Cinematic Era: 2000 Vintage

Recorded live in the summer of Tokyo 2000, this concert features The Smashing Pumpkins performing a full set with Billy Corgan, James Iha, Melissa Auf der Maur, and Jimmy Chamberlin.

A soon-to-be groom learns that he may have contracted HIV. Waiting a full seven days for the test results turns out to be the most hectic week of his life.

A ventriloquist's dummy with a mind of it's own can't resist it's homicidal impulses and cuts a bloody swath through a peaceful suburb.

Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 2001

Anne Wheeler’s short links filmmaking to the pain and turmoil of giving birth.

Part documentary, part sketch comedy, part true-life drama, this short film follows Tom Green's real life cancer scare and subsequent removal of one of his testicles, which is shown in its entirety.

A retired general and his son meet six crazy young men while on a fishing trip.

Two Japanese girls (one of them is a schoolgirl trained to be killer and another one is a lesbian) fighting with each other with incredibly bloody results.

Roni Beck is a man whose only thought in life is to become a professional comedian, but who due to his lack of success must live hidden in his mother's appartment in an old people's home, continuing to believe firmly that his day in the limelight will come. One day Serge Grätzer, the director of the old people's home, discovers Roni, and makes him help out with the work. Serge then decides to take a hand in Roni's career, embezzling money to launch the budding comedian. Once again however success eludes Roni. In the end Serge decides to fulfil his own secret longings to be on the stage. This leads to a row between the two men. Despite a reconciliation, they never again appear together on the stage. And when Serge's embezzlement is discovered he has to flee with the police at his heels and the home has to be closes. In the end, Roni persuades Mr. Klein, an eccentric old man who likes to play the stock market, to save the home with the millions he has stashed away.

Roland Hassel meets the dangerous Russian mafia.

One magical night, four children discover that the jack-o-lantern on their doorstep is alive and a brilliant tap dancer. The children befriend the charismatic pumpkin, and set out on a thrilling adventure to stop the evil ogre, Finkgrinder, from his mission to hurt people. Giant Royal Thunderbelly pumpkins, weighing over five hundred pounds, carry the children to the ogre's castle. Along the way, they are menaced by witches and helped by two comical skeletons named Helgi and Finbogi. In a dramatic finale, the Dancing Pumpkin and his friends succeed in foiling Finkgrinder's plans. Packed with adventure, thrills, and unforgettable characters, this award-winning production will entertain the entire family!

A raffle ticket and a spur-of-the-moment decision contribute to two strangers going on a romantic weekend getaway to Bermuda.

A college professor's story of success at her work isn't reflected in her personal life as her husband falls for another woman. What happens when she discovers that she has leukemia?

Athens in August becomes the place where a group of young people live, fall in love and have fun - guided by, and communicating through, the Internet.

The dancer (Fawaka) and her sister (Naanaa) live in one of the popular neighborhoods in Alexandria. (Naanaa) works with the teacher (Jaafar) in distributing drugs. The teacher (Jaafar) gets rid of her by reporting her to the police; after signs of her pregnancy from him appeared, and it is rumored that she committed suicide. (Fawaka) decides to take revenge on (Jaafar) and marries him, and (Hamou), (Jaafar's) right-hand man, helps her in that. At the same time, she is involved in a love affair with (Hamada), the handsome young man whom (Jaafar) exploits in the drug trade.

Girls just want to have fun; but often they must do some growing up first...and fast! Four teenage friends explore the grey area between sexual attraction and responsible behavior and just where love fits in.

An esteemed sex researcher discovers a very old diary, with a number of strange and erotic secrets within. A Gothic-erotic tale of obsession.

The Kansai Real Estate Association in Osaka. To prevent bidding prices from skyrocketing in auctions for properties contested by rival firms, the member companies had adopted a rather unusual bidding system. And that was… mahjong! The company that won the game would be awarded the contract. Sales Section 3 at Midosuji Real Estate boasted a formidable mahjong player, Ken Ryuji (Kenjiro Nashimoto), who was head and shoulders above the rest. Meanwhile, rival firm Tozaki Buildings enlisted the help of the Oniyama-kai yakuza organisation to send in their strongest mahjong player, Wakai (Shun Suda). With Wakai resorting to every dirty trick in the book to win, Midosuji Real Estate finds itself in a desperate situation!

After her father dies Vera is forced to become a president of his company and continue the business.

Behind the scene footage of Disney's 35th full length animated feature.

Seven of today's top scientist/researchers are the subject of this humourous exploration of real people behind the white lab coats; more about what makes the tick than what they have per-se accomplished. Chosen because the subjects are the very best in their particular fields, featured are Gertrude Elion, Ashok Gadgil, Michio Kaku, Maja Materic, Steven Pinker, Karol Sikora and Patricia C. Wright. Written by Len Massaar

A new case for the energetic criminal investigation officer Beate Stein: The half-undressed corpse of a subway driver is found in a subway tunnel. It soon seems as if the perpetrator has been found in a convicted female murderer. But after his death, the murders continue ...

The New York City summer is fueled by the sultry emanations of hot air that tumble off the tongues of potential thespians as they attempt to decipher the gastric guesswork embedded in the prose of the pre-production process. The video camera flits across the boroughs of NYC in a splash-dash sojourn of sumptuous banquets and bohemian bombast, while the down-to-earth wisdom of the seeing impaired helps to guide the protagonist into detours of wisdom befitting his putrid project. A theatrical play incubates in the balding head of the videomaker and as its presence makes itself felt among the various victims of his vision, we share with them the horror of advancing age and the descriptive diatribes toward the destiny of the decrepit damned.

Having survived an encounter with the Black Widow Killer, the Necktie Strangler terrorizes the dancers at some club.

When talking about the dangers of dust, Wayne tells Christine he's missing pairs of underwear. Christine remembers that her lesbian friend Lisa likes those. Wayne demands them back from Lisa, but she refuses and threatens him with a needle.

Seven strippers, a deadly hurricane, a haunted lighthouse, hanky panky, and of course blood, gore, and MURDER.

Pearl Jam play live at Wembley Arena, London, England on May 30th 2000. >> SETLIST: Sometimes, Grievance, Corduroy, Hail, Hail, Animal, Dissident, Nothing as It Seems, In Hiding (tour debut), Even Flow, Thin Air, Habit, Untitled, MFC, Off He Goes, Daughter (On a Rope and Without Your Love tags), Not for You, State of Love and Trust, Immortality, Rearviewmirror >> ENCORE: Light Years, Do the Evolution, Last Exit, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town, Black, Alive

When a handsome attorney sets off to find a former lover, he finds himself caught in a web of deceit and murder.

A feature film composed of 6 short films - 3 Czech and 3 Slovak, emerging authors

See Whiskers and his toy friends Harley, Celeste, Sabre, Trogg and VCR come alive as they search for the real Easter Bunny and his legendary Magic Egg, that can help their sick owner Peter, get well in time for Easter.

On a sprawling estate on the outskirts of suburbia, Leanne 13, is a child who has had to grow up fast. With a mother who left years ago, her dad Jim takes it for granted that Leanne will continue the domestic duties where his wife left off.

A woman helps a prisoner free at Rome's airport and then falls in love with him.

A group of raucous college buds living the Dorm life, decide to have a blowout while most of their friends are away for the Thanksgiving holiday. With LOVE 101 being the toughest course this semester, will they pass the final exam?

In November, 1999, Apple brought together a group of people under its AppleMaster program to teach them to use their new digital video editing software. As part of the class, Douglas Adams shot and edited a makeshift music video based on a song by his friend Margo Buchanan, and starring his daughter, Polly. John Cleese guest stars.

Mickey's Big Break is a Mickey Mouse short, that originally aired on Mickey Mouse Works. It was later included in the House of Mouse episode "Thanks to Minnie". When Donald and Mickey break a picture of Minnie and Daisy by playing football in the house, they go to extreme lengths to try to replace it.

Mexican feature film

“Le Pont du Trieur”, co-written by de Meaux and Philippe Parreno, with an original score by Dave Stewart, is set in Pamir, a region situated in the highest part of Tajikistan, at the border between Afghanistan and China. This is a strategic zone controlled by various armies in the midst of a region that awaits reconstruction. The film stems from the simple question of how to tell the story of a country of which the West is deprived of images. Both fiction and documentary, it is about reality and the means of telling it.

Just as a man discovers that the girl of his dreams has been with him all the time, she walks out the door.

The third and final 'Heron Master Ippei' film.

These archetypal Southern Californians, who transmuted their experiences growing up in suburban Hawthorne into a potent teen iconography orbiting surfing, cars, and girls, tackle the underlying personal and cultural upheavals beneath their discography. Intelligently assembled with over 40 songs dispersed throughout, ENDLESS HARMONY works not just as a rockumentary but as an important historical document of American music.

A young man lives in a flat with his mother. One day she falls ill suddenly only to pass away the following day. The young man is left alone in the flat. However a door that can't be shut properly means he must cope with unwanted intrusions.

In summer 1944 Finnish Karelia, Martta hastily marries Aarne before evacuating alongside newborn Hilkka’s family, Helmi Elisa and their grandmother as Soviet forces advance. Amidst chaotic retreat, the women struggle to stay united and fatefully intersect with Aarne and Arttu, but the relentless offensive exacts heavy suffering and loss on both civilians and soldiers.

Maria is 8 years old and thinks her younger brother is really annoying. She meets Makka in the neighborhood who has a magic ball. In some way Maria wishes her brother away. When the babysitter Gerda turns up Maria and Makka think she's the answer to Maria's wish - a witch that has come to abduct her brother. Maria who deeply regrets her wish must now do everything in her power to stop Gerda.

In the near future, a man undergoes an experiment by sharing living quarters with an alien aboard a space station. Based on a Yasutaka Tsutsui play.

A caustically funny account of addict monomania.

Joshua and his father are among the Jewish prisoners in a concentration camp. When the assistant leader of their work crew is gunned down by mistake, the sadistic leader offers Joshua his place. He takes it, but at what price to his heritage and family?

In 1997, Oscar-winning documentarian Allan Miller embarked on a film project with renowned conductor Zubin Mehta and celebrated Chinese film director Zhang Yimou as they joined forces in a production of Puccini's opera Turandot in Florence. Before the year was out, an extraordinary opportunity arose: to stage Turandot in its original setting in the Forbidden City of Beijing. The outdoor production was an undertaking on an epic scale. A fascinating chronicle of an unprecedented cross-cultural collaboration, THE TURANDOT PROJECT combines the pageantry of this opulent opera production with a spectacular cinematic portrait of the struggles and triumphs of Zubin Mehta and Zhang Yimou to mount their production in this most historic venue of China. (Source: Amazon.com)

Katsuma is a truck driver with a good mood but an empty head and wallet. One day, his brother, Riichi, asks him to double his pay, and he gladly accepts. Katsuma drives the truck smoothly, but suddenly, a flirtatious woman, Reiko, jumps out from the back of the truck...

Two friends are on a road trip and a one-sided attraction develops.

In contemporary Mannheim, Branko and Merab, two hapless hitmen, are assigned to kill a businessman for unknown reasons. Although the unsuspecting businessman offers them plenty of opportunities to kill him, the two men are prevented from carrying out their mission by the most absurd coincidences, even after taking on a new helper by the name of Carlos.

Short movie about a young, drug addicted couple.

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.

In February 1995, after many years of preparation, the modern dancer Venus finally underwent transgender surgery in Beijing. On the eve of becoming a woman, he gave an interview and talked about his determination, aspirations, and good life ideals. The operation was tortuous and painful. After the operation, my father went to the police station to change the gender on the Venus ID card. From then on, Miss Venus was born. In March 2000, Venus once again interviewed her about her many boyfriends in the five years after the operation, her happy life, and her special encounters and adventures. The film allows the audience to see a Miss Venus living in her dream.

Tino Mariano, an aspiring opera singer indebted to a Mob boss. Money is no object, but when you are in debt there's no turning back.

Younger brother Mitch is having all kinds of problems competing with his older brother Sean over a girl that just moved in next door