Cinematic Era: 1997 Vintage

US-Documentary on Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee

After the death of his parents, Surappa is raised by his grandparents. He grows up to become a beloved leader but loses power due to his evil cousin Nanja's treachery.

In depth interview special with Steve Coogan's spoof Portuguese musical megastar Tony Ferrino

A hustler stumbles into the score of his life when the madam of a small country bordello mistakes him for a hired hitman. A working girl has stolen the madam's little black book to appease federal agents and pay off a debt - but they want more. While the hustler is falling in love with his intended target, the real hitman is closing in.

Adela is a young woman who seemed to be cursed from birth. Now a teenager, she begins to show signs of strange abilities which grow stronger as she is bullied.

Bobo, a young man, kills two criminals in self-defense. Afterwards, upon his lawyer's advice, he turns himself to the police. He ends up in a mental hospital from which he soon escapes and meets with his girlfriend. The police and a young ambitious reporter pursue him.

In a small village in Eastern Finland in 1918, Patrick, who has taken care of the chaplain, teacher and physician, has been filled with loneliness and brutal spirit of work for five years.

The martial arts leader is kidnapped. At the same time, an uneasy shadow attacks Reiniro Masaki, the second generation of the Wuxia novels. When a new conflict breaks out again, Masaki's own shocking past becomes clear.

The story of Jeeo Shaan Se revolves around two young college students, Kishan, and Govinda, who are led astray by the notion of free sex and are deeply involved in promiscuity. They freely play with innocent girls virginity and publicly flaunt their intentions. The story takes a different turn when Kishan meets Radha. He tries to correct his lustful activities. But his old habit returns in the company of his friend Govinda.

The daughter of a king, who also is a wizard, helps her beloved to outwit her father.

Andrés's wealthy father-in-law runs a textile factory; he retires and brings Andrés to Madrid, with wife and son, to run the company. Andrés works long hours, but his wife is bored, and there are tensions at home. When Isabel, a femme fatale, spots Andrés at a party, he's easy prey - but soon, she might be falling for him, perhaps enough to dump her boyfriend Paco, a small-time cocaine dealer. What if Andrés falls for her? What would he sacrifice to have her? And what about his wife; will she fight to keep him?

Riko, a suicide-obsessed young woman meets up with K, an angry young man whose dream is to blow out all of existence. Together they join up with three other would-be terrorists on an errand to deliver a "cake" to an unspecified location somewhere in Tokyo. This film is telling the story of lost and self-destructive youth in oblique, stylized, fantastical fashion.

Seeking revenge for a wrecked home life and a rape, psychotic young beauty Ellen poses as a maid to infiltrate the home of unhappy married couple Bob and Fanny and their alienated teen daughter, Tisa. Suicide attempts, seduction and murder follow in what sounds an awful lot like the Indonesian version of Poison Ivy (1992).

Enjoy Comedic Superstar Sinbad as he gives us one of his most stellar stand up performances, shot on the beautiful island of Aruba at the Guillermo P. Trinidad Theatre. As always, Sinbad shows why he’s a veteran in comedy since the 80’s, with an entertaining show that the entire family can enjoy.

Part 1 of The Great Invisible

A Filipino romance drama film directed by Jose Javier Reyes.

Travel to Alaska's great wilderness, a place of incomparable beauty and power where you will witness close-up the amazing cycles of life in one of the last pristine corners of our planet Earth. Soar over Mt. McKinley, the tallest people in North America, crown jewel of the vast Alaska range, piercing clouds nearly four miles high. Explore the vibrant territory beneath this stunningly beautiful mountain. Watch caribou roam the plains, listen to the haunting howl of the wolf, witness the flight of the majestic golden eagle, meet a mother grizzly and her two cubs as they emerge from winter's hibernation. You'll be swept up in the drama and beauty of this unique wilderness and you'll enjoy for many years to come its unforgettable scenery.

Writer Slawomir Mrozek recalls his past as he prepares himself to move out from Mexico and resettle in his native Poland. He discusses his youth, career and emigration, while walking down his vast Mexican ranch La Epifania.

This video release contains concert footage and uncensored videos from Rage's vault, including a live cover of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad", a performance of "Killing In The Name" from the Pink Pop Festival, and videos for "Bulls on Parade", "People Of The Sun", and more.

Legends is one of the most musically accomplished groups of all time. With Eric Clapton on guitar, Joe Sample of The Crusaders on keyboards, virtuoso saxophone player David Sanborn and super session players Steve Gadd on drums and Marcus Miller on bass, the group's pedigree is extraordinary. They never made an album and this concert at Montreux is the only record of their stunning collaboration.

In December 1997, in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais composer Milton Nascimento brought together friends and career partners for the special "A Sede do Peixe" (The Thirst of the Fish). Featuring Caetano Veloso, Alcione, Skank, Nana Caymmi, and Gilberto Gil, the film is a cultural treasure, portraying unforgettable, often lighthearted moments in the career of one of the greatest icons of Brazilian Popular Music.

The Tlingit and Haida people of Alaska were confused by the idea of America “buying” the land they lived on from the Russians. They would be among the first native people to make a successful claim on their homeland and rights.

Sunkai, a high school Chinese language arts teacher, becomes a host for the radio program "Star in the Sky". Being a popular host, he faces the misunderstanding from his wife Guo Li and admiration from his co-host Taotao.

Before the Chernobyl disaster, Nadja's village was home to 300 peasant families. After evacuation, only 6 households remain and access to the village is shut off. The remaining villagers continue to raise livestock, cultivate crops, and continue with their lives regardless of contamination.

Two brothers and a woman become entrapped in a web of lies, deception, and betrayal spawned by a romantic triangle that develops among them.

Gloria is a pretty laundress working for a rich young couple. Her male employer is sick and tired of his wife's negative ways, so he decided to use Gloria to rile her.

What do you get when you cross a cute rambunctious girl, a nutty professor, a mischievous medicine man and a colorful dalmatian with a stuffy dog show... pure puppy pandemonium! Travels back in time with Grandma Julietta to her humble childhood, when she found her beloved Dalmatian, Baskerville. Join the outrageous cast of characters on this great big adventure!

A riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked in 1977 by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. He asks them directly: “Why did you do it?”

Yoshie Mitani, in her first year of marriage, and her husband Kenichi were leading a married life in which the freshness of when they first married still remained. Yoshie is a woman who is always thinking only about what she should do in order to be loved by her husband. Kenichi begins to feel that Yoshie’s behavior is somewhat of a burden, and he also starts to feel fed up with the childish aspects of Yoshie. Yoshie, who begins to think that something is a little strange about her husband’s behavior, visits her senior from her girls’ school days, Miyuki, to consult with her. At that time, she had admired Miyuki and had been in a lesbian relationship with her.

A young boy watches in helpless horror as his alcoholic father turns into a zombie before his very eyes. Vancouver's Andrew Currie adeptly builds tension as young Zack wrestles with the twin demons of imagination and reality.

Minsk in our days. Lokh is its main character, similar to the character from O. Henry's short story "Pig Ethics". Only in the movie instead of gentlemen, the states of Kentucky and North Carolina, constables and pig stealing there are car thieves, Minsk roads, "new Belarusians".

Taped live at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev conducts this landmark production of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic masterpiece. This opera premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1862, and is performed here in its original St. Petersburg version using reconstructions of the magnificent painted scenery.

A documentary that tells the history of Grêmio Football Porto-Alegrense from its foundation in 1903 to the triumph of the 1997 Copa do Brasil. In addition to providing the historical panorama of the achievements of the club, the documentary explores the relationship between club and supporter through testimonies of players, coaching staff, former presidents and fans.

Whitechapel works as a slave on a Virginia plantation; he has been given the name of his owner, Mr Whitechapel. The plantation's overseer is the violent and hard-drinking Sanders, embittered by the death of his wife. When Whitechapel's beautiful young bride attracts Sanders's attention, the stage is set for a tragedy that spans generations.

Middle class man surrounded by fear and paranoia become prisoner of his own world.

Directed by Abbo De La Cruz. With Lara Morena, Tonton Gutierrez, Emilio Garcia, Anthony Cortez.

A history of movie magic from 1895 to 1995, showing primitive effects used in such films as "A Trip to the Moon" up to the state of the art effects used in "Apollo 13" and "The Abyss."

Lorenzo, a Cuban policeman specializing in grave robberies is sent to Havana to investigate the death of a Havana-born German national, Hermann (or German in Spanish) found in a famous grave. Lorenzo recounts his findings to the police chief (Major Anancio) as he investigates Dora, an elevator operator and Herrmann's landlady, Aguila and Silvia (who work for Cultural Affairs), Chrissy (a British-born Socialist Internationalist lover), Xiomara (Hermann's mother and a local drag queen as well), a dwarf, and a false Guatemalan who had raped Chrissy during her internationalist "love/sex campaign" in Guatemala. These are the main, but not the only characters, one must absolutely follow to make sense of the plot.

Last ride of an old beggar woman around the old São Luís city revealing the helplessness of both under the sign of an unjust time.

Horror documentary with interviews to William Friedkin, Stan Winston, John McNaughton, Tom Holland and Ridley Scott.

The drama of a young man who wants to emigrate in the west, but in order to do that he has to sell a kidney.

A young soldier enters a conflict with his superiors and because he does not get the exit for the May Day holidays, he decides to escape. The escape of the weapon is a serious offense, and because there are no routes back to the barracks, the fate of the violence that leads to a bloody bribe begins to unfold. The story goes back to the time of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe.

A Parody cartoon of Speed Racer.

The film concentrates on Heinz Hollinger at the time of the creation of his “Concerto pour violon”, which is inspired for the most part by the tragic and very touching “œuvre” of the painter and violinist Louis Soutter, one of the many outcasts to have served Hollinger as a model. At the same time as it takes a close look at the personalities and work of these two courageous artists, the film pays tribute to Soutter, as a passionate painter who is still relatively unknown, to Thomas Zehetmair, a violinist whose inflamed style, extreme concentration and total commitment have inspired the composer and finally to Heinz Hollinger himself, a composer and conductor whose mastery, generosity and depth of musical understanding are self-evident.

There are only about 300 remaining Siberian Tigers in the wild, restricted to a section of far Eastern Russia, near the coast. Wildlife biologists risk life and limb to track the tiger and research its movements and habits. They sedate the animals so the tigers can be measured and collared. One Russian scientist is shown raising two tigers which he found orphaned as cubs. He keeps the tigers in a cage, then allows the beasts into a fenced forest-like enclosure. The efforts of these scientists are in contrast to those of poachers, who kill the tigers for their pelts, as well as for body parts to be marketed in traditional Chinese medicine.

Giovanni, a young boy who left Sicily for Bolzano to perform his military service , arrives five days early and is forced to stay outside the barracks before the official day of the call-up. Between surreal encounters and situations of all kinds, Giovanni is the protagonist of various events and movements from various cities and countries; however, once he returns to Bolzano, the boy decides not to show up for the call and flees to Australia where his cousin Vince lives and works.

An Ed Wood-style spoof of motorcycle movies of the 1950s and 1960s.

A soldier (Ami Smolartchik) is told by his girlfriend (Ravit Rozen) that he has impregnated her. She asks him to visit her. His commanders reject his request for an R&R vacation, so, he takes over a tank and threatens to launch a misslie straight into their office if his request is not granted.

Documentary following some Central Hockey League Tough guys on and off the Ice.

Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.