KCET Popular Movie

A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for...

genus: Drama

cast: John Houseman

A fascinating account of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, who was both one of America's great presidents and a borderline tyrant. The seventh...

genus: History

cast: Martin Sheen

This film explores how iconic Nevada Senator Harry Reid set the foundations for a green new deal.

genus: Documentary

cast: Harry Reid

Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a...

genus: Drama

cast: Edward James Olmos

The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a...

genus: Drama

cast: Walter Matthau

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln depicts the final seventeen years of Mary Todd Lincoln's life, following her husband's assassination.

genus: Drama

cast: Julie Harris

The Old Settler is the story of two middle-aged sisters, Elizabeth and Quilly, who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943. The sisters quarrel amiably,...

genus: Drama

cast: Phylicia Rashād

A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

genus: Drama

cast: Starletta DuPois

An anthology film consisting of four shorts with the central theme being life in the United States.

genus: Drama

cast: Sean Heyman

Racial tensions come out of the woodwork when an upper-class white couple puts their suburban home on the market and the listing draws a pair of...

genus: Drama

cast: Andrew Duggan

A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering...

genus: Drama

cast: Harold Gould

With his parents about to celebrate their wedding anniversary, a middle-aged husband agrees to renew his vows to his longtime wife. But as they...

genus: Drama

cast: Susan Clark

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open...

genus: TV Movie

cast: Benny Baker

Sing! is a 2001 American short documentary film about the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, directed by Freida Lee Mock. How do squeaky-voiced 8 year...

genus: Music

cast: Bronwyn Reed

The time was 1938. The place, Hollywood. This is the story of one of the 456 films made that year, how it was made, and why it has endured.

genus: Documentary

cast: Aljean Harmetz

Baba Goya is a loudmouth mother who goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan. In Queens she...

genus: Comedy

cast: Eileen Brennan

A penniless heiress, a disillusioned nun, the suicidal playwright they both love, a hapless art forger and the playwright's wife converge on the...

genus: Comedy

cast: Susan Anspach

Based on true events which took place in the mill town of Graniteville, South Carolina in 1876, the story follows the rich Greggs, who run the mill,...

genus: Drama

cast: Brad Dourif

Originally broadcast by KCET (PBS) on their dramatic showcase series, "Visions," this sweet, quiet film is set during World War I. It is the story of...

genus: Drama

cast: Pamela Bellwood

Another nostalgic look at Southern California's past, particularly things and places in and around Los Angeles which no longer exist.

genus: Documentary

cast: Ralph Story