Cinematic Era: 1996 Vintage

Documentary film.

During an attempted rescue of their friends who have been taken into the forbidden, enchanted forest by a bad troll, the siblings, Hansel and Gretel, are assisted by friendly animals and a family of good trolls, only to be left on their own in the dark forest. They spy a gingerbread and candy house and are captured by the wicked witch.

Once upon a time Joanna was abducted by the Dark Strangers. They took her to the depths of Bedlam where she awoken to another reality.

In April 1945, the German soldier Willi Herold is separated from his group. He finds a decorated captain's uniform in an abandoned car and decides to use it. Using the authority of this captain persona, he gathers a group of soldiers around him in the Emsland region near Papenburg and the border with the northern Netherlands, where he commits a range of war atrocities.

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

A film following a western monk and his lifestyle in the Thai forest monastery, Wat Pa Nanachat, in the 1990s.

The bottom of the river is dug up then dumped again.

Horrific tale of the Folio-Olio!

What is it made of? Who makes it? How and where is it made? Who is he? This sing-along adventure invites young viewers to tag along on a fast-paced factory where the coolest flavors meet big machines...and turn into fun!

Short film by Anne Hoegh Krohn.

Hauntingly beautiful preparation for the fashion show followed by the show itself.

The ocean wave of stars through time and space.

A hand-drawn journey through a scary party.

This early effort from Dutch prankster Sietske​ Tjallingii is a stop-motion miniature in which one mean hombre rides a 20th Century steed. Her later films would often feature the filmmaker herself as Bettie Page-inspired alter-ego "Miss T."

Volume 2 from Something Weird Video.

A dog and two cats in France living, naturally.

Doubly-printed striations of "brush-strokes" through multicolored "rock" forms dissolving then to blackened "mud" eliciting increasing sense of being under earth.

Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 2 is a Documentary on Hong Kong cinema.

Steve Earle beat the odds, and he knows it. “I was the ultimate functional heroin addict for a number of years,” he says, introducing himself to a MTV audience that might not be intimately familiar with his life story and ferocious brand of country-rock music. “I got clean because I got locked up. If that hadn’t happened, I would have died. I just made my first album straight this year.” On June 25, 1996, as part of a court order, Steve Earle performed a live concert for prison inmates at Tennessee’s Cold Creek Correctional Facility where Earle was incarcerated in 1994. The concert entitled To Hell and Back aired on MTV on August 17, 1996. Steve reunited with his backing group the Dukes for the concert, and it was an incredible show.

Third part of the trilogy. Dragon Lee is not in this one.

short movie

Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods-these colossal powers of nature have had dramatic consequences for human kind. Now in dramatic scenes of cataclysmic destruction and human courage, you'll journey with National Geographic as we learn how earthquakes create and shape our landscapes, even as they destroy cities like San Francisco and Tokyo. Discover how rotating updrafts can build into the towering tornadoes that sweep the Midwest's "Tornado Alley", or how cloud disturbances can grow in to the awesome hurricanes that ravage coastal areas of Bangladesh and Florida. Witness the devastation of flooding in France and China, and learn, as today's scientists have, that the mightily Mississippi cannot be easily tamed.

A cop takes in a refugee.

In 1969 a young boy believes that his actions at home will control the fate of his father who is fighting in Vietnam.

There's evidence that UFOs really do exist and this video lets you see the proof with your own eyes.

Impersonations for the camera by Alison Tsoi, Nina Fonoroff, and Saul Levine. Additional camera by Silvia Gruner. (For Pelle Lowe and Luther Price)

The World Wrestling Federation's first foray into iPPVs is this Pay-per-view event from Toronto, Canada. Headlined by a ladder match for the WWF Championship with champion Shawn Michaels defending his title against Goldust.

A young firebrand Aboriginal man is forced to confront his spirituality when he is beaten by the police.

Survival Research Laboratories' fiery show in Phoenix. Staged Jan. 28, 1996. 23 minutes of hell on earth.

A Tejana punkera from San Antonio, Texas, sets out to investigate and maybe even change punk music history.

The found footage construction of the "Perfect" trilogy shows, in a flickering, pumping screen light, the collision between sexuality and violence in three places.

Yu-jin refuses to allow herself to become pregnant--much to her husband's disappointment. She is too busy with her career to even take care of the house, let alone a baby. But Yu-jin's thoughts that she is successful begin to crumble when she discovers her husband and the housekeeper she hired in bed together.

The old caretaker inaugurates four boys in secondary school with a bang! Those who believe that all it takes is soap, deodorant, water and aftershave, do not know what a man should smell.

"ISLAND RACE contrasts everyday events with actions of right wing extremists, counter anti-racist demonstrations, the funeral of a gangland leader, and the jingoistic street parties celebrating Victory in Europe Day. Using only picture and sound, with no added commentary, Raban gives viewers the space to draw their own conclusions about the film’s portrayal of English national identity in the late 1990s." - Anthology Film Archives

Born in Serov, Russia in 1969, Kostya Tszyu began boxing at age 9 and quickly made a name for himself fighting as an amateur 270 times for an impressive 259 wins. His arrival in Sydney in 1992 was to herald the beginning of his professional career and has seen him continue his powerhouse rise with 16 wins from 16 fights, 12 by knockout.

This video is generally recognized as the best and funniest of them all. Non-stop outdoor duck hunting humor.

Beloved comedian Carol Burnett entertained generations of TV viewers with a masterful combo of physical comedy and acting. This biography tells her story, from the broken home life cushioned by a special grandmother to her hilarious appearances on Ed Sullivan's and Jack Paar's shows and her own successful variety show. The program features rare clips and interviews with friends, family and co-stars, including Tim Conway and Harvey Korman.

Poe rose from the depths of despair at age 22, disinherited and destitute, to become one of the greatest figures in American literature. At that age he had three dozen poems published and went on to do about forty more. But short stories would prove to be the genre for which his contributions were most significant. "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" are two of his most enduring works. Poe virtually invented detective stories and the notion of focusing on the process of solving the crime, rather than the criminal or the act. He was notorious for writing tales told by "unresponsible narrators," whose self-deluding ways force the reader to take an active role in deciphering the mystery.

When young Zach and Annie face challenges, they're often unsure of what's the right thing to do. But by listening to inspiring stories from the buffalo Plato, the kids learn to make good decisions based on virtues like honesty, courage and loyalty. Drawing on classic myths, fables and tales from around the globe, this animated series teaches children positive lessons they can use in their daily lives.

Dhanraj lives a happy life along with his wife two brother's and a sister. Things change when his younger brother Vinay finds out that he is an orphan.

The 1959 revolution which gave Cuba its independence ushered in a new era of equality, blind to race and to gender - but not to sexual orientation. Military necessity and contemporary Stalinist ideology served only to reinforce long-held stereotypes detrimental to the integration of homosexuals into Cuba's perpetually reforming social structure.

A dark expressionist fantasy with surreal gothic visions, set to the music of Christofer Johnsson (of the metal band Therion).

Filmed on Super-8, Footsy is César Velasco Broca's first short, in which he explores the fetishistic obsessions of a socially repressed man.

In celebration of the popular "Gladiators" programs on television today, this parody joins Ben Dover and Big Bill Butts as they welcome the most noxious of our nation's competitors, The American Flatulators!

In this 1996 performance video, the Cardigans dish up a Swedish-style slice of sugary pop sweetness with their hit single "Lovefool." Other tracks in the set list include "Rise and Shine," "Your New Cuckoo," "Nasty Sunny Beam," "Never Recover," "Been It," "Plain Parade," "Happy Meal" and "Hey! Get Out of My Way." The concert was filmed at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London as part of a promotion for the group's "First Band on the Moon" album.

Like in his short Ten poems of Hubert Kzn Poot (1975) there is just one protagonist in Sepio. A woman is immersed within a landscape in summertime and she adores her beloved one in everything that emerges from her surroundings.—atelierfransvandestaak.nl

Drama directed by Yemane I. Demissie.

Optical printing pioneer Pat O’Neill uses “his skills in special effects production to extrapolate metaphysical meaning from the ordinariness of industrialized culture” (Scott Stark). In O’Neill’s playful film, “trouble in the image” may take the form of a disturbing moment in a narrative, how-to instructions for creating an image, or pictures that break apart and lose their literal meaning. O'Neill: “The film [is] made up of dozens of performances dislodged from other contexts. These are often relocated into contemporary industrial landscapes, or interrupted by the chopping, shredding, or flattening of special-effects technology turned against itself. The reward is to be found in immersion within a space of complex and intricate formal relationships”. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

A new scientific exploration is about to explore one of the most distant and dangerous archaeological sites on earth.

Detective Carland Cross, lives in London and shares his adventures with his efficient assistant Andy White and his fervent admirer Medqeena aristocrat Simpson. Investigations by our detective transferred the most amazing and spectacular: the ancient civilizations that have disappeared with their enigmatic ruins, forbidden regions not without dangers strange desert cities ... a clever combination of adventure, information and cultural background, all seen through the eyes of the detective can solve all the riddles.