Penelope Spheeris Movies

A pretty psychiatrist is saved from an accident by a man who, after hitting his head on a rock, believes he is Santa Claus. As she nurses him back to...

Ben's fiancée has her heart set on an expensive dream wedding, but her father, Jack, has secretly gambled away all his money. When Ben...

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the...

A mother goes to Hollywood to find her runaway daughter. She discovers that the girl has become involved in the pornography industry, and goes to the...

Three novels - three dramatic stories in the walls of the women's prison. The first story - a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second -...

Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...

A ski instructor tries to teach a bunch of insanely eccentric people how to ski while dealing with everyone wanting his attention.

A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

Penelope Spheeris presents an amazing chronicle of the travelling musical carnival known as OZZfest, the most successful summer concert tour for the...

A look at the Travis Walton abduction

A group of campers revolt against their strict camp director and take over the camp for themselves.

Jared Martin plays an aspiring film maker obsessed with the idea of Christ as a woman, and tries to film his vision with Sondra Locke as his subject....

Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for...

Albert Brooks is sick and stuck in bed. Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 7

A truly major work, I Don’t Know observes the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender person who prefers to be identified somewhere in...

The story of American film criticism.

Super mid-season replacements to failed shows in a network's super season. Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 4

An undercover cop cruises the streets of Hollywood looking for girls to pimp out.

An unfinished archival short, in which the titular substance plays a key role in determining an outmoded man’s role in a changing society. ...