California Movies

Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.

A short film by Robert Kirste about the Angels Flight Railway in Bunker Hill.

An aerial journey through California's coastline.

They say that a certain wind from California makes people irritable. Halfway between documentary and experimental film, Santa Ana explores the...

Designing with Nature provides a vivid account of a pivotal chapter in the architectural history of Northern California. Set in the late 19th and...

PURSUING BEAUTY: The Architecture of Bernard Maybeck tells the story of a 19th century romantic who used 20th century materials to create buildings...

This Traveltalk series short looks at California, beginning with the diverse types of flowers found in the state. After a look at some popular...

Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A filmmaker moves his family cross-country only to arrive in their new city, Redding, California, as a fire tornado rips through neighborhoods during...

Every Christmas, Bruce Mertz lights up the neighborhood with the 50,000 lights covering his house. For decades he's obsessively added to his display,...

Six formerly incarcerated individuals paddle down the middle fork of the American River on a life-changing three-day rafting trip. Many of the...

A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geography and values and left behind a legacy of inspired...

Southern California’s Coachella Valley, including the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs, boasts hundreds of...

Buchanan Mall is five consecutive blocks of public parkland in the heart of San Francisco’s Western Addition. 7,000 low-income residents who...

Ancient documentary that presents the ascent of Higher and Lower Cathedral Spires in Yosemite Valley by a party of three climbers from the Sierra...

One of the social guidance / scare films made by prolific filmmaker Sid Davis, “Book Him!” was produced in the 1960s. It shows various...

Released on the 20th of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Wendell is trying to make peace with his earthly deterioration in the face of late-stage cancer. His son Josh is fighting it, fleeing it, denying it....

In a bid to recapture the carefree days of their youth, four friends decide to escape their daily routines and responsibilities and hit the open road...