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Armed with camcorders, French artist Sophie Calle and American photographer Greg Shephard head West across the United States in his Cadillac convertible to produce and document a narrative of their journey and relationship.
Two astronauts, Benny and Manny, are launched aboard Space Shuttle DK7-821 on a mission to the Kubrick Orbital Station, but they experience complications along the way. Martin Villeneuve's first student film.
An intense two-person drama about a dysfunctional love affair with cult actor and musician Lars Rudolph ("Run Lola Run").
The young, good-looking Gina can't find work in her profession as an interpreter. Being idle is not her thing. To escape the curse of being overqualified and at least get a job as a housekeeper for a manager, she has to disguise herself. A bit ugly, a bit blonde and a bit stupid. Gina succeeds so perfectly that even her aunt, who actively and cunningly helped Gina get the job, is amazed. But Gina almost drives her new employer to despair, and turbulent entanglements naturally ensue.
A heartbreaking and fruitless virtual love story between a NEET otaku youth addicted to video games and a beautiful girl who appears as a game character. This film is a paradoxical homage to director Nobuhiko Obayashi.
A brilliant psychology professor suffers from a Don Juan complex, which leads him to do everything he can to seduce every woman who crosses his path.
Vincent, a young Chinese-Kiwi, is rescued from a group of racist punks in a spacies parlour by a mysterious Asian, then drawn into a seedy Triad underworld.
Green Day celebrated the (slightly belated) 25th anniversary of their 1995 LP Insomniac Friday with a deluxe reissue that includes unreleased live recordings from the tour in support of the album.
A modern frog comes up with an original way to travel and sets off abroad — to the place she's been dreaming of — together with some ducks.
Everybody loves ice cream. It’s cool, sweet and delicious. It’s also the tantalizing topic of this happy documentary program that takes viewers to ice cream places across America from Vermont to Hawaii, highlighting outstanding places to get a cone or a bowl. An Ice Cream Show features mostly small ice cream lovers – from makers and eaters to collectors and cone-makers.
Dušan Hanák's final film: a bitter documentary about the history of Communism in Czechoslovakia.
Film by Bhanuchandran
The viewer enters the Internet along with the producer, who uses a pseudonym in order to interview people who engage in a highly problematic and taboo practice: Nazi-fetish-based sadomasochism. Video images created directly on the computer and stories from the artist's memory ask such questions as: How does history affect the body? How are cultural memories transmitted? And, when historical events become part of a culture's discourse, how does the meaning of the original event shift?
Lexie is a single parent father of a young girl. One day, coming home from work, he is told by her that she wants to be am Irish River Dancer. He refuses, replying laconically, 'We don't dance'. With time, her fascination grows and he begrudgingly becomes accepting of her passion, helping her out with an instructional video and then a costume. She enters a contest, and he enthusiastically applauds her performance. In the final scene, she teaches him a few steps as they move together along the shore.
Academy Award winner Istvan Szabo brings to the screen Offenbach's operettas set against the backdrop of power and intrigue in 19th century Paris. Offenbach's Secret follows the staging of Croquefer and Les deux Aveugles at the Theatre des Bouffes-Parisiens founded by Offenbach in 1855. Limited by French law to one act with no more than three singers, Offenbach's early operettas were filled with biting social commentary and poked fun at the moral ambiguity of France's Second Empire under Napoleon III. In addition to Offenbach's vivacious music, the film features lush costumes, period details, and striking set designs.
A look at the life of Native American jazz saxophone pioneer Jim Pepper, the first widely recognized musician to fuse Native American music with jazz.
It is the beginning of the twentieth century. Edward, the second son of an historic Scottish baronial family, leaves home to join the army. One day, he receives a letter from his twin brother Laurence who has fallen ill. He begs Edward to return home. Edward does as he is bidden, only to learn that Laurence is seriously in debt and has mortgaged the family estate. Laurence expects Edward to assist him in his plight.
A film by Francis Posadas.
Fan Cans are customized paint cans stuffed with a CD, video, T-shirt and various Metallica “swag”. Fan Cans are released by the official fan club and sold to members only, this makes the early versions practically hard to find. Fan Can 1 is a collection of studio outtakes and miscellaneous jams from when the band was in the studio recording Load. During one of the Load sessions, Metallica recorded (what became the Fan Can one CD) in one take without stopping the tape between songs, capturing discussions between the band and Bob Rock about what to play and such. The tracks are untitled but include versions and snippets of songs by AC/DC, Mercyful Fate, The Beatles and one of Lars favorites at that time, Oasis. These covers are often short or cut in half as they haven't played them before. The video is excellent, containing footage not available anywhere else. The Video and CD cover art design is by James Hetfield.
Putta, an orphan, encounters his birth father after ages and comes to the city with him. But he ends up meeting his step-brothers, who had attempted to misbehave with his girlfriend.
This documentary examines the Irish famine of 1845, caused by a blight that devastated the potato crop, the main source of food for the poor in rural Ireland.
Mai Zetterling is interviewed in the summer of 1984 in her house in southern France. Seventeen years have passed since the Girls were made in Sweden and were adversely affected by the criticism. Zetterling discusses why she left Sweden and resides at crucial times in her life; The drama period, to be celebrated actress and then to move to pave his way in the male-dominated director's profession. A guiding star in Zetterling's life has been to constantly expand its boundaries.
Video #1 Bill Pepper, Brian Howard, Caine Gayle, Chad Muska, Chet Thomas, Chris Lambert, Eric Koston, Geoff Rowley, Gershon Mosley, Heath Kirchart, Jason Maxwell, Jeremy Klein, Marc Johnson, Matt Mumford, Mike Frazier, Nanda Zipp, Paul Sharpe, Rick Jaramillo, Ron Whaley, Tim Brauch, Tom Penny, Tony Hawk, Willy Santos
Sleight of hand magician Ricky Jay blends light comedy and close-up magic to entertain a live audience. He discusses everything from the birth of the classic cup and balls trick to 14th century poetry.
Mexican movie
The legendary Rammstein concert, played two days after the one year anniversary of the release of the band's debut album Herzeleid, and the 100th show in their Herzeleid Tour. Released later as their first ever live video release, originally in VHS, exclusively for members of their official fan club.
Jackson’s father died when Jackson was a boy, and his mother now shelters her son, not allowing anyone else into their lives. When Jackson discovers a world of men outside their mansion and starts dating a cute cop, he is forced to decide. Remain a protected child or accept the risks of the outside.
Who is this confident man who, with unusual elegance and surprising professionalism, began working at the reception desks of the highest government and party leaders one day? Where did he come from, what are his tasks, and who entrusted him with them? These questions will be pondered in the film by members of the secret services, important and insignificant minions of the powerful, who are convinced that they know every link in the ingeniously opaque chain of relationships and competences of a centrally controlled state. Before the surprising revelation of the mysterious master of ceremonies living a double life, he manages to pull off one last stunt: a monstrous hoax whose consequences can only be tragic.
A short parody of Japanese samurai films...
Actor Miranda Harcourt directs an ode to her broadcaster father Peter in this short documentary. The film emerges from vocal chords (via an endoscope) and uses the tools of her father’s trade as a starting point for a free-ranging meditation on repression, shell shock and family ghosts. Peter’s wartime job involved vetting messages home from the troops to check that the soldier hadn’t been killed. Post-war, Peter was dumb-struck for a year, at a time when people didn’t “talk about their deeper feelings”.
On the comic tragedy of loneliness, based on the short story "Blumfeld, an elderly bachelor" by Franz Kafka.
Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their community, but harsh working conditions prevented them from being promoted to other railway jobs until 1955 when porter Lee Williams took his fight to the union.
Sepultura at El Pla de Santa Maria, Escalarre, Spain Roots Bloody Roots Spit Monólogo ao Pé do Ouvido Breed Apart Attitude Dusted Propaganda Troops of Doom Slave New World Ambush Arise / Dead Embryonic Cells Chaos B.C. Refuse/Resist Territory Biotech Is Godzilla Ratamahatta / Kaiowas Polícia
When Mike fails to show up by day's end, our young sleuths have their biggest and most important case yet. A cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers, Escape From Fire Lake teaches kids the importance of perseverance.
Ko, a young gay writer living in Taipei has written a story about his homosexuality, and his teacher encourages him to enter it in a prestigious writing competition. Now Ko must decide whether to enter the competition or stay in the closet
An interview documentary about Finnish military court sentencing procedures after the Continuation War.
Filmmakers Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon profile Richard Buckminster Fuller, architect and inventor of the geodesic dome.
The Fibbler makes a fiendish plan to break up the group. He starts with Ashley, coercing her into lying to the rest of her friends. Bibleman comes by to check on them, but he senses something sinister.
The artist walks with a stride, his camera pointed up from around his stomach. The sky, some trees and occasionally his head pops up in the lower third. The title is taken from an essay by James Baldwin.
Christina is trying to squeeze free from her rich husband Anthony. Unable to let go, Anthony hires Alex to find Christina, a search that will draw both of them into a seamy underworld of guns, money and beautiful women.
Joe buys some candy.
Promotional special for Parton's album of the same name features music-video sequences, historical footage and insight from various singers and songwriters.
The end of the 70s of the last century. A team of surveyors goes to a small provincial town. Magister ( Jan Nowicki ) and the experts accompanying him plan to build a new road in the vicinity. The geodesists' projects arouse the indignation of one of the local farmers, Biernacki ( Wiesław Gołas ). The envisaged route is to run through the land belonging to it. To save his patrimony, Biernacki is ready to pay a bribe. The dispute between the host and the surveyors is cruelly resolved in front of the party dignitaries participating in the nearby banquet. Jerzy Gruza's painting is a sharp satire of manners, criticizing social relations from the end of the Gierek era.
The father of young boy discovers his wife's secret after a minor injury his son sustained, which showed him having a different blood group than that of his parents.
Natasha finds difficulty in collecting her property, the legacy of her father, since it involves a corrupt international syndicate. For this purpose, she seeks help from Jack. (courtesy: Film Indonesia)
Tomix, Tam-Tam and Mützen-Jacky are children of the street earning their living with music. They travel from one town to the other with their instruments to perform in the streets and in restaurants. Making music is the only thing they have ever learned. They are led by old Mahmud, an alcoholic. He is the one who concludes the business and takes in the money.
A female television journalist has a strange affair with a terrorist.
In 1992, on a marginalized street of Lima (Peru), two teenagers - Gregorio, and Juliana struggle to find a substitute or an alternative to the terrorism movement which surrounds them.
Seven years after the fact, the true story of Desert Storm is coming into view. Despite the dominance of the Coalition victory, the outcome was by no means certain when the fighting began. DESERT STORM: THE ULTIMATE WAR uses the testimony of many high ranking American officers to tell the complete tale of the first real test of the new military. In their remarkable stories, an intimate portrait of the war emerges, much different from the sanitized version the world saw nightly on CNN. Learn of the revolutionary weapons systems that lived up to their billing in their first real test and those that didn't. And discover how the lessons learned in Iraq have already reshaped the American military, further honing a fighting force transformed since Vietnam.
TV-Movie: Thriller
Dennis Miller performs live.
It's the story of Charly Cohen, a young boy living in the Jewish quarter of Paris, who wants to become a musician and Zeff, his best friend, on a quest for his own identity. The story of a real friendship, which is going to deteriorate progressively as the differences in origin, religion and social standing appear. It's a testimony, a contemporary chronicle, a funky comedy.