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The nightmare experience of a young American housewife, confronted by a dark secret from her childhood.

In the Upper Room is a dance/theater collaboration between choreographer Twyla Tharp and composer Philip Glass. In the Upper Room from 1986, with music by Phillip Glass, choreography by Twyla Tharp. It's really impossible to convey in words just how brilliant this 40 minute piece is.

"Mermaids on Heroin" is a 1985 13-minute video written and staring New York performer Joey Arias. Features Fred Schneider from the B-52s.

The do’s and don’ts of pet care explained by a cute cartoon guinea pig created by celebrated British animator Sheila Graber.

A rare Filmark production. This uses over an hour of new footage from the 1983 Thai action film เสือภูพาน ("Tiger Phu Phan") starring Sorapong Chatree and mixes that with some newly shot Hong Kong footage.

Musicians and nightclub owners reminisce about the heyday of music and dance places on Chicago's South Side during the 1930s through '50s. Swingers and dancers perform music from the time.

Hypnotist Robert Attila Bellus and his wife Stella are interviewed by Jeff Krulik, then Public Access Director at MetroVision Cable in Capital Heights, MD.

He developed a method of filmmaking that he dubbed “poor-man’s animation,” in which he photographed charcoal drawings and collages as he gradually adjusted them, as in the early films Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris (1989) and Monument (1990).

A documentary about the classic 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' film, including interviews with Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, John Dugan and Jim Siedow.

An autobiographical film about Eric M. Nilsson's experiences of Swedish health care and the limits of polite society.

A teacher, pushed too far by his students, snaps and goes vigilante.

This is a documentary about the fragile and complex marine ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. The film traces relationships within the food chain - from tiny plankton to birds and seals and finally to whales and humans. The film is a plea for careful management of our ocean resource and was first telecast as part of CBC's Nature of Things series.

Using archival film, aerial photography, stills, prints and contemporary footage, this documentary presents the city of Melbourne and its lifestyle. Looks at the unique Victorian architecture that transformed Melbourne from a tent city during the Gold Rush to a modern and prosperous city. Captures the vibrant streetscapes, the trams, the elaborate arcades and some of the institutions that cater to Melbourne's elite such as the Georges store and the Melbourne Club.

A suave hit man becomes paranoid when he discovers blackmailers have photographed his latest murders.

A toked-out drifter lands aboard a concrete planet to compete in the greatest skateboarding competition in the galaxy. Appears at the end of Skateboard Madness (1980).

The Marvelous Land of Oz is a 1981 musical play by Thomas W. Olson, Gary Briggle, and Richard Dworsky, based on the 1904 novel by L. Frank Baum. Not long after the events in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a young boy named Tip is the unhappy servant of Old Mombi, a wicked Sorceress in the Land of the Gillikans (in the north of Oz). One day Tip escapes, after creating a walking stick figure with a jack-o-lantern head named Jack Pumpkinhead with a magic Powder of Life stolen from the witch. He goes to the Emerald City, now ruled by the Scarecrow, but unfortunately, a female Army of Revolt, 400 strong and led by General Jinjur, captures the city. The Scarecrow, Tip, Jack, and some other oddball characters flee the city and head west to the land of the Winkies, now ruled by the Scarecrow's old friend the Tin Woodman. They must recapture the Emerald City, defeat Old Mombi (who allies herself with Jinjur), and most of all, discover the true secret of unassuming young Tip.

A modern-day film telling of an ex-convict’s attempt to go straight and being dragged back into the underworld.

Aimed at teenagers, this explores common adolescent struggles and conflicts with family and peers. The title reflects the common experience of feeling targeted or singled out, a theme that resonates with many viewers, especially those who watched it as teenagers when it was relevant.

Showtime presented this pro-shot musical revue of the songs & lyrics of legendary film and Broadway composer Frank Loesser.

This enlightening documentary traces the rise and fall of Lemuria, a civilization that began 165,000 B.C. on the continent of Lemuria in the Pacific Ocean. This civilization was eventually destroyed through a cataclysmic event over 70,000 years ago. Discover how the higher consciousness of Lemuria, at its peak of ascendancy, will rise or remanifest within our own consciousness, bringing a new golden age for our world.

This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.

Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?

A paper bag salesman in Bombay accidentally stumbles on to a film set and becomes involved in farcical and surreal game of hide and seek with a very officious police inspector.

Color UCLA Student Film part of the Animation Workshop, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Collage & Paper Cut animation with live action dance sequences of a boy and his dog turning the world on to the "gumbo" dance. Inspired by the whimsical lyrics of her friend’s funk song of the same name, which was a visual story of a dog traveling to other dimensions.

A gang of women wreak havoc in the city, killing various men who have treated women poorly. And sometimes they do it just for fun.

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a 1982 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed by William Woodman and starring Alex Hyde-White as Romeo and Blanche Baker as Juliet.

Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine fiddling form.

A sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.

14-year-old Enid Crowley hates her name and everything about her boring life. All this changes when she becomes a full-time babysitter to a sheltered boy. The two hook up for some hilarious adventures in the park with a mysterious bag lady and a street musician. With the help of Enid's boyfriend, Seth, they try to give the park dwellers a "special evening," but their good deed backfires and lands them in trouble.

The famed dancer encounters various characters in a busy day at work on a movie studio lot.

Two fighter pilots, Phil Clark and Jay Rivers, who flew together in Vietnam are assigned to the elite Air Force Fighter Weapons School (known as "Red Flag") at Nellis AFB, Nevada, about a decade after the war. Brash, self-confident Clark is an instructor, while quieter, family man Rivers is the student. At first, the two men resume their friendship. But as the student starts to show the master a thing or two, tensions develop. Can their relationship survive the stresses of one of the military's top schools?

Drama-thriller from Taiwan.

This propagandistic, race-car documentary is a vehicle for Werner Erhard (the founder of EST) to express his philosophy on motorized competition. Aphorisms and platitudes sprout up at every turn as the cars make their way around the track. Erhard and his group communicate in emotional terms when they do not win, filling the time between races with their viewpoints on life and living, and losing.

This film is a portrait of the passage of one year in the lives of some San Francisco friends, circa 1988 (before the dot.coming of the city), a slow marijuana hazed story which drifts like the fabled fog, encompassing the quirks and habits of a generation that made the city theirs, if only for a while. Very obliquely Rembrandt Laughing sketches the time and place, encompassing the AIDS epidemic, the casual sexual revolution, the debris of '68 lingering in the air. A quiet, very San Francisco comedy of life among a small group of friends. Rembrandt Laughing was improvised over the period of about a month by Jost and his friends, mostly acting non-professionals.

Canal 11 presentation of the Bicicleta album plus a concert at Estadio Obras, 1980.

A "comedic whodunit" written by Rolfe Kanefsky as a senior high school project.

How the writer-artist team, Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey came to produce their brilliant award-winning picture book series based on the Aboriginal legends of Cape York.

A Super 8 Monster short film made by Matt Jaissle.

A Hungarian immigrant adjusts to life in California, as his sons venture off into their own adult lives, which often clash with his old world ideas.

Whether on land, in fresh water, or in the sea, tortoises, terrapins, and turtles have an advantage. Nature has blessed them with a protective shell that locks out interference and danger.

Directed by Zeki Ökten.

A young woman searches for her identity by joining a "free love" hippie commune, against the wishes of her darkly possessive widowed father. The tensions of small town New Zealand and individual conflicts generated by intolerance and fear, unleashes forces of violence and betrayal.

Filmed in 35mm On May 1, 1985 at The Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut.

Recorded live at Shinjuku Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, May 2 1985.

This remarkable New Jersey poet-physician established an American kind of poem distinct from European forms. His work demonstrates an innovative use of common objects and experience as topics for poems as well as formal experiments with the cadences of actual American speech.

A digitally made short film, compiled from short clips made by different institutions.

Infamous underground film made by pioneering Australian industrial band S.P.K. that is part music video, part mondo/death film and part live performance. Not for the squeamish.

An angry young man goes to Europe to find his father, a '60s radical turned doctor in exile.

Something strange is afoot in the suburbs of New Jersey... Carnivorous entities from out of this world have invaded the Garden State, seeking out the tastiest dish in the entire universe...human flesh! Now only a gang of burnt-out metalheads and one sexy psychic starlet can stand up to the alien invaders devious plans of world domination and human consumption! But can anyone stop the bloody wrath of Flesheaters from Outer Space?

The story concerns the relationship between Peter, a 15 year old boy, and Mr Faulkner, an old man whom he befriends. Mr Faulkner used to be a school teacher but had retired after allegations were made about him by a pupil. There was still gossip about him in the town. Mr Faulkner teaches Peter a lot about literature and introduces him to poetry and when Peter returns to school the two of them correspond. The friendship between them is threatened when Peter starts going out with Sue who disapproves of him spending time with the old man.

It was a Friday night in 1980, December 5th to be exact: the Warfield stadium in San Francisco filled up lazily. The stage that was being set up was simple: three small wooden chairs, three microphones with the booms set at rather low height.Here comes the first hero of the evening on stage, the living legend Al Di Meola, with an outfit that smacks of a modern cowboy..His trusty acoustic guitar is placed on an easel next to one of the chairs. pick up the mic and.....

Superhero creator and Marvel Comics legend, Stan Lee, together with Marvel's top artist, John Buscema, demonstrate the skills needed to create compelling characters and scenes for drawing and writing comic books. Based on the book of the same name, the video became an educational classic for aspiring cartoonists and is also available on DVD. Stan Lee's flair for humor and close friendship with Buscema adds to this good-natured instructional video a sense of drama, action and fun. Stan Lee's inimitable talent for creating superheroes (Spider Man, The Incredible Hulk, etc.) and Buscema's own creations (Conan the Barbarian, Silver Surfer, etc.) meshes well in the conversation and makes this a special treat for comic book fans as well as cartoonists on all levels

Following a family tragedy, an idealistic hospital chief of staff dumps his high-paying job to open a storefront inner-city clinic.

Swedish Documentary

Satire spoof about a "National Enquirer"-type tabloid, featuring a cast of celebrity look-alikes.

Television short

THE LOST REQUIEM is a documentary film by Iranian filmmaker Khosrow Sinai about Polish refugees in Iran during the second world war.

A mixed-up, teenage runaway becomes involved with a tough teenage street gang and its lawless activities while trying to find a way to redeem himself.

A featurette made in 1982 to promote the new film by David Cronenberg, including interviews with the cast and crew.

College kids end up taping a political assassination, and the trail leads to a cult of cowled masterminds of world government