Cinematic Era: 1998 Vintage

Giant chihuahuas arrive on Earth to cause havoc and destruction

This short film takes a look at some of the more demanding customers in the restaurant business. Every waiter that's been stiffed a tip or given some lip will take pride in what's in store for chintzy, snobby, thankless customers. Instead of jury duty, there's Waiter Duty.

French filmmaker Dominique Cabrera made this documentary diary by videotaping for nine months during 1995, probing her own life as a single mother in a Paris suburb and capturing her depression, therapist, lover, and intake of food and Prozac

Jim Jennings' contemplative Silvercup finds soul in the steel bridges and railways binding Manhattan to Queens and a totemic union of past and present in a once-abandoned Long Island City landmark.

Gunvor Nelson's first video work.

This is the first ‘independent’ use made of our “rotoshop” software. It was quite primitive in the beginning. This is a short road-trip documentary consisting of animated interviews with people found along the route from New York to Austin.

King Diamond at Pomona Theatre, Corona, California 01) Out from the Asylumn 02) Welcome Home 03) The Invisible Guests 04) The Spider`s Lullabye 05) Sleepless Nights 06) Eye of the Witch 07) The Trial (Chambre Ardente) 08) The Candle 09) Up from the Grave 10) The Family Ghost 11) Louisiana Darkness [tape] 12) Voodoo 13) One Down Two to Go 14) Sarah's Night 15) The Exorcist 16) Unclean Spirits [tape] 17) Abigail 18) Halloween 19) Come to the Sabbath

Flat Is Beautiful is an experimental live-action cartoon using masks, animation, subtitles, drawings, and dramatic scenes to investigate the psychic life of an androgynous eleven-year-old girl. Growing up in a working class neighborhood with her single mother and gay roommate, Taylor confronts the loneliness of living between masculine and feminine in a culture obsessed with defining gender difference. Shifting between black and white film and grainy pixelvision video, Flat is Beautiful explores the internal and external worlds of sad people.

A Pleasant Shade of Gray is a concept album by the progressive metal group Fates Warning. It contains one song divided into twelve parts and is noted for its darker mood and more progressive style.

This documentary records Hoaas' personal encounter with the closed society of North Korea. As with her earlier work, Hoaas approaches her film as a cumulation of fragments encompassing different perspectives that together offer a point of entry into a complex society. Her diary-style narration signals her limited personal perspective into this culture, especially given the brief filming period and her difficulty in breaking through the facade of the showcase version of Korea insisted upon by her official guides. Hoaas' restricted visual access, and her reluctance to present over-familiar images of the hardship and depravation informed her decision to use this narrative device to frame her film within the context of the famine crisis that began in 1997 following the failure of crops caused by two consecutive years of heavy flooding.

Documentary reveals how fireworks are made, how they create their effects and how pyrotechnicians design and execute firework displays.

“’Psych-Burn’ was what musicians call a ‘contract-breaker’. ABC had given us some coin to make a few short films for a TV Pilot. “Love-In Tonite” was to be a psychedelic rock variety show with live performances, skits, and whatnot to cash in on the emerging hippie demographic. Even pre-Disney, the network was riddled with a bunch of out-of-touch, pencil-pushing buffoons, so I quickly realized the show would be a disaster. Imagine if “Midnight Special” was produced by Aaron Spelling. Then cast Charles Nelson Reilly as emcee. That would have been a far more lively show than “Love-In Tonite”. So I decided to deliver the suits a farewell kick-in-the-butt called ‘Psych-Burn’. The best part was that they presented my film sight unseen at a board meeting about the new Fall Season. I heard some heads rolled over that one.” —JXW

From the bustling metropolis of Santiago, capital of Chile, the forty competitors from twenty countries headed south on their three week South American adventure in what proved to be the most enjoyable and challenging Camel Trophy ever. In 1997 criss-crossing between Chile and Argentina through the Andean mountains, the spine of South America, teams had to contend with sub zero temperatures, deep snow and ice in their Land Rover Freelanders. Teams met for fun and relaxation at three points along the way where they climbed active volcano Villarica, rafted the whitewater on the world famous Rio Futaleufu and kayaked amongst turquoise icebergs at Torres del Paine. After three weeks the teams arrived in Ushuaia, southernmost city in the world, on the island of Tierra del Fuego

A short in which the director travels through the Occupied Territories asking questions about the future of Palestinian citizen in Israel.

Christianne Tisdale (Broadway's +Beauty and the Beast) headlines this stage musical adaptation of the Cinderella story, produced by the New York State Theatre Institute in 1996. It recounts the familiar tale of a minor and inconsequential scrubgirl who longs to meet the prince of her dreams but is constantly thwarted by her vile and manipulative stepsisters and stepmother - until her colorful Godmama (Lorraine Serabian) shows up. George David Weiss and Will Severin composed the music to lyrics by Weiss, W.A. Frankonis wrote the book, and Adrienne Spagnola Posner choreographed.

Everyone loves rapping along and learning multiplication with D.J. Doc Roc, the Hip Hop Hamster. Positive lyrics, fun music, and high-energy action make these multiplication rap songs irresistible. Multiplication facts through 12 are easy to learn and remember with a different song for each set of rap facts. Also includes an informative "What is Multiplication" section and skip counting songs.

The sweeping saga of Alexander Borodin's "Prince Igor" springs to life with the talents of the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this memorable 1998 staging recorded live at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nikolai Putilin assumes the role of the titular 12th-century royal, who is captured by the Polovtsian nomad Khan Konchak (Vladimir Vaneev) and later escapes, only to see his son fall in love with Konchak's daughter.

After being shipped off to the Kenya for insubordination, Scotland Yard supervisor Albert Tyburn grapples with the resentment of his expatriots. While in Kenya, he investigates the kidnappings and murders of several young people from a local mission.

Filmmaker Koto Bolofo accompanies his father, a history teacher and 30-year refugee from apartheid, on a journey back to South Africa. He had been a critic of the racist Bantu education system and the brutal disciplinary methods of his school’s Afrikaner principal. The film juxtaposes Professor Bolofo’s flight to asylum with vibrant scenes from the daily life of his village. This is not a documentary of explanation— of politics, of sociology— but an outpouring of images of the people given life by an artist and photographer.

TB8 - Infinity is the latest movie from Standard Films in 1998

Documentary on the occasion of 30 years anniversary of Pančevo refinery.

Gold! Gold!! Gold!!! is the fifth and final TISM VHS, featuring interviews, live performances, music videos and TV appearances.

The Birmingham comedian returns home for this sell-out gig.

Teenager Natalie Canton's world is turned upside down when her mother loses her battle with cancer on Valentine's Day. Natalie clings to a frail white rose as she struggles with her tragic loss. While visiting her aunt, Natalie drops the rose in a riding corral and returns to find that hope has blossomed in its place. A pure-white horse stands where the rose fell. And as Natalie rides and cares for Rose, the teenager learns life-affirming lessons and discovers that love is forever constant.

This is a very clear and personalized presentation of the history and human impact of a seriously debilitating disease - one which we in the western world are too often tempted to think of in the past tense.

"A balls to the wall mountain bike film introducing the world to the mind-blowing, new school freeriding craze, Starring Wade Simmons, Dave Swetland, Chris Lawrence, Richie Schley, Brett Tippie, Brian Lopes, John Tomac, Myles Rockwell, Insane Wayne, Greg Herbold and a host of other sickos." Released in the spring of 1998 this film had a big impact on the sport and culture of mountain biking and set Radical FIlms up to make 7 more films over the next 12 years! And well this website pretty much shows what we've been up to. Hope you are enjoying it. Semms like I've been spending way to much time on it! Ride Hard, Ride Free!

The origins of the film came from documents shot during the preparations and the executions of several collective performances performed by the British group Loophole and the Dutch artist Karel Doing, Using frame by frame, long exposures and optical effects, these performances were manipulated and intensified. The essence of cinema, writing with light, is portrayed as a hallucination.

Go Dyke! Go! is a humorous commentary on lesbian relationships in the context of children’s literature. Taking off from the popular children’s book Go Dog! Go! (by P.D. Eastman), this animation paints a sarcastic, pointed and comic picture of queer life in the 90s. Familiar pop imagery and everyday signifiers are a point of entry for a discussion of the patterns of serial monogamy and lesbian representation. Go Dyke! Go! plays with the genre of animation and poses a game of semiotics to deconstruct the tropes of children's books and heterosexism.

A woman repairs the fishing nets on the seashore. In turn, he observes the movements on the deck of a ship anchored in the bay.

About the art explosion in Amsterdam during the 1980's when artists of all sorts found spaces and places and the legendary club RoXY (1987-1999) was created.

An animated short directed by Benjamin Quabeck.

Documentary that shows and explains in detail the characteristics of the culture of the Xavante Indians, such as ceremonial, work, social organization, artistic practices, etc. It also reveals the tribe's struggle to preserve their lands and customs. Historical archive images of the first contacts with the white man.

A young Iranian boy makes friends with a young girl of the same age against a backdrop of the humdrum daily existence of rural workers.

Decaying nitrate film: cinema as an incendiary explosive bomb of memory.

Memories split in the space.

From the makers of the award winning films The Continuum and Harvest sking videos. This film from Teton Gravity Research encompases six countries, seven helicopters, fouteen mountain ranges, and twenty of the best skiers and snowboarders on the planet. Travel the globe with the TGR crew witnessing first descents, exploring new terrain and visiting places most people have never heard of. Uprising is a classic ski and snowboard film covering the progression of freeskiing and snowboarding. Nobis, Svenwick, Jeremy Jones and others ride sick locations throughout the world. A must see!

The Best of Playboy TV's sexy show Night Calls whith hosts Emma and Chrissy.

Beastie Boys [1998.06.20] Open Air Festival, Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany

From a 16mm workprint transferred to VHS (then to miniDV).

Short documentary with English narration that was prepared for the Inside Out: New Chinese Art exhibition at Asia Society in New York City, which ran from September 15, 1998 to January 3, 1999.

A brief story about the power of the wind: it erases lines, destroys houses and carries people. The blow that creates men, uniting them or separating them.

The great Beat Generation experiments took place in Tangier, the Moroccan city where William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the Moroccan painter Hamri taught Jack Kerouac, Timothy Leary, and Allen Ginsberg how to live outside the law. This DVD features one of the last interviews with Burroughs and previously unseen vintage footage of him in his prime during the 50s and early 60s.

1-War Ensemble 2-Evil Has No Boundaries/Hell Awaits 3-Stain of Mind 4-South Of Heaven 5-Raining Blood 6-Dittohead 7-Gemini 8-Die By The Sword 9-Dead Skin Mask 10-Seasons In The Abyss

A gay nightclub owner decides to stand for the first presidency of Australia. His motive was commercial at first but he sees he could contribute something to the job. On election night he is not elected but on advice from his solicitor they contest the outcome in the courts. They win on a technicality. The boyfriend of the president though confesses he's still a royalist at heart.

Recorded for VH-1 Europe, The Mavericks bring hits to share along with brand new music from 1998's, Trampoline.

Magnum frontman Bob Catley makes a solo appearance at The Gods '98, at Maximes in Wigan. His setlist consisted of 7 songs written by Gary Hughes, singer and songwriter for British melodic band TEN, and 3 Magnum songs written by Magnum bandmate Tony Clarkin. His band also featured then TEN guitarist Vinny Burns on lead guitar. Setlist: "Dreams", "Scream", "Far Away", "Deep Winter", "Lonely Night", "Fire and Ice", "On a Storyteller's Night", "The Tower", "Fear of the Dark", "Just Like an Arrow"

According to the philosophical and religious tradition of ancient China, a Daoist is a person who seeks to live in harmony with the natural order of the world, following the principles of balance and simplicity. Perhaps this very idea served as the foundation for Surkov’s surreal and plotless film. On the other hand, it’s a melancholic sketch of Troieshchyna in the late 1990s.

It's the winter of 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee. A dispute unfolds between the Delivery family and the Antonioni family. The boss of the Delivery family, Dave, is shot and killed, and secretly sunk into a water fountain. At about that time, a Christmas show is being rehearsed at St. Michaels Church. The leader is Frank Fellow, a devout Christian. He is a steady elementary school teacher, but along with his friend Alfat, has always dreamed of standing on a Broadway stage. At that moment, a large earthquake strikes unexpectedly. When he regains consciousness, Frank is riding the train bound for heaven, with only his harmonica in his hand.

Huge concrete dishes can be found at Denge near Hythe in Kent. The film also features a man trying to listen to the sound of attacking air craft.

This moving docu-drama explores the destructive effects Kuper Island Residential School had on the hundreds of Indigenous children sent there by government agents for almost a century. Now, twenty years after the school was closed, survivors of Kuper Island are embarking on a spiritual journey on Vancouver Island's Tsartlip Reserve to begin healing the deep psychological wounds inflicted by their residential school experience.