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Documentary of American animation directory Tex Avery including interviews with his peers including Chuck Jones.

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

A woman trained in Ninjutsu takes revenge after her husband is killed while out jogging.

Subjected to Jim Crow laws and an overtly racist white population that still sees Blacks as property, an African American family in the South sends its sons away to a better life. Visualizing the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban, industrial North in sepia tones, director Iverson White’s period film captures the atmosphere of early 20th century America.

In Stone Circles, Hammer really leaves ‘nation’ as well as ‘era’ and creates a film poem on the prehistoric stone cultures of Britain.

Colour, form, area – this is the formula of the greatest pioneer of abstract painting. Kandinsky came to art late in life, but his impact through Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) and Bauhaus paved the way for modern art. In 1913, he created one of the first abstract pictures, the theoretical basis of which was inspired by his essay Über das Geistige in der Kunst (On the Spiritual in Art). Accompanied by Mussorgsky’s Pictures From An Exhibition Labarthe goes on a sensual journey which makes the soul resound with colours and forms. "A picture has to resound and must be bathed in an inner glow." Kandinsky

A film of Bob Hobman's attempt to sail across the Indian Ocean in a primitive native craft. He aimed to show that the people of Madagascar, who originally came from Indonesia 2,500 years ago, sailed, not in a series of stages, but directly across the Indian Ocean, in one of the great epic voyages of history. His voyage took 65 days.

Nostradamus examines the medieval French physician's famous predictions. One of the world's most widely known and read prophets, Nostradamus is acknowledged for the remarkable accuracy with which he has foretold future events. Learn which of his predictions have already come true and what may lie ahead for mankind.

An isolated farmer and a beleaguered music producer are visited by aliens (portrayed by new wave band Odd Numbers) ready to record a hit single.

Documentary about painters in Nicaragua

Malcolm Douglas lives at his crocodile farm in the north west of WA. He reveals his favourite places around historic Broome and along the wild and lonely coast.

Volume Three

A cat is left homeless when its owner moves to a senior citizens home that doesn't allow pets.

Newlyweds Carol and Jonathan move into their new house, which is haunted by the ghosts of another couple who committed suicide there three years earlier.

Director Tex schemes his way back into being on The Meadowlands Showcase.

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 theatre monologue in which a son visits his mother who suffers from Alzheimer's. While the son is talking to his mother's empty bed, the actor dresses up like her and has a conversation with the son. This play was remade as a regular feature film as Hersenschimmen (“ Mindshadows”), in 1988.

Is it possible for lovers who passed away a century ago to return to life in order to keep their promise of love?

A rock 'n roll extravaganza with hosts Frankie Avalon and Connie Stevens, as they preside over music, contests, parties, and fireworks from the beach in Fort Lauderdale and other Florida locations.

With minimal tools and the limitation of a single image of a woman’s head a set of pearls activates a woman’s inner drive expressing freedom of movement. Animation suggests quickly a series of possible choices. The decision is ultimately hers. An animation exploring metamorphosis accompanied with music by Meredith Monk.

When Igor immigrates from Russia to Israel, he is recruited into the mandatory Israeli army reserve service. When his commanders learn the army food causes him to have very noisy farts, they order him to utilize this to defuse mines.

Sit back and enjoy the music and merriment of A Statlers Christmas Present. This special DVD release is a delightful mixture of Christmas classics and original songs, with the Statler Brothers singing and telling heartwarming stories from earlier holidays. Winner of four Grammy Awards and one of the most successful vocal harmony groups in the history of country music, the Statlers are sure to add a melodic touch of nostalgia to your holidays.

"Don’t Touch That Dial!" is a CBS Reports documentary that explores the creation and production of two American prime-time television series, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Family Ties. Broadcast in 1982, the film documents how network television programs are developed for a mass audience, focusing on the industrial, creative, and logistical processes behind successful network scheduling.

Melvin, a henpecked worker in a bridal shop, retreats to a storage room filled with mannequins, where he vents his frustration.

An author seeking solitude in a small hotel in the South of France is an unwilling witness to a relationship between a young couple and two interior designers.

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the Sogood & Firkettle children seem to be the only ones who question the mysterious things that begin to happen. This film was originally broadcast across six 25 minute episodes with a total runtime of 150 minutes. A few years later, the US cable network Nickelodeon edited the miniseries into a 2 hour (including commercials) movie block. This 2 hour edited version was shown throughout the 1980s on US television.

Home Improvements, Robert Frank’s first video project, is a simple and poignant diary of consequential events. It is about the relationship between Frank’s life as an artist and his personal life, and how the two are inevitably intertwined. It was made cheaply with a half-inch video porta-pak. Home Improvements takes place in New York and Nova Scotia and in the mental space between these two opposing worlds

Five mechanized performances of Survival Research Laboratories, 1985-1986. 70 min. of endless pursuits, unavoidable captures, and merciless punishments.

Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the untamed backwoods in a desperate search for him. However, the harsh environment becomes a dangerous catalyst for their explosive mix of personalities, propelling them into a world of raw emotion and unbridled passion.

Music video for "All Time High" by Rita Coolidge, the theme song for the James Bond film Octopussy.

Marcel Ophuls' riveting film details the heinous legacy of the Gestapo head dubbed "The Butcher of Lyon." Responsible for over 4,000 deaths in occupied France during World War II, Barbie would escape—with U.S. help—to South America in 1951, where he lived until a global manhunt led to his 1983 arrest and subsequent trial.

Simon Templar uses twin sisters and a rare Russian necklace to trap a ruthless American in Paris.

In the mid 80s during the Satanic Panic era Pastor Flether A. Brothers who was director of Freedom Village USA interviewed Satanic teen killer Sean Sellers for an exclusive video only offered through Brothers Ministry. Brothers interviews Sellers and discusses what "Satan doesn't want you to know". This video was one of the highlights of the Satanic Panic epidemic first started by Geraldo Rivera in the mid 1980s. The clamshell case bodly [sic] professes "This tape may save your childs [sic] life and even your own!" […] This tape is hard to find and the interview with Sellers has rarely ever been seen outside of the owners of this release. The clamshell and video we have is in perfect condition and has pretty much only been played once in 25 years. (serialkillersink.net)

Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself, this deadpan narrative pays dubious homage to the 1960's radical underground. In this crudely rendered home video of a commune of stoned revolutionaries, the cameras are hand-held, the edits in-camera, and the dialogue is wryly on-target. Pettibon's band of outsiders reenacts a countercultural moment defined by rock music, drugs, and ideological paradox — and in so doing, captures their own late-80's West Coast grunge milieu as well.

A documentary about the film-maker's wife and co-worker, Peggy Lawson, who died in 1971.

A compilation of two episodes from the Supermarionation series Thunderbirds. A new super satellite has gone into orbit. Permanently manned, it is now in space to help humanity as the monitor station always on the alert to spot trouble, receive messages for help and set in motion the world's most exciting organisation, International Rescue...

For the first time in history you'll be able to see the last unfinished film from one of the greatest car-chase filmmaker's (Halicki) that ever lived, who loved to chase, wreck and destroy anything on four wheels. He bought over 400 cars to devour. It's one of the most amazing car crash chases ever filmed! Halicki reprises his role as the legendary car booster... on the run from some killers and the police he boost a Semi Tractor-Trailer... the chase destroys half the city... the other half is destroyed by the 'Slicer' (a custom built wedge car). The car is unstoppable - it can flip any truck or car in it's speeding path! You'll see why they nick named Halicki "The Car-Crash-King." You won't believe your eyes - you'll watch it again and again... the action never stops!

Figment is visited unexpectedly by Peter Pan who has lost his way back to Wendy's house and is in need of assistance. Apparently, he temporarily got pixie dust in his eyes. When Figment begins to write down directions for Peter, the boy who refused to grow up reminds him that he never learned to read. Figment agrees to bring Wendy to Figonia, but a miscalculation brings Amy instead. Through reading, Figment and his friend Amy vividly make the point that books can transport you to faraway lands, transform you into other characters, and open you up to innumerable adventures. By program's end, Peter agrees that being able to read is wonderful and magical. He may even learn to read himself!

A high-school guitarist contends with an unhappy home environment while working to get his band noticed by a music promoter.

Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.

A simple meal of meticulously photographed ingredients with gruesome close-ups.

Special Jury Mention at Hyères International Film Festival in 1983. "When my eyes, closed for an icy terror, opened again, at my side, scented on the canvas, these faces were shaking confusingly."

Sewing Woman chronicles the bittersweet journey of one woman's determination to survive: from an arranged marriage in old China to working class comforts in modern America.

"The war has reached its peak; the entire country is suffering under the bloody and merciless occupation of enemy troops. Innocent people are being tortured and ruthlessly executed. To put an end to this reign of terror once and for all, the local troops have received support from a handful of highly trained commandos. These commandos are led by the American elite soldier Gordon, who also has a very personal score to settle. The guerrilla troops are under the command of Mike, with whom he shares a gruesome past dating back to the Vietnam War. The day of deadly reckoning is drawing ever closer, and only one will survive." - DVD Back of the Box Description Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1984 Filipino War film "Kumander Sumulong" with new scenes.

All-Star concert recorded at Lincoln Center in 1982 -- Featuring Max Roach, Jon Faddis, John Lewis and Milt Jackson.

On June 7th, 1986, Prince celebrated his 28th birthday by performing for a packed crowd at Detroit’s Cobo Arena. The show was filmed and edited for later broadcast in Europe and Japan as promotion for his then-forthcoming 1986 Parade tour, which hit eight countries in less than a month. The Parade tour never officially hit the United States, with Prince deciding to test the show out on audiences in a handful of cities across the country before taking it abroad. Fortunately, videotapes of the Detroit show have been circulating amongst hardcore Prince collectors for years and have found their way onto the internet so you can witness what was arguably Prince’s funkiest tour to date.

An investigation into the reports of houses in Hollywood that are supposedly haunted by the ghosts of dead movie stars.

A short film made in 1987 on the occasion of Serge Lemoyne's exhibition "Station supplémentaire. Hommage aux artistes vivants". The exhibition paid homage to several figures of the contemporary art scene whom the painter named as influences : Jean-Paul Riopelle, Pierre Gauvreau, Ulysse Comtois, Armand Vaillancourt, COZIC, Yves Gaucher, François Sullivan, Guido Molinari, Claude Tousignant and "the unknown artists".

Maria and Ramon love each other but Maria's father resents Ramon's family because of the things in the past. When Maria's father dies, her stepmother makes a deal with Ramon to gain a lot of money. Maria, on the other hand, gets banished and becomes pregnant with Ramon's daughter. She gives her daughter to a rich couple because of her contagious disease. Years later, she applies as a maid to get closer to her daughter.

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.

A recording of a play about the intangible impacts AIDS has on a community. This is a moving, beautifully photographed combination of theater and documentary that captures the incredible excitement of live theater and intensifies the power of the play's message.

To create the tree sequences in this video, Allen used a custom software based on fractal mathematics. This gave form both to the tree and to the sequence of movements. It is one of the earliest animated generative artworks where an algorithm imitates organic growth. the video follows different stages of a creation myth, from particles of energy and light to animal and plant life. It was one of a series of artist commissions made for the opening night of the New York nightclub Palladium.

Jay Leno hosts "Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour," a one hour special featuring a humorous look at the American family.

Third in a series, this film is divided into four sections: The Tortuous Nature of our Progress, The Fire-El Fuego, Distance Number of Nothing, White Rushes Tied to a Cluster of Mulberry Shoots.

The fusion of modern aesthetics with Basque tradition in monumental works is what has made Chillida a legendary sculptor all over the world. Using wood, stone and iron, he created forms based on his surroundings, thus exposing their sculptural essence. Chillida even inspired the great Heidegger to write “Art and Space” which was published in 1969 and accompanied by 7 of the sculptor’s litho prints. This film shows Chillida at work, taking its viewers to towns like San Sebastián and Hernani. Alongside his major works, it also depicts the fascinating artist himself as he candidly philosophises on space, limits and materials.

Blistering live performance by British black metal pioneers Venom captured at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in June of 1984. One of the most legendary shows in the history of metal featuring the classic line-up of Cronos (vocals/bass), Mantas (guitar) and Abaddon (drums). TRACKLIST: 01. Leave Me In Hell 02. Countess Bathory 03. Die Hard 04. 7 Gates Of Hell 05. Buried Alive 06. Don't Burn The Witch 07. In Nomine Satanus 08. Welcome To Hell 09. Warhead 10. Stand Up And Be Counted 11. Blood Lust

"Hussein" is an honest food inspector who goes to Cairo, and live in a small room on a rooftop, he works overtime, while some rotten businessmen tries to bribe him unsuccessfully, so they set him up for a lifetime in prison, but he escapes and reach out for his girlfriend "Reda", who trick the antagonists to prove Hussein's innocence.

Animated short

Progeny is a collaboration with sculptor Bradford Smith. Smith's organic and sensual sculptural forms are transformed by the merging of one of Steina's Machine Vision devices — a rotating, mirrored sphere with pre-programmed camera movements and optical transpositions — with Woody's digital processing.