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Armed with a gun he finds thrown in the corner of the block of flats where he lives, Nae sets off on a nocturnal adventure through the city. Influenced by his cinephile imagination, the reality of the almost deserted streets merges with a noir drama atmosphere he obsessively watches. Projected into the grey landscape of Bucharest in the late 1990s, the tragic and absurd action of Cristian Lucian Dobrovicescu's short film is cut out and stylized in the manner of comics.
A man finds his image in a mirror, undertakes a discussion.
An acclaimed hijacking documentary that eerily foreshadowed 9/11. We meet the romantic skyjackers who fought their revolutions and won airtime on the passenger planes of the 1960s and '70s. By the 1990s, such characters were apparently no more, replaced on our TV screens by stories of anonymous bombs in suitcases. Director Johan Grimonprez investigates the politics behind this change, at the same time unwrapping our own complicity in the urge for ultimate disaster.
"Before I Sleep" is one man's odyssey through Dublin city. It is a crowded hectic film, unmistakably Dublin, yet with one constant character - John Harte, a recently unemployed middle class man in a state of quiet anxiety.
At the end of the motor season, Mark Benton, which has just been voted the best driver of the year, rightfully celebrates his victory in the company of all his friends. During the evening, anxious not to see him back his wife Sally, he starts looking for him in the parking lot and down. There he discovers his wife struggling with two hooded men. Mark comes heroically, but is killed during the fight. Sally is thrilled: everything went as planned. Indeed, she had organized the ambush with her lover, Jack and Tom, the rival driver Mark. Later, at the funeral where she played the grieving widow, Sally met Vera, the twin sister of Mark, which she did not know until then the existence ...
Charles Santore, in an expansion of his discussion in “Oz: The American Fairyland” (1997) (V), tells about his experience making an abridged storybook of “The Wizard of Oz”. He tells of his inspirations, the little girl who modeled for Dorothy, the tin man in folk art, and a left to right progression in a journey of identity, with opposing forces pushing the movement in art back to the left.
A community is shocked to learn that their new neighbor is a convicted sex offender who has been paroled.
In the dark days of Nazi Germany, Jewish schools were shut down one by one as the students and their families were herded into ghettos or sent to concentration camps. But amid the countless stories of tragedy and death are the miraculous stories of those who survived. This documentary, produced by Steven Spielberg and the Shoah Foundation and narrated by Anthony Hopkins, tells one of these stories -- that of the last Jewish school in Berlin to be shut down in 1942 and the 50 students who survived the war to meet again at a 1996 reunion in the newly reopened Grosse Hamburgerstrasse School.
Adrienne Shelly's 1997 short film
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?”
In 1995, retired captain Vadim returns from Romania with his fiancee Yulia to his homeland and falls into the hands of bandits controlling the town. Already on the roads of the motherland, which got out of socialism and got stuck in a mafia swamp, they witness a robbery by a gang in a police uniform of a bus with "shuttles".
A closeted man kills his male love and lover's niece. Soon he and his family are tormented by the possessed doll of the little girl.
A TV screen-dwelling clown kidnaps a neglected young girl.
Kaoru, who wants to be a photographer, is overworked as an assistant for a low salary. Misaki, a senior assistant, can't stand to see Kaoru crying after being bullied by the photographer, so she invites him to live with her. Kaoru soon falls in love with Misaki's younger brother Shinobu, and the three of them seem to be living together smoothly, but then Kaoru sees Misaki and Shinobu embracing each other...
It's the late 1950s, and the DJ of a nostalgic radio program, out-of-date in the time of the Beatles, has just been fired. On his last broadcast, he decides to play requests, and a loyal listener (according to his ratings, just about his only listener) asks for her late husband's favorite song. But when fate intervenes, the DJ has to prove just how far he'll go to make his biggest fan happy.
"Waiting for the Passion" is a volatile male character study of a college student who wants to leave America to escape the turbulent relationships he has with both his father and brother. Through a series of visualized letters and dramatically edited montage sequences the film captures the confusion and fear so many young people feel as their college days wind down.
Kasis Road lies just outside of town. It is a world of corrugated iron shacks, dirt roads, no electricity, fatherless children adn gangs of aimless young men like Tony. There are few jobs and only a bleak future, but Tony and his friends enjoy their freedom until he gets a woman pregnant.
In this short and uneven film about a single mother and her brood, the difficulties and obstacles involved in loving someone are presented with sympathy and fine sentiment, yet the film is slow in parts and although short, could have been advantageously edited to a still briefer length.
A love triangle - a terminally ill university teacher, a blind girl and a young bard. In the background of it all - the wild arrival of the capitalism, political conflicts, city life and the beautiful nature of Latvia. In the end love will conquer everything, though not everybody will live to witness that.
The film is about Azerbaijan.
The seventh story in the "Monkeys" series
Mr. Owolabi is a father of four whose quest to create a just society unwittingly earns him a ten year jail term. His incarceration wreaks havoc on his family, who are forced to do whatever it takes to survive.
A documentary in four chapters on the life of Brett Shapiro, Jew, writer, homosexual. Each chapter alternates Shapiro's life with interventions by artists, intellectuals and psychologists on four different themes: identity, the origin of writing, normality, non-traditional families.
The origins of Halloween are explored in this engrossing program on the subject. A ghoulish array of costumes, make up, and decoration descend on communities every year on October 31st, but few people are aware of how the celebration came to exist. Harry Smith attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery in THE HAUNTED HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN, which delves into the 3,000 years of hoopla that traditionally unfolds when October comes around. As the history is explained, so are various failed attempts to co-opt the festival by various religious groups; but the most compelling revelation is how little the festival has changed over the centuries. A marvelous way to gain a historical perspective on this entertaining holiday, Smith's program is almost as fun as carving a pumpkin, donning a spooky costume, and undertaking a little trick or treating!
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Bringing 15th-century Africa--before the arrival of colonizers--to rich, colorful life, chronicling the exploits of legendary Yoruba king Sango, ruler of the Oyo empire: his ascension to the throne, his battles with the Olowu and his own war generals, his dangerous experimentations with potent charms, and his ultimate deification.
Documentary of the extraordinary Willie Nelson at home.
The real-life story of Benjamín García, a man who dressed up as Dracula in Barranquilla's Carnival and ended up believing he was the Count of Transylvania.
January 1957, in a small town in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. A middle-class house, the home of two sisters, Clara and Thérèse, whose characters could not be more different. After their father is institutionalized, the two women take over the family business, which specializes in precision optics. One day, the floor of the music room collapses after being ravaged by termites. Karoly, a Hungarian refugeee and jack-of-all-trades, is hired to repair the damage. The Hungarian's presence causes ripples in the seemingly unchangeable life of the two sisters...
A humorous story about a baby stuck in the womb and she uses her imagination to escape but keeps returning to the reality of her confined space.
A martial arts executive, Hashiguchi, was attacked by someone. In addition, danger creeps into the body of Reijiro Masaki, the second generation of the Wuxia Association. And finally, even Masaki's stripes have been destroyed ... Who is the true identity of the mysterious man, the bat, who moves in the shadow of the conflict? Also, what is the unexpected relationship between Dr. Tonomura and bats ...! ??
Melvin's saga continues as his partnership with Malcom is compromised by an urban superhero's intrusion. Meanwhile, Melvin's mother aids a criminal after being unable to meet with her son.
After witnessing the brutal murder of his family by a vicious killer, criminal psychologist Gregory Burroughs is engulfed with an obsession for revenge.
A young executive takes a job in a new city. On the way, he meets a young woman who may be a witch.
Featuring the outrageous and unpredictable Freddie Starr, as he performs more stunts in front of a celebrity audience including Jeremy Beadle, Lisa Riley, Vanessa Feltz, plus others.
The stories of a newly retired editor and the antique chair he purchased.
An intimate profile of the composer of film and television scores such as 'Lonesome Dove', 'Conan the Barbarian', 'Robocop', 'Free Willy', and 'Starship Troopers'.
Documentary following Oasis as they discuss their recent career, revisit their old neighbourhood in Manchester, and perform songs from their forthcoming album, "Be Here Now".
An in-depth review of tree stand safety from hunting expert L.J. Smith.
Although he has hit his lowest in his acting career and personal life, Frank Sinatra doesn't give up on Hollywood. He works his way back up to the top through films like From Here to Eternity, Suddenly, The Man With the Golden Arm, and High Society. He continues to act in MGM films all the way up to 1974 and even takes a stab at producing himself.
Yuka, a trans woman who has moved to Tokyo, starts working at the gay bar ‘Laura’. Thanks to her beauty and cheerful personality, she quickly becomes the bar’s star attraction. What’s more, Yuka is over the moon when she discovers that her first love, Shinya Mochikura, also lives in the city. However, when she reunites with him, Yuka is stunned by Shinya’s cold attitude…
This debut film harks back to the moral debate that has dominated Thai popular culture for the past twenty years. Two boys from a working-class family grow up as best friends. One is the son of a farmer, the other of a Thai-Chinese greengrocer. In a childhood scene, we see the boys wondering how to get ahead in life. Instead of the usual options - showbiz or Thai boxing - they choose to follow in the footsteps of their fathers: one wants to become a rowing champion and the other leader of a dragon dance group. The film is a simple moral tale of fathers and sons, good and bad influences, honor and shame. The screenplay breathes the atmosphere of early Thai cinema with a strong melodramatic tone, but its exaggeration and predictability are offset by the dynamic camera work and editing, the decent acting and the unusual glimpse into the world of the Chinese minority in Thailand.
A couple takes charge of mounting the film of love and war of a filmmaker friend faded away.
A closeted man kills his male love and lover's niece. Soon he and his family are tormented by the possessed doll of the little girl.
As the desert dries out after the rain, antelope move away in search of greener pastures, but the bat-eared foxes remain. Their den, a burrow that’s borrowed from the meerkats, provides underground shelter and the foxes wait out the long, dry months, determined to survive. It is a lean time between rains and our bat-eared fox family must outsmart hungry Jackals, Cheetahs and Lions. Their super sensitive ears alert them to predators and help them find food.
Kaoru, who wants to be a photographer, is overworked as an assistant for a low salary. Misaki, a senior assistant, can't stand to see Kaoru crying after being bullied by the photographer, so she invites him to live with her. Kaoru soon falls in love with Misaki's younger brother Shinobu, and the three of them seem to be living together smoothly, but then Kaoru sees Misaki and Shinobu embracing each other...
CHRONIC is an experimental narrative about a young woman who began mutilating herself as a girl to cope with a traumatic mid-western childhood. The lush optically-printed scenes take Gretchen’s point of view from her punk youth, a stay in a mental hospital, and her release into the big city. Scripted scenes are inter-spliced with documentary and found footage, illustrating the culture Gretchen lives in, her inner world and relationships from her birth to her final day.
This Canadian science-fiction film takes place at the beginning of the 20th Century in an unnamed city where eager Jules is a member of a scientific team researching the secrets of immortality. The scientists uncover a buried pyramid containing an embalmed body with a heartbeat -- but minus a soul. Heading into the city at night, Jules hopes to locate the soul. He encounters Sophie who seems to have some answers to the mystery.
Tom's family and friends are excited to attend the Festigal, yet Tom wanders around and gets left "home alone" at the show. Trying to find a way out, Tom will see how the different Festigal attractions come to life, as part of a big amusement park. While dancing and singing along with these attractions, Tom would have to escape two clumsy robbers, who try to rob the park that exact night.
A spine-chilling horror story set in a company, not a school. The film dramatically recreates a bizarre story that occurred in an office. Miki, a temporary worker, feels a spirit when she heads to her new office. On the 13th floor of the building, there used to be a red crack...
Record of the rehearsal of the band Amsanctus in which the actor and film editor from Canibal, E.B. Toniolli, played. The master of the document, lasting about 30 minutes, was not found. The work was partially recovered from the feature "The Cannibals-Mabusiânus also dance Vol. 1" where it had been partially used.