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Throughout the 1960's, gay bars served as havens for a marginalized queer community across the country. Frequent police raids and laws dictating women to wear three pieces of 'gender appropriate clothing' resulted in countless cases of police harassment, assault, and brutality. Sanctuary follows Meg and Abigail as they navigate their interaction and coping process after one such raid.
Artist Statement: "Lovesick" is an abstract analysis of idealization, objectification, and the Other; a dark fantasy peering into how we view and explore the complex darkness of human sexuality.
Four decades after directing "Maniac" Bill revisits the filming locations to reflect on 1970s New York & his leading man, Joe Spinell.
In the early 2000s, Nahal Farrokhi, a teacher who had wanted to become an actress and is now waiting for a letter carrier to return her letter, and Sarang Sesh, a homeless person who had wanted to be a writer and has just been released from prison after fifteen years, meet each other at a crossroads (apparently in Tehran) and uncover secrets about their pasts.
The PFL 11 mixed martial arts event for the 2018 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on December 31, 2018, at the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square garden in New York City, New York, Illinois.
Since its publication 200 years ago, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has influenced vast swathes of popular culture. Adaptations have starred cinema legends from Boris Karloff to Robert De Niro – and even Alvin and the Chipmunks. From tales of science gone mad (Jurassic Park) to stories of understanding the other (ET, The Hulk, Arrival), traces of the story and its themes have spread across our media. With Frankenstein Re-membered, video artist and film historian Chris Gerrard collects these diverse fragments from the birth of cinema until the present day and in the tradition of Victor Frankenstein himself, attempts to stitch them back together into an adaptation of the original Shelley novel.
After an exorcism goes horribly wrong a team from a shadowy religious order must determine who among them the demon has possessed, or all their lives are forfeit.
Lulu is a modern day fable exploring gender & sexual identity in a thoroughly unique way. To inhabit Lulu's world is to enter the Alice in wonderland rabbit hole and discover that nothing is as it seems.
An eccentric band of oddballs solve problems using math, science, and coding.
An all-new documentary celebrating the legacy of the holiday specials created by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass including interviews with filmmakers and historians.
The various creators and talents have created a brilliantly choreographed work, in which the camera dances and becomes a central character, following and confronting the various performers. The result is a firework display of body and camera movements, captured with the help of five ingenious rigs.
The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever at the age of only 31.
Three stupid cowboys are lost in the woods without any food on the coldest night of the year. Will they succumb to the cold, cannibalism, or the Christmas Spirit? Canada's infamous Astron-6 return to short form to challenge the very idea of storytelling. Grotesque. Absurd. Buñuel by way of Zuckers and Abrahams.
As the US debt spirals out of control, it polarizes society and threatens to disrupt traditional retirement with an impending freight train of onerous taxes and draconian austerity measures.
On a tortuous visit to the nutritionist, Julia (16) must decide whether she continues to live in the shadow of her mother's comments regarding her image, or begins to have a voice of her own.
Meet Andie, a guy who is stuck in the past and just as stuck in his life. He still lives in the same small town, listens to the same music, and has the same routine. It isn't until someone from the past re-enters his life that he reflects on the person he used to be, and realizes that to become the person he wants to be - he might have to take a chance.
Film scholar Janet Bergstrom discusses Sternberg's 1930 film starring Marlene Dietrich.
Documentary following Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma of the band, Agnostic Front who played a key role in defining, shaping and establishing the sound and cultural code of conduct for the still-thriving movement. Unlike the dozens of bands that have come and gone, Agnostic Front is still going strong.
Last years of Yuan dynasty. Turbulent times of rebels and cuthroats. Teenage Zhang Sanfeng (later, greatest tai chi master) becomes a companion for Qiu Chuji from Dragon Gate School. They have to fulfill the King Timur's task and find the dragon vein of Southern Song Kingdom.
Terrified that his mother may not find the important mental stimulation he believes will stave off Alzheimer's Disease, Sam sets out to find her the Perfect Best Friend within her new retirement community, with hilarious and poignant results.
Culled from more than 100 hours of new and archival interviews with former Manson cult members, this two-hour special goes inside Spahn’s Ranch, where the Manson cult lived, to offer an intimate and terrifying look into America’s most murderous group.
A young boy lives with his mother who does not give him the attention he needs. A dark monster is conjured by the neglect inflicted on her son. But this isn’t the father figure that the boy is looking for...
A musician struggling to keep a supernatural affliction in check reluctantly indulges the wishes of zealous fan, but what begins as a comedic spook’em’up disturbingly creeps towards severe terror.
A man must express his true passion of music and rhythm in a world where it is repressed and outlawed.
Newly widowed Brenda Harper and her family are taken hostage over something from her late husband's past.
Together Again is a three-minute film featuring a husband trying to reach his wife, who has dementia, by navigating a stormy sea. With him is another person who represents Admiral Nurses, whose specialist knowledge and skills are used to help keep families that are affected by dementia closer.
Andrea and Blake talk the morning after.
The true story about fireman and public servant Mark Taylor who heard a special message from God about change in our nation. When Mary Colbert, a networker and connector of Christian ministries, heard Mark's message she felt called to start a national prayer movement which grew to thousands of people across our nation praying together for the leadership of America and a return to the Godly principles we were founded upon. The Trump Prophecy tells the story of Mark Taylor and Mary Colbert through the election of 2016 followed by a reflective time hearing from leaders in various sectors of faith, business, finance, military, and world affairs who respond with their perspective on what it takes to make America great again.
A dark and delicious foray into Angela Carter's extraordinary life with animation by Peepshow Collective, rare archive and family photos, and contributions from Angela's friends, family, students and admirers.
In the backwoods of British Columbia, Canada, three small but dedicated crews of adventure seekers were quietly changing the course of a sport and carving their paths in history. And it was all happening unbeknownst to each other, the cycling world, and ultimately themselves. This film is the origin story of a small movement of mountain bikers and filmmakers who ruse up, challenged the status quo, and turned the sport of cycling on its head. All they wanted was to feel free. No rules, no sponsors, no claim. Just the raw freedom of riding their bicycles down the unthinkable. This is a story that has never been told, told by the people who lived it firsthand. A moment, this moment, can only ever happen once.
The third chapter from the Jack Hunter's Paranoia Tapes saga.
Facing the impending death of a loved one, a mother and son have a blackly comic encounter with a funeral home director.
Peeks behind the curtain into the world of an adult toy manufacturer. And what a world it is! Greed and betrayal run wild in the corporate world of sensual oddities as a new, young, office intern sets her sights on moving right to the top. What she's willing to do to get where she wants to be will absolutely kill you. It also helps if you're a psychopathic murderess.
Homanand is a sincere man who works hard to fulfill his father's dream of buying a house. With great efforts and hard work, he finally pools enough money and buys a house. After a few days, he comes to know that there is a ghostly creature in the house which is trying to scare him off the property.
Comfortless is a drama/thriller film about a girl named Rebecca(Madison Sturges) who falls in love with Thomas(Jared Battle), a troubled teenager with a dark side. When Thomas attacks another guy for just talking to Rebecca, her friend Anna(Madeline Smith) tries to convince her to stay away from Thomas. Rebecca recalls her experiences with Dr. Williams(Jo Ann Clark) and attempts to move past her traumatizing experience.
The documentary features some of the least explored parts of Russia: Altai, Amur, Kamchatka, Yamal, and the Arctic. In each region, the crew uncovered how species have adapted to Russia's challenging terrain: from polar bears, hunting on melting ice caps, and musk oxen coping with punishing Arctic conditions, to the toad-headed agama lizards doing their best to survive in the scorched desert near the Caspian Sea. These precious habitats and the animals that call them home are under direct threat from climate change as a result of global warming occurring around the world. The film captures the incredible diversity of this immense wilderness, demonstrate the shooting process of the film, and lead you to think what might be done to mitigate such potential destruction.
The story focuses on Dr Morris and his increasingly awkward attempts to conceal a painful truth from his wife, as he drives home from a disastrous job interview...or was it?
It's easy to rely on technology to make life easier, but what do you do when it fails? "Analog Boy" is a glimpse into the future of...our virtual lives.
Francesco Moser the man, and legend.
As a young daughter waits for acceptance to her dream arts program, her excitement turning to despondence as time goes on, her Caribbean mother must make a heart-wrenching decision to make sure her daughter escapes the cycle of poverty the two are caught in.
Dave and Andrew reach a new level of closeness in their relationship when they share their personal experiences with self-harm.
After 10 years of hiding, Stephen confronts the Salesman to whom he sold his soul, unaware that the demon has fallen in love with him.
observations of the wood people
In Los Angeles County, three female police chiefs work together to catch a serial killer.
Augusto is a man of about 50, the father of a classic high-bourgeois family. Alone in the house he is attracted by the sound of a cell phone. Augusto finds the cell phone forgotten by his teenage son at home. A series of messages attract his attention, they are those of Trilly99, a young user of the social network MatchUp. Trillly99 proposes a game: she will start sending photos of small details of herself and he will have to replicate in the same way. Intrigued Augusto decides to play along but it will not be easy for her to hide her true age. He dresses in his son's t-shirt, shaves his chest, hides wrinkles and a white beard behind a Wrestler mask and spreads his wife's body oil. How far will this grotesque ploy in search of the perfect photo push our Pater familias 2.0?
As summer days grow longer, 22-year-old Stefania — who lives with her aging grandfather — begins to spiral into fantasy in Aaron Ries' unpredictable and darkly comedic drama about intergenerational disconnect and malaise.
Marvel's Blade Fan Film
Before Francine became a sex symbol for the most violent, depraved organization in wrestling, she was a regular Philly girl. She was working a menial insurance job with wrestling nowhere on her radar. On a whim, she grabs the phone and calls a number she sees on TV for the ECW training school. The rest is hardcore history. The ECW landscape was pretty tough so now you’ll hear how this lady, as tough as her character, managed to navigate that road and come out on the other side. Francine fought through great personal tragedies as well as great disappointment over accusations aimed at her from an ECW talent on a KC show. Tear-jerker and laugh riot, all the same, this edition of Breaking Kayfabe stands as all do–part interview, part therapy…all shoot.
This a documentary film on Afghanistan and the effects of wars of the last 38 years. Malalai Joya, Afghan activist for human rights, democracy and women's rights, speaks to the atrocities committed against Afghans by Soviets, local Warlords, Taliban, and now USA and NATO presence in the country. Many victims of these atrocious wars tell their stories. A film by Pronesis Institute of Audiovisual and Social Change and Cine Cinematográfica of Brazil.
A sensory journey in the city of Rio de Janeiro with street vendors and street artists as characters in this urban cartography in which past and present are crossed.
Gator and Bandit are chock-full of country charm and hilarious stories memorable for their punchlines that land stronger than a shot of whiskey.
A behind the scenes in-depth look at the impact of the mixtape on Hip-Hop and pop culture.
When Sade, the central character suffers a personal tragedy, she is taken on a journey of self-discovery and faith which transforms the lives all those around her. God Calling shines a spotlight on modern day spirituality by imaginatively exploring what it might look like for Abraham or Prophet Elijah to be Nigerian in 2018, and have to contend with disbelief as well as modern-day realities such as smartphones, and social media.
The dashing and dazzling Douglas Fairbanks was the movie star who "swashbuckled in Zorro, dueled exuberantly in Robin Hood and soared magnificently in The Thief of Bagdad"-- He was the "First King of Hollywood".
Sylvie escapes her abusive marriage by running away to a place known as Foxhole. However, her reasons for joining the cult may not be all that they appear to be.
Luis, a scriptwriter who lives in Madrid and who is about to have a daughter, returns to his native village of Cocentaina surrounded by the mountains of Alicante. He intends to help his brother Kiko and his cousin Alberto write a book about the cuisine of their family restaurant: L’Escaleta, which has just received two Michelin stars and is listed among the 25 best restaurants in Spain and Portugal. Together they embark on an emotional culinary trip that lasts for a whole year as the dream of writing the book slowly turns into reality. And, while Luis’s quest helps him to reunite with his people, the viewer is able to observe the real life goings-on behind a two-star Michelin restaurant created by a devoted family who are always passionate about their work and determined to offer people the best of themselves.
Alone on the top deck of the night bus, an old lady is haunted by an unlikely apparition.
Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural development.
How do we heal our deepest wounds? Two combat veterans, suffering from severe trauma, abandon pharmaceuticals in order to seek healing through psychedelic medicines. Recent scientific research has shown that these substances can help people to recover from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Beyond the personal stories, From Shock to Awe raises fundamental questions about war, the pharmaceutical industry, and the US legal system.