist world.

This first half of a 2-part documentary series looks at the Indonesian mass 1965-1966 killings from the perspective of its perpetrators, now celebrated as heroes in their culture. Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer subtly gets these men to confront their atrocities by prompting them to re-enact them using the tropes of the popular, Hollywood, action films they adore, while interviewing them about it after.

Helvetica is one of my favorite documentaries, exploring the impact of typography through the lens of the ubiquitous titular typeface.

How does a Jewish comedian go from voicing the foreign language dub of Paddington Bear and winning Dancing with the Stars to sitting as president of Ukraine and successfully holding off Russian military forces? Only one way to find out...

Chris Farley lived his life full speed and committed to make everyone around him laugh out loud. This film tells his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story for the first time ever - from his early days in Wisconsin, through his work at the legendary Second City to his rapid rise to the top of the comedy world on “Saturday Night Live” and in hit films like Tommy Boy and Black Sheep.

Way ahead of his time – before YouTube, before Snapchat, before Facebook and even before the internet itself – Paul Petroskey started filming himself performing song parodies, music videos and unboxing videos, video blogging, sharing reviews, and telling jokes.

Follow the story behind one of America's most legendary humor publications in this hilarious documentary. From the 1970s thru the 1990s, the hippest and most outrageous comedy in print was The National Lampoon. The groundbreaking humor magazine pushed the limits of taste and acceptability, parodying everything from politics, religion, entertainment and the whole of American lifestyle.

In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the streets of downtown Manhattan were the site of a collision between two vibrant subcultures: skateboarding and hip hop. Narrated by Zoo York co-founder Eli Gesner with an original score by legendary hip-hop producer Large Professor (Nas, A Tribe Called Quest), ALL THE STREETS ARE SILENT brings to life the magic of the time period and the convergence that created a style and visual language that would have an outsized and enduring cultural effect.

The story of the skaters and developers who came together to create one of the best-selling games of all time, changing the skateboarding scene and pop culture forever.