Cinematic Era: 1994 Vintage

Italian Made-for-TV film by Alberto Negrin.

Charlie Hodge, Elvis' long-time close friend, shares special stories and home videos never before seen. Charlie met Elvis in the Army and stayed with him until the very end. Charlie puts right the various stories that have been blown out of proportion by the media. He’s still loyal to the king! Charlie Hodge reveals some of his most memorable moments during his time with Elvis. Some happy some sad. Also included are some never before seen pictures and on stage footage shown throughout the film. A very touching and memorable tribute to the man , his life and his music as seen through the eyes of one of his best friends Charlie Hodge.

'Tasting Freedom' documents the struggles of asylum seekers in Britain for recognition of their basic human rights and investigates abuses on asylum seekers in detention centres and prisons. The documentary gives a startling account of how people who have come to Britain to find freedom are instead persecuted.

Hong Kong movie

Lili is training in Hollywood to be an actress. She falls in love with the window cleaner of her hotel.

This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 around the Mauthausen concentration camp. 500 Soviet officers form death block 20 attempt to escape, but only 150 of them actually succeed. Following the tally-ho of the SS, a barbaric manhunt begins. Only very few fugitives survive. With a lot of good luck, the two young officers Michail and Nikolai reach the Karner family's farm. Frau Karner persuades her husband to hide the two escapees.

Two teams of naked women compete against each other in a gymnastics competition.

Host John Romer ventures to the sites of two ancient cities created by Alexander the Great - cities that were considered among the most beautiful and unusual the world had ever seen. We also explore the culture and environment that created several of the seven wonders. This episode examines two unparalleled testaments to the power of the era: The Pharos (Lighthouse) at Alexandria, which stood more that 300 feet, making it the tallest structure of its time, and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, which was considered one of the greatest tombs ever created. The Mausoleum's perimieter was not decoreated with icons of ancient gods, as was the custom of the time, but with ennobled and enlarged figures of real people. These statues are thought to have been an inspiration for the citizens - telling them they could be as great as the gods.

Based on the short story “Natalie” by Ivan Bunin. The story has been adapted to a contemporary setting. In search of romantic adventure, a first-year university student visits a country house owned by acquaintances — and falls in love with two girlfriends at the same time.

1787. The love story of Count Sheremetev and the serf actress Praskovya Zhemchugova is played out in the original historical decorations of the Ostankino and Kuskovo palaces-museums.

No-budget satire on the bleak state of Italian film industry & distribution circa late-'80s-to-early-'90s. Mercurio, a down-to-earth, perennially underseen independent filmmaker, tries to get a distribution company to release his latest movie.

Giovanna Dei, a young cartoonist, works on the violent comic strip "Doctor Dark". Unfortunately, young women are being killed in the style of the comic strip character and she becomes the main suspect.

The tumultuous daily lives of three boys, including Noboru, Akira and Haruo, who inherit the flag of the locally famous fugitive tribe "Moonlight".

During a school trip with his parallel class, Bert plans to make a move on Paulina. At the same time, the bus gets stuck in the middle of the forest. Lill-Erik seizes the opportunity to take a pee, only to be left behind by the bus. The sun is shining and it's summer vacation. Bert wants to go to the beach and check out the girls in bikinis in general, and Paulina in particular. Bert's dad is going through a midlife crisis. Bert is forced to take over his dad's optician shop because his dad Fredrik would rather play with Bart's rock band "Heman Hunters". This turns out to have certain advantages, because a wonderful, fantastic girl comes to the shop. It's time to start middle school. Åke gets off to a strong start by blowing up the chemistry lab, and Bert falls in love with Ida. But Ida is with a guy called "The Gravedigger." For some reason, he wants to skin Bert alive.

A combination of action, romance and comedy, Baby Bath Massacre tells the story of a girl and boy who take on a challenge. We see their journey as they overcome major obstacles and finally achieve success. An uplifting story of success and achievement told in an offbeat, gritty way.

Virginia and Nacho, is a poor marriage, living precariously on their meager salaries, insufficient to support his child nine years of age. Until fortune smiles and Nacho wins a late model car. But sometimes it's better that luck will smile.

December 1981: Helmut Schmidt, chancellor of the FRG, visits the chairman of the state council of the GDR, Erich Honecker. The experiences with the visit of Willy Brandt in Erfurt in 1970 have warned the state leadership: Euphoria for a federal chancellor is out of the question this time. For December 13th, the protocol plans a visit to Güstrow. The Christmas market, the Barlach memorial, and the cathedral of Güstrow are on the agenda. The enormous machinery of the ministry of state security is set into motion in order to ensure the “safety of the guest”. Erich Mielke: “Never before, such a high effort was necessary as here in Güstrow.” People are temporarily arrested, inhabitants placed under house arrest, Stasi employees dressed up as “visitors of the Christmas market”. And like that, the media was supposed to get presented with a favourable image of the GDR. A reconstruction of three hours of state visit to Güstrow.

Vanessa Gravina is vapidly pretty as the heroine, who changes her hair color and hair style in order to escape an abusive painter husband and start a new life. She fakes her death by motorcar accident off a cliff, and the film heads downward from there, as surely as the vehicle plunges towards the Gothic waves-crashing-on-rocks below, set on the Greek island of Hydra.

A town near Warsaw. A group of teenagers rules one of the courtyards: Ali, Pawik, and Małgośka, the object of both boys' fascination. A few years later, these same young people form a typical youth gang. Ali and Pawik gather around them a group of peers who have been unable to find their place in society and want to live an easy life. Robberies and thefts are their idea of a comfortable existence. A few more years pass and the gang transforms into a mafia. After the 1989 elections, it enters into deals with politicians. It also gets into a conflict with Russian gangsters.

A Hard Rain is the story of a revenge killing in a small Pacific NW island community.

Billed as a humanitarian event, the "Jackson Family Honors" taped in Las Vegas. The event was to salute outstanding humanitarians and to raise money for charities.

Based on the Legend of Chunhyang.

Bert is finally turning 13. After years of waiting, he is finally becoming a teenager. For his birthday, he wants Rebecka from the parallel class, wrapped in shiny foil or jumping out of a cake. The worst thing that can happen in life is a health check, especially if you are 13 years old. Bert, Åke, Klimpen, Torleif, and the other boys in the class sit petrified with fear, waiting for the extremely terrifying Sister Ilse. The class is raising money for a class trip. Bert comes up with an idea—they will organize a gala where Bert's rock band, Heman Hunters, will play. At the same time, Klimpen threatens to perform as a stand-up comedian. Bert's new love is called Nadja Nilsson. Through Torleif, he finds out that she plays the violin, which Bert immediately starts practicing instead of soccer. But what will he become? A violin-playing phantom in love or a celebrated goal scorer?

Imagine you had a gadget that let you travel to any point in history. Then imagine you could put together a bill of your favourite comedians, pop stars and even cartoon characters. That will give you some idea of this year's Children's Royal Variety Performance, An Adventure through Time.

Yoshio Mamiya was angry because of false rumors. It is said that he passed on a vicious disease to his girlfriend, Shinji, and they broke up. Shinji, who agreed to break up with his son-in-law, was also bothered by the rumors. Yoshio finally discovers that the source of the rumors is a gay bar called "Angel" and boards the bar alone. At the bar, hot-eyed Hida, the beautiful Tajima, and the mysterious Serizawa are drinking...Yoshio first approaches Tajima, but when Tajima realizes that he is the rumored Yoshio, he invites him to a hotel. Yoshio is forced to have maniacal sex with one man after another, and when he finally gets close to the truth of the rumors, Yoshio is made to realize his true desires...

Sture is a rich alcoholic who has taken a trip to Mallorca to drink himself to death. But he meets Sylvia and they start a relationship. Sture moves in with her in a middle-class community. Sylvia has an eighteen year old daughter, Eva. She gets murdered on the night between Midsummer eve and Midsummer day, and to the police the primary suspect is Sture, who was so intoxicated that he can not say what he was doing during the night.

Gopal is sentenced to the death penalty for killing his wife Gayathri (Vineetha). His last wish is meeting the feminist writer Tamilarasi (Nadhiya). He tells his past. Gopal was from a middle-class family and lived with his mother Sharadha (Vijayakumari) and his mentally ill sister (Vinodhini). He fell in love with, a rich city girl, Gayathri and he got married with her. Gayathri had often quarrels with Gopal because he was not rich. Finally, Gayathri removed her thaali and applied for the divorce. Heartbroken, Sharadha died of a heart attack. Gopal proceeded for his mother's cremation. Angry, he ran with a stick in fire and he discovered Gayathri in fire at her house.Tamilarasi decides at any price to save Gopal before his death.

Pearl Jam play live on night 2 of the the Bridge School Benefit concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA on October 2nd 1994. >> SETLIST: Wash, Not for You, Immortality, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Daughter, Black (with Benmont Tench) >> ENCORE: Bee Girl

(Zainat) is a very rich woman and her spoiled son (Sherif) studies in medical school. He meets the poor girl (Faiza) who helps him in his study. He tricks her in the name of love, and she decides to steal his mother's Jewelry with the help of another man.

A cosmetologist invents a perfume that helps her sister seduce her boss. When her boss realizes the power of the perfume he will try to steal the formula.

With few words and leaving it to the spectator to fill in blanks, this short subject contemplates one ordinary day in the life of a single woman and her child.

The grim realities of daily life in post-Communist Romania are described in this dark drama, which was filmed on-location in the poorer areas of Bucharest. Pepe & Fifi are brother and sister. Pepe is a struggling boxer, and Fifi is a barfly addicted to Bucharest's sleazy night life. This movie chronicles their daily lives while commenting upon the political and economic situation in Romania.

The private eye of Shinjuku Yokubo Tantei is a lone wolf, lush, and loser but has kept his integrity in a dirty, dangerous world.

Kailash Nath is the Manager of a Bank and lives a comfortable lifestyle with his wife and son. He is friendly with the Bank Watchman, Shankar Dayal Khurana, so much so that he arranges the marriage of Kishan with Shankar's daughter, Sanam.

The Nature of the Beast explores the life and case of a woman, Bonnie Jean Foreshaw, who was subjected to years of abuse, as a child and in three separate marriages. At the age of thirty-eight, Ms Foreshaw was found guilty of first degree murder when, in a moment of panic, she accidentally shot and killed a pregnant woman in an attempt to protect herself from a man who was physically assaulting her at a gas station in Hartford, Connecticut. Both her assailant and victim were complete strangers to Ms. Foreshaw. Although the man later testified in court that he had pulled the pregnant woman in front of him as a shield when he saw Ms. Foreshaw take out her hand gun, she was nevertheless found guilty of pre-meditated murder. Ms. Foreshaw is now serving the longest prison sentence of any woman in Connecticut—45 years—without the possibility of parole.

The story follows a group of Croatian refugees who have been forced to leave their hometown of Vukovar by Serbian forces during Croatia's struggle for independence. The people are settled at a railway station in a village near Vukovar, where they live in a train which is adapted to serve as a temporary accommodation.The situation grows dim as the date of their return proves to be uncertain, and the lives of the survivors and refugees becomes more and more complicated being burdened by PTSD and strong feelings of hope to return to their homestead.

Serap, who has been living in the darkest streets of Beyoglu, is a charming woman in her 20s. A beautiful woman's way of prostitution and prostitution living in the back streets of Beyoglu as a person intersects with him when a magical love begins. Hakan tries to take the pimp of Serap as a madman. The man who doesn't have the job can't do it. One day when Serap finds his lover Hakan in a scene he never thought possible, his whole life is deeply shaken. Serap will now be in a different life, running for different purposes.

Nikola Tesla is considered the father of our modern technological age and one of the most mysterious and controversial scientists in history.

Part of the anthology series "Picture Windows," Peter Bogdanovich’s "Song of Songs" reimagines Botticelli’s Primavera as a suburban love story, where a married baker is torn between his devoted wife and the passionate advances of a lingerie shop owner.

Charming, witty and smart men represent a fictitious insurance company who soon fall for an innocent-looking young woman smarter than she seems.

The enterprising Ivan decides to organize a tour in America of the famous Russian psychic Yuri Koshmarovsky and earn some “green” money. However, just before the flight, it was discovered that the maestro was in the hospital. Well, do not cancel the same performance because of such a trifle! Fortunately, Aunt Katya escorted Ivan to her airport with her husband Petya, who, as it turned out, was almost a double of Koshmarovsky ...

A man named John Martin offers a couple with a broken-down car a ride to the nearest gas station, little do they know he’s actually taking them back to his place for dinner.

Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. This 1994 recording, directed by Riccardo Muti, stars Roberto Alagna, Renato Bruson and Andrea Rost.

After his release from prison, small-time drug dealer Taro (Hugo Speer) wastes no time teaming up again with his old partners and setting up a deal with notorious crime boss Mr. Fletcher (Nelson E. Ward) in this crime thriller. But when the deal goes bad, one of Taro's men is killed. Soon, Taro's cronies begin to turn on each other, and Taro, with the help of buddy Sean (Andrew Joseph), must fight his way out to stay alive

A movie about Loretta and her struggles as a woman.

Sylvia Juszczyk, a Jewish woman in her forties who has been divorced for five years, is a dentist whose long working days are not the only source of happiness. She is in love with a young man who is unemployed because his skills are not adapted to the job market.

When a cruel middle-aged baron and a beautiful wealthy orphan are to be wed at the abbey, it comes as no surprise when the sadistic nobleman is found strangled to death.

This controversial political thriller, which provoked mass demonstrations and nine deaths in South Africa when it was first shown, gives dramatic form to the African National Congress's basic program of reconcilliation within a non-racialist, democratic society. A train massacre by an Inkatha militant causes the sole witness to the crime to flee the Soweto townships to take refuge in Johannesburg; but the violence follows him when his ANC comrades try to buy guns for a retaliatory raid against Inkatha supporters.

An intensive look at the spirit of motorcycling: from Sturgis to the Salt Flats, le Mans to the Isle of Man, Laguna Seca to the gangs of New York. Motorcycle culture lives large among businessmen, women, racers, cruisers and outlaws alike.