The Ister

An insight into the life and works of Michel Foucault and how his work on Knowledge and Power still has an impact on daily life. This is applied...

For generations, we have believed that man is driven by ruthless self-interest. But over the past decade, this idea has been increasingly challenged....

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground...

Michael Sheen faces the interview of a lifetime with The Assembly, a group of autistic, neurodivergent, and learning disabled people. Expect...

A poetic look at the life and legacy of legendary author Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), who wrote over over a hundred short stories and 44 novels of...

A documentary about the technological progress responsibility in employment destruction, analyzed by philosopher Zygmunt Bauman and others.

Umberto Eco, the author of best-selling novels who passed away in February 2016, unveils the secrets behind his undertakings and novels.

This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious hallucinogenic drug is notably free of moral...

This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...

Richard Feynman was a scientific genius with - in his words - a "limited intelligence". This dichotomy is just one of the characteristics that made...

A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare...