Cinematic Era: 2000 Vintage

A biographic story of one of the biggest writers of all time, Fyodor Dostoevsky, as narrated by his wife.

Horst Tappert plays a high-ranking dignitary in the Vatican who will soon be made a cardinal. But shortly before this goal, a young woman confronts him in the confessional and accuses him of hypocrisy. She reveals that she is his daughter, whose existence he did not know. Now he is faced with a choice: if he commits to her, he risks his appointment; If he denies her, he loses the only person who is close to him.

It's been called an army of thieves and cutthroats. A band of hired killers. But from the burning sands of Northern Africa to the jungles of South America, whenever the odds are long and the battle fierce, the French Foreign legion has been called into action.

Ali Farka Touré, the gifted musician and farmer, came from Timbuktu. Yes, there is a place called Timbuktu and it’s in Africa, in the loop of the Niger to be precise. As a child Ali never learned to read or write, but his early passion for a home-made one-string, violin-like instrument led him away from his humble roots to the music festivals of Europe in the 60’s. Critics and fans alike have compared his music to the Soul-Blues magic of greats like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker...even Eric Clapton. Ironically he had never heard their “sound” before creating his music. Amazingly, his sound is authentic Blues....and through it, we can hear the native roots, the origins of the Afro-centric rhythms found in Soul, Blues and Jazz! These Afro-centric sounds, which found their way across the seas to America during the era of slavery, preserved and transformed into modern Jazz, are the essence of Ali’s music.

Stefan Zucker, the world's highest tenor, visits the opera divas of his childhood. The journey from apartment to apartment, from diva to diva, from Rome to Milan, turns into an opera road movie.

Revel in the body's ability to make music with Gumboots, a group of performers who use their voices along with percussion instruments to tell the story of black South African coalminers. The oppressed miners, who wore black boots (or gumboots), were not allowed to speak to each other while in the mines. In response, they devised a communication system using their gumboots and ankle shackles.

A man falls for a woman in the underground. But it's going to take a lot of work to get her into bed.

A political documentary about the period between 1980 and 1993 in Turkey.

An exploration of the multi-faceted personality of the filmmaker of international repute G. Aravindan.

My loving emulation of a bad 1950′s horror movie. Filmed in black & white DV with vintage costume, props etc. Computer filtered to look old and emulate framerate. This is probably my favorite movie project, since I had a relatively easy time filming it and was quite pleased with the results. The fact we did the entire thing in 9 months didn’t hurt either! - Benjamin J. Heckendorn

Join the eccentric household of River Cottage in a special edition for the festive season as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall prepares for Christmas Day. In accordance with River Cottage custom, Hugh turns to the land to provide the Yuletide feast, transforming one of the legs of his pigs into a traditional glazed ham. His mince pies made with real lamb mince, cider-apple brandy butter and marrons glaces are a hit at the local Bridport Farmers' Christmas market.

Santa Monica College's Student Filmmakers Association presents an hysterical ride into the world of movie making. Mac (Anthony Aulisio III) and Wendy Storm (Tina Reynolds) are a happily married couple with a "perfect little life". But as characters in a movie being written by two aspiring filmmakers (Curnal Aulisio and Glen Diller), they're thrust into a life and death struggle between good and evil

It's a movie from 2000.

Follows the Norwegian band Motorpsycho on tour, the practice room and their place of origin; Svartlamon.

Lennox Lewis vs. David Tua, billed as Royal Rampage, was a professional boxing match contested on November 11, 2000 for the WBC, IBF, and IBO heavyweight championships.

One of the first female surgeons in Canada, Lucille Teasdale devotes her life to health care in Uganda.

"I'm interested in the topic of homeless people and… there are a lot of things in this world that do not make sense." – Singing Chen Bundled is activist filmmaker Singing Chen's fiction/verite reflection on homelessness in Taiwan.

A Swedish documentary about Vällingby.

"Southpaw" follows Francis Barrett for three years and shows him overcoming discrimination as he progresses up the amateur boxing ranks to eventually carry the Irish flag and box for Ireland at the age of 19 during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Shane, is sent undercover in order to solve a case that involves a series of murders that occur at an elite gym run by Tony. Shane meets up with a mysterious woman, who in turn assists in helping him take on, what turns out to be a well established Russian Mafia steroid smuggling ring run by Vladimer. When the two are taken captive, and Shane is forced to take action - he must destroy everything in his path!

In Scratch both the animation and the soundtrack are abstract. The movie is a conversation of sounds and images. Soundtrack and animation are scratched directly on 35 mm film.

Yang Lina's second documentary. She films her family as a director; her father and mother divorced many years ago, when she was not present. In the film, she keeps asking her father, mother, and younger brother various questions — and there is a a gap in their memories. The second half of the film records each person's reaction when watching himself or others' onscreen.

Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of college and high school students across two generations and on an international scale. In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20 years. With wit and warmth, Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique advertising's image of women. By fostering creative and productive dialogue, she invites viewers to look at familiar images in a new way, that moves and empowers them to take action.

‘Objects of War’ is a series of testimonials on the Lebanese war. Each person chooses an object, ordinary or unusual, which serves as a starting point for his / her story. These testimonials while helping to create a collective memory, also show the impossibility of telling a single History of this war. Only fragments of this History are recounted here, held as truth by those expressing them. In ‘Objects of War’, the aim is not to reveal a truth but rather to gather and confront many diverse versions and discourses on the subject. ‘Objects of War’ started in 1999 assembling the testimonials of eleven persons. It was first shown in 2000 . It continued in 2003 with ‘Objects of War n°2’, recording seven additional testimonials. This time however, and since then, the recorded material is left unedited, shown in its integrity. The work of collecting and assembling these stories continued with ‘Objects of War n°3 & n°4’ in 2006 and ‘n°5 & 6’ in 2014.

Worm-like parasites infest the dead in Belize, returning them to gruesome half-life as rotting, bloodthirsty zombies. Freed from their shallow jungle graves by a secret research expedition, the creatures soon find their way to modern civilization where they begin their deadly mission to transform the human race into an unstoppable army of the undead. Will they succeed in their gory quest? Will the human race be completely wiped out? Can anyone survive the blood-soaked onslaught of the FLESH FREAKS?

Ms. Zosia, once thought to remain with her mother forever, frequents the “Wrzos” Day Care Center in Lodz’s Bałuty district. There, she meets Mr. Tadeusz, who has struggled with loneliness and alcohol after his mother’s death. They decide to marry, surprising their families and the center’s regulars. Malgorzata Szumowska documents their journey, capturing the reactions of those around them. The wedding, held at “Wrzos,” transforms their lives, bringing companionship despite their continued modest circumstances.

A witty and heartwarming portrayal of humanism during a life-threatening crisis, the film tells the story of a soldier set against a little girl on the enemy's side during a war.

Chain Reaction is a kind of independent thinking itself. Since everyone has his or her own experience and values, I call the world of Chain Reaction “a view of schizophrenia”. Most of the images of the video surpass, as well as imitate daily life experience absurdly. The film is to analyze and oppose evil by the way of using the power of evil inside human nature. Chain Reaction is an allegory of evil but without the function of salvation like the other allegories.

In 1998, Ludovic Cantais followed Hubert Selby Jr in his daily life and made him talk about the genesis of his work, his writing, his doubts and his obsessions.

Theater play "Le misanthrope" played by the "Comédie française" in 2000.

Jeff Krulik, the no-frills documentary filmmaker and collector of the offbeat who gave the world Heavy Metal Parking Lot, presents this hilarious collection of short videos and films by himself and others.

Explore the tropical waters home to Whale Sharks.

In the early 80s, in a small barbershop on the outskirts of Seoul, there is a barber with a small stature just like the size of the barbershop. When there are no customers, he cleans up the barbershop, drinks tea, and enjoys listening to the radio, which reads sad stories, and is moved. The neighbors of the neighborhood visit him without any burden and share their stories. Sometimes, the neighborhood trio (Mr. Gu, Mr. Jeon, Mr. Park) tease him for being a woman, but the barber just smiles. One day, the barber gets into an argument with Mr. Gu, the owner of the hole-in-the-wall shop, due to a misunderstanding, and when Mr. Gu blurts out the word “woman,” the barber has a big fight with Mr. Gu. Morning comes as always. As usual, the barber’s wife tightly bandages the barber’s bulging chest. And the barber, she, rides her bicycle to the barbershop, hiding her hidden chest.

Documentary depicting Swedish director Roy Andersson in how he transforms his thoughts about the prevailing social climate, evil and superstition to fictional film.

A story between a dream and reality for the perverted games in the head of a lonely, middle-aged man, who with the help of a phantom woman dreams of his own harem.

Linus, a convinced monogamist, and Christa, an equally convinced polygamist, are a couple with a passionate, conflict-ridden relationship. They are torn by big feelings that are often provoked by themselves and keep their lives on the go in ever surprising ways. Their most important caregivers are: Sybil and Franz, who have always believed in the romantic ideal of love, André, the tolerant old 68-year-old from the Jura, Ka, who loves to play with fire, and Ewa, Linus' (ex-)wife from Vienna, as well as their son Sebastian.

One of Britain's premier expresses, The Flying Scotsman completed the 393 miles from King's Cross to Edinburgh in just over four hours - an average speed of 94.3 miles an hour! Highlights Part One includes the exit from King's Cross with the various tunnels, the infamous Welwyn bottleneck, which brings the ECML down to just two tracks, the Newark flat crossing, (the last in the UK) the Selby new line, and Stoke bank, where "Mallard" achieved the world speed record for steam traction. We even take a look inside the A4 engine housed within the National Railway Museum at York. Part Two covers the second leg from York to Edinburgh calling only at Newcastle. Highlights include: Darlington Bank Top avoiding line, the approach to Newcastle - crossing the mighty River Tyne, the notorious curve at Morpeth, the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick, the scenic coastal sections and the approach to Edinburgh Waverley itself.

Examines how the Immigration and Naturalization Service decides who will be granted asylum in the United States. The applicant must have a "well-founded fear" of persecution in his or her home country. Despite true and terrifying stories of torture and mistreatment, it's often up to how well the translator presents the case and how sensitive are the ears of the asylum officer to decide a person's fate.

A married man happens to be a crackhead and does whatever it takes to keep it a secret. Even if it means to kill people. Little does he know that the men he owes money to are out to get him.

Mikey's chances of winning the science fair take a nosedive when his experiment suffers a crash landing but the discovery of a dinosaur bone revives his dashed hopes.

Four students set out for the barren Nevada desert on a class photography assignment. They are soon confronted by a machete-wielding maniac known as Quiltface.

Low-budget film about a lingerie model who keeps getting hooked up with the wrong guy.

On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In this bus full of women, there are three Turkish men. Three brothers who have come together after many years to carry their father's last wish.

The view from a balcony window in Berlin: one sees elements of Summertime, such as shadows and the movement of plastic wrapping material in the wind, which alternately hides and reveals the view of an intersection teeming with life.

A documentary based on the mutual experiences of a trio of directors, which portrays life in the border village of Bystré during the last year of the millennium. The film concentrates on the exuberant social life of the community, including many bizarre recent customs, as well as on several very intimate moments in the lives of the inhabitants.

2000 film

Worthless teens are slaughtered in the woods by a masked madman birthed from a rape from decades ago...

Apprentice hairdresser Solange is a whiz at teasing locks and cutting hair but knows little about the act of sexual congress -- but she wants to know more. She hails from a small working class town close to Toulouse where she lives with her comely mother, who grudgingly works as a babysitter, and her father, who loves herding ostriches. Her best friend in beauty school is an African immigrant lass named Gary who dreads being returned to her native country for an arranged marriage. Gary offers Solange advice in her quest. Though there is a guy Solange fancies at her vocational school, she wants to know the lay of the land, so to speak, before she gets intimate with him.

Three unlucky young men, wandering aimlessly through the city, get into endless trouble. In order to turn around their lives, they try to get jobs and even dare to rob a bank.

A man is travelling on a long haul express train journey from Amsterdam to Paris. He shares his sleeper compartment with another man who he engages in conversation. He learns that the man is a cannibal who intends to kill and eat him. The man is unsure of where his life is going and begins to be swayed by the cannibal's assertions that being eaten would give his life meaning and purpose. However, how long can the man stall for, with questions on the finer points of eating someone?

For those who know the out-of-print Gramavision 5-hour, 5-CD release of the 1981 performance of The Well-Tuned Piano, this Just Dreams 401-minute DVD of the entire 1987 performance is the inevitable complement. The continually expanding composition now includes more musical material than even La Monte Young can play in one setting. Together, the 1981 release and the 1987 video provide a much more comprehensive perspective of the scope and complexity of the work.

Stone Temple Pilots perform live at the House of Blues on March 15th, 2000

A profile of South African singing group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. They are best known for backing Paul Simon on his "Graceland" album.

01 (sic) 02 Eyeless 03 Wait and Bleed 04 No Life 05 Liberate 06 Purity 07 Prosthetics 08 Spit It Out 09 Eeyore 10 Surfacing 11 Scissors

A japanese family embraces western hip hop linguistics.