Cinematic Era: 2004 Vintage

Documentary portrait follows the still active Polish master violinist Ida Haendel (1924) from performance to performance.

What happens when you travel to the birthplace of green slime? For an entire generation of classic Nickelodeon fans, it's like finding the Holy Grail.

Izumi, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, suddenly gets not one but two lovely and rather lewd maids from outer space, who have to defend her city from a monster's invasion.

What do two kids do after their TV explodes? On this quite extraordinary day, they turn into kids again. They burst into laughter for no reason and become so light they float off to a wonderful desert island. But you can't channel-surf on an island, and once the wonder wears off...

The story of Ana Belén, who has to give her daughter Gilda to her best friend and foster sister Maribel, because she must serve a prison sentence.

2004 release

The film tells about the events that happened to a teacher Qani.

A collection of hits from country singer/songwriter Don Williams.

This Nigerian movie is about The ‘OGBANJE’ that is a well-known phenomenon in some African society, a situation where evil spirits plague families with children that would come, stay a short while and then die. It brings pain and anguish to families. This is the situation David household finds itself, until the latest child came. His wife so determined to keep the child, will do whatever it takes to placate the child and make her stay.

Six good friends enters same high together only to find out there is more to this school than expected, when a female ghost begins to haunt them.

Without resorting to dialogue nor introspection, the film portrays the emotional destruction of a man as a result of alcoholism.

Documentary about Fulci's "Zombi 2".

Specimens of Beauty is a documentary about the rock band Phish recording their 2004 album Undermind. Directed by famed photographer Danny Clinch, the film shows the techniques used by the band and album producer Tchad Blake, as Phish records what was to be their final album. Recorded at Trey Anastasio's recording studio, The Barn, outside Burlington, Vermont, the documentary features Phish in numerous takes of the Undermind track "Crowd Control." Specimens of Beauty was included with early copies of Undermind on a bonus DVD.

Self-portrait with Nanny (2004) is a gem from last year. The faded images of Kaganof as a baby put to retro burlesque music are a reference to the silent films of long ago. Once again, Kaganof pays homage to popular cinema, for this film is a perfect essay on the durability of cinematic time, as well as on the auto referential and egocentric dimension of the work of many great artists.-Dionysos Andronis

Hosted’ by Durston who talks to ad-man, Barney Cohen (who came up with the I Drink Your Blood and I Eat Your Skin titles), and actors Lynn Lowry, Kierney, and Damon.

Twenty one years after their recording debut, the Stranglers celebrated the release of their 13th album with this sell out concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 13th June 1997. The band were accompanied by an eighteen piece string woman orchestra to perform tracks from throughout the years including 'Golden Brown', 'Skin Deep' and Kinks cover 'All Day and All of the Night'.

A chamber TV film with the intention of reminding of Bozidar Grujovic, a doctor of law and insurgent legislator, who voluntarily came to unhappy and illiterate Serbia in the middle of the First Serbian Uprising, armed with knowledge of Roman law and the spirit of the French revolution.

Five highly original musicians from different countries form the Accordion Tribe. Together they aim to reinforce the original power of the long disdained instrument. The film follows the energetic soundscapes and their performers on a journey through Europe. An extraordinarily intensive documentary on the communicative, connecting power of music.

A teenage boy battling cancer discovers a way to change the lives of the ones he meets.

Live at the Olympic Hall, Seoul, South 2004

Carrion Remember the object we saw, my soul, This beautiful summer morning so sweet: At the bend of a path an infamous carrion On a bed strewn with pebbles, Legs in the air, like a lustful woman, Scorching and sweating poisons, Opened in a nonchalant and cynical way Her belly full of excitement. The sun shone on this rot, As in order to cooked to perfection, And to give back to great Nature a hundredfold Everything she had joined together ... - And yet you will be like this garbage, To this horrible infection, Star of my eyes, sun of my nature, You, my angel and my passion! Yes ! such you will be, O queen of graces, After the last rites, When you go, under the grass and the lush flowers, Mold among the bones. Amors, oh my beauty! tell the vermin Who will eat you with kisses, That I kept the divine form and essence Of my decomposed loves!

This documentary reveals the most violent part of the most violent city (Medellin) of the most violent country (Colombia) in the world. For around 75 minutes, different people from Medellin explain how difficult it is to live and survive in a city where violence, weapons, killing is common. Everyday, someone you know may die or get wounded by one of the different armed factions that struggle throughout the country and in the cities to take control over the population, drug cartel, politics, etc... sometimes for no reasons at all but fun.

Two sisters and professional scam artists kidnap a rich playboy for extortion, but troubles soon arise when one of them falls infatuated with the man.

In Warriors of Honor: The Faith and Legacy of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, documentary filmmaker Brian Barkley chronicles the role that religion played for the two military leaders, while also presenting an in-depth look at the Civil War. During battles, Lee often asked for God's guidance and used his faith to help him make military decisions. Jackson, a deacon at his church, accepted his death from a war injury as God's will.

Short film by Craig Brewer.

High school students from two different schools are interviewed about future plans and hopes.

In the capital of Burkina Faso, a band of young people tries to survive and thrive vis-a-vis the thousand and one temptations. Adventures of a band of youngsters, living in a stripped district of Ouagadougou, who seek hopes. The easy way and ingeniousness compensate for the money which often is lacking. Sadness is banished of a resolutely optimistic way of life. Plunders and odd jobs constitute the daily newspaper of this struggle for life. The ones will succeed modestly, the others will fail more or less but a great solidarity of group remains.

Artfully directed by award-winning filmmakers Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth, "Aging Out" chronicles the daunting obstacles that three young people in foster care encounter as they "age out" of the system and are suddenly on their own for the first time. "Aging Out" is more than a dark chronicle of young people who move from foster care into the welfare, mental health, and criminal justice systems. This emotionally complex film is also a portrait of young adults struggling to overcome the scars of their troubled childhood in order to realize their dreams of independence and fulfillment.

Filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg hits the road to capture America's people and its natural beauty. sea to shining sea, from amber waves of grain to purple mountain majesties, it's not merely the land that makes America beautiful -- it's her people. Captured with stunning cinematography, AMERICA'S HEART & SOUL takes you on a journey that weaves across this great nation, revealing a rich tapestry of ordinary people living extraordinary lives as they follow their dreams with the freedom of spirit that's uniquely American. From the Vermont dairy farmer, to the blind mountain climber, to the father and son marathon runners, their inspiring stories are as different as can be -- passionate, colorful, courageous, funny, touching.

Søren Faulli visits the former SS-officer Søren Kam who killed his grandfather during world war II. Faulli wants to understand and thereby forgive, which doesn't go well with his mother, Mona Clemmesen.

UK police investigation into paedophiles accessing images of child abuse on the internet. Out of over 7,000 suspected paedophiles, only 2,000 were investigated. Many famous names were reported to be on the list.

Orchestra from Svizzera Italiana Conductor: Roderick Brydon Soloist: Tzimon Barto, Piano

In the fall of 2003, Jon Jost walks with his camera through the garden of Waseda University in Tokyo. He films the bamboo forest, tree tops, grasses, bushes and leaves. The exposure changes and the most beautiful painting is created.

A new-age drifter Brother Wiley comes to town to start a religion called Sol-Luna. Because he can walk the walk he recruits a make-shift disciple in Brother Wayne through the disciples encounters with townspeople we see stories of pain, triumph, and redemption and discover that we are "All our own Messiahs"!

Britain is one of the most secular nations in the world, a new poll in 10 countries finds. Levels of religious belief and activity in the UK are far lower than in almost all other countries surveyed across the globe in a special poll undertaken for the BBC. In January 2004 the independent opinion research company ICM conducted a survey of 10,000 people in 10 different nations for the BBC programme What the World Thinks of God. The countries surveyed were the USA, UK, Israel, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Mexico and Lebanon.

Inspired by Thomas Merton's poem, ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB shows the human cost of nuclear weapons. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are depicted through declassified footage, photographs, drawings and testimonies of mothers, brothers and soldiers. Ordinary people gaze upon the nuclear past and its terrifying present.

The film focuses on the political issues and conflicts that led to the assassination of India's leader.

A spectrum of citizens from one of America's most enchanting cities fondly recall the first decades of the 20th century in this intriguing, nostalgic collection of scenes, events, and above all, personal memories. The result is a captivating visual and verbal story of daily life in Savannah, from 1900 through the 1960s.

All Brian wants to do is get his weather readings from the roof and get them to the news room. However when he gets to the roof he finds that he is not alone up there. He finds the Jumper. A woman that has had enough with life and wants to end it all. Only one man can save her, but it isn't Brian. He doesn't care because if those weather readings aren't on the new desk soon he will be out of a job.

A story about the backstage of travelling Latvian puppet theatre "Maska". The group consists of three actors and a tiny bus. They travel around the county performing at clubs in the countryside, schools, kindergartens...

A contemporary love story set in Houston about jay, a recovering alcoholic, part-time cab driver and jazz musician raising his daughter alone after the sudden death of his wife. Jay who is emotionally crippled and distant to the point he shuts out his mother and brother, begins to love again when Lisa, an advertising executive enters his cab one day.

15 years, 5 wrecked relationships, 1 girl's wreckless idea: Go back and find out why...

St. Mariah's Hospital for the criminally insane achieves a new level in sadistic horror when a group of vampires that have been used as human guinea pigs begin to put the bite on Christmas party guests gathered for a grand (Guignol) ball. At the same time, an undercover reporter tries to rescue her incarcerated brother before he becomes the head vamp's latest tidbit.

A documentary about Disco Donnie at Mardi Gras.

One night a year, a museum opens it's doors to exhibit a collection of cursed artifacts... But something hideous is roaming these halls, feasting on the flesh of the innocent. A cannibalistic horror is alive! The hunger is spreading, and the only escape is through the hordes of the damned.

Taylor Williams the third meets the girl of his dreams, Mandii Carson.

Scores of people were imprisoned and executed during the infamous Salem witch trials of the 1600s. Investigators examine the era's rampant anti-witch sentiment from a scientific viewpoint, testing some of the theories that have been proposed over the years. The documentary is part of Discovery Channel's "Unsolved History" series, which takes a detailed forensic approach to some of history's most vexing mysteries.

In late summer 2003, climbers from Britain, Sweden, and Finland descended upon the sleepy archipelago of Aland in the Baltic Sea to discover for themselves, its combination of spectacularly beautiful scenery and array of climbing problems. Baltic Sea Bouldering presents an insight into how climbers tackle this fresh and exciting bouldering destination. What we receive is a fascinating look at how some of Europe's best climbers tackle an unclimbed highball project that stretches mental strength to the limits.

Live at Budokan is a live recording released by progressive metal band Dream Theater on October 5, 2004, available on either 3 CDs or 2 DVDs. It was recorded at the Nippon Budokan Hall on April 26, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.

Nicanor has just finished the ritual of preparing himself a gourmet coffee when two strangers knock at his door. They identify themselves as members of State Security, who have come to install microphones in his house to listen to the antigovernment remarks Nicanor makes. Since they only have two microphones, they ask for his help in choosing the best room to install them and tell him that from now on he can only make his comments in that room.

Nude Bodybuilders, Naked College Hunks, Sexy Studs and Gorgeous Centerfolds all compete for the title of America's Hottest Naked Bachelor. The swimsuit competition turns into the no-swimsuit competition as these buff guys vie to show off all their assets and go on to perform the rest of the events completely nude. A grueling tug-of-war shows off their straining, muscular physiques. They pour on the charm in a series of mini-dates. The finalists resolve their conflict in an all-out-bare bodied brawl. And each stunning competitor finds the time to perform privately for your inspection.