Cinematic Era: 2004 Vintage

With a pact to be friends forever, two young boys begin a journey that leads to shattering their innocence.

In this story about impoverished urban life, a woman named Kelly has to decide how much risk and sacrifice is worth the chance to get out of the ghetto. Stealing the 250,000 dollars that her fresh-out-of-prison boyfriend is hording from a bank heist, she makes a run for it, fully aware that if he finds her, she will be dead. Both of these people want a chance at a clean life, but after everything they must go through to get it, that life may turn out to be nothing but a dream.

Bosnian television sketch comedy which often parody contemporary culture and politics, performed by Enis Bešlagić and Milan Pavlović.

In the spring of 2002, filmmaker Joe Berlinger traveled to Vienna to witness the burial of the preserved brains of over 700 children killed at a Nazi "euthanasia" clinic. GRAY MATTER chronicles the filmmaker's personal journey as he searches for Dr. Heinrich Gross -- known as the "Austrian Dr. Mengele" -- who allegedly participated in these killings. Along the way Berlinger meets survivors of the clinic, as well as other remarkable individuals, who are confronting a nation that has only begun to grapple with its denial of this horrific legacy.

Firebrand is captured by Topaz’s greatest enemy, the alien Shapeshifter! Impersonating Topaz, the alien killer lures Firebrand into a trap. It’s objective? Gain Firebrand’s powers! The Shapeshifter gains its strength by absorbing the fear and pain of its victims. Once a superheroine dies, the Shapeshifter can absorb all of her powers. The Shapeshifter places Firebrand in numerous deathtraps, gaining strength from the superheroine’s struggle for survival. Once the alien has gained Firebrand’s powers, it will have enough power to kill Topaz herself!

People who got acquainted with Uku Masing in 1950s and grew stronger in time, either in Tallinn Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Estonian Museum of Literature in Tartu, or in Masing's apartment in Vilde (now Hurda) Street help to recollect memories about the acknowledged poet, theologian and teacher. Among others, Jaan Kaplinski, Vello Salo, Kalle Kasemaa, Hando Runnel, Andres Ehin, Ave Alavainu, Viivi Luik, Jaan Kiivit, Toomas Paul and Jaan Tooming share their memories and contemplate.

"Estadio Novo is about Portugal, its football and its fans. As hordes of supporters descend on the ten brand new stadiums for Euro 2004, this lively and informative documentary takes a look at their impact. Examining the role of football in Portugal before and the revolution of 1974 it asks... what's really going on?"

Five friends learn the hard way that sometime it just doesn't pay to talk to strangers in director Jeremy Isabell's gruesome tale of murder and mayhem. They were only trying to help when they answered the desperate calls of a stranger in need, but by the time they realized the trap had been set it was already too late. As the night goes on, the blood begins to flow, and a murderous ghost rises from the grave to deal out death to any living soul who dares to turn their heads and face that darkness that lurks in the shadows.

The shoreline at Salthill, Galway on a summer's day, followed by the sounds and lights of a fairground ride at night to music by Arovane. V.D.

Joshua Oppenheimer sets images of life in a retirement community in Arizona (as seen through television commercials) to a talk radio interview with a female convict extolling the benefits of her time on Sherriff Joe Arpaio's chain gang. It is two different kinds of sale jobs working at cross-purposes. Oppenheimer takes the luster off the idealistic advertising images through video distortion and electronic interference and cuts-up both the video and audio tracks until the weird poetry of the chain gang prisoner's lessons in life and death gives the commercial presentation a creepy disconnection from any kind of living ideal. It follows A BRIEF HISTORY OF PARADISE AS TOLD BY THE COCKROACHES and MARKET UPDATE as another sharp jab at consumerism as an illusory promise.

DJ Shadow steps forward to lead his genre in what has become known as cinematic hip hop. This DVD/CD package is th audio visual recording of his extraordinary live shows from his world tour. The DVD captures Shadow's startling visceral and visually dyna

Anna Tsuchiya, a versatile artist known for her work as a model and singer who gained immense popularity through magazines like "Seventeen" and "CUTIE", as well as her role in the film "Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari)", starring Kyoko Fukada, has released her long-awaited personal DVD. Set in the tropical paradise of Guam, it showcases not only her charm as a model but also offers an intimate look into her private life and her career as an actress.

An erotic drama starring Momose Emiru, a popular idol known for her school uniform look, as a bus guide.

Not every story made it into the Bible.

Sci-fi short.

A short disaster-movie shot on minidv. Yabbadabbadoo

'Cool World' tracks Harry's career taking an in-depth look at his brilliant skills and cracking goals from the Premier League, FA Cup, European competitions and his Socceroos career.

A group of teenagers performs an ancient ritual which involves in soil taken from 7 graveyards invoking a spirit which will to bring misfortune to their enemies.

Colors and bubbles bustle energetically via oil, ink and clear acetate.

A Laramie local travels back home to document how the Matthew Shepard tragedy has changed her home town.

The comedy stylings of some of the freshest faces and most offbeat characters in stand-up are showcased in this second volume from National Lampoon -- the outfit responsible for madcap, gut-busting films such as Animal House and Vacation. Hosted by Frank Caliendo (from "MADtv"), the show features live performances by up-and-coming comedians including John DiResta, Sam Tripoli, Bert Kreischer, Tess and Steve Byrne

Tells the story, through surrealist and oniric images, of an alien invasion that feeds on spanish children.

Recorded live at the sold-out 2003 Paramount Comedy Festival in Brighton, stand-up comedian Robert Newman performs From Caliban To The Taliban - 500 Years of Humanitarian Intervention; a painstakingly researched tale of capitalist expansion and America’s global terror campaign waged “with goodwill to all.” Few stand-ups have attempted to create causal links between a 1609 Bermuda shipwreck and US adventures in Guatemala, via Shakespeare and Sir Francis Bacon. Hardly a laugh a minute you might think, but Newman has managed to pepper this unlikely comic dish with the endearing gags that made him famous.

Given To Him is the unique experience in worship, with carefully selected songs set to some of the most stunning film footage ever seen. It is a visual feast through skies and seas, mountains and meadows and the world of wild life and flowers. It seeks to follow a tradition of song writers who first and foremost compose their music to glorify God, His attributes and nature. God's creative power and infinite wisdom are reflected in this awesome arrangement of film and music.

A documentary film. A formerly salaried worker, now homeless, walks through Kyoto’s Sanjō Shopping Arcade and the area around Kobe’s Sannomiya Station preaching his own religion. Every day, he goes out into the city and speaks to people one by one. Will the city accept him, or reject him? His gaze remains fixed on the great flow of people moving through the streets.

Vaastu Marabu documents the theory and practice of the Vaastu tradition of Indian art, architecture, craft and design. One of the foremost shilpis (designer-builder-sculpter) of India, Shri. V. Ganapati Sthapati of Mammallapuram, meditates on his art and his occupation. The film shows the process of making stone idols at Mammallapuram, near Madras, of casting bronzes in Kumbakonam, and of building stone temples at Kamudhi, near Madurai and at Ratnagiri, near Vellore. It illustrates the continuity of the tradition and reveals a technology that is ancient, yet still relevant today. The film explores the process of translating inner experience into art, and invites us to experience the naked beauty of the form while understanding the metaphysical message. The art of the Vishwakarma has given form and expression to all denominations of metaphysical thought in India. The film also probes the underlying scientific and mathematical principles.

With the holidays fast approaching, a group of orphans struggle to understand the meaning of the season while dealing with other life challenges.

Francis Alÿs is filmed by his collaborator Rafael Ortega walking along Fitzroy Square, drumming out rhythms by dragging a wooden stick on the iron railings.

A documentary about 712 men...and 1 woman.

In June 1970 the Messner brothers, Günther and Reinhold reached The Nanga Parbat after an epic climb. On the descent Günther disappeared. Subsequently, a wall of silence built up concerning the circumstances of his death. The documentary shows rare footage and photo shots of the expedition, and expedition members comment on the tragic event.

In an office world of half light, flickering fluorescent tubing, ringing phones and monotonous paperwork, the residents sit trapped in a state of frustration, inactivity, boredom or semi-consciousness. As the lights flicker, they get on with their chores and tasks, maybe half aware that they may never escape their surroundings for anything better.

About how a fox, cunning and greedy, got into a friendly team of animals.

This is the latest in the "TV Broadcast Prohibited Series" (TV放送禁止シリーズ) that has gained popularity as a horror video. Relying on a letter from a ghost circle, the staff visits "Burial Island," which was once used only for the burial of unclaimed corpses. On the forbidden island, an unimaginable grudge awaits them.

The documentary follows the efforts of one man — Lee Eng Kew (a.k.a Ah Kew), freelance writer and field historian as he explores temples and graveyards to archive epitaphs, trace lineage and record oral history. His extensive research on the illustrious history of Taiping, a town of many firsts in Perak, focuses on the Chinese immigration and contributions to the town and state.

When documentary filmmaker Richard Kassebaum learned that his younger brother, Bill, a rancher and country lawyer, had decided to run for the Kansas House of Representatives, he left Los Angeles and spent seven weeks on the campaign trail chronicling his brother's first run for public office. Bill's Run: A Political Journey In Rural Kansas captures Bill's journey through the primary, a comical and sometimes painful quest of quixotic proportions, as he takes on the Republican incumbent and fights to preserve a lifestyle quickly disappearing from rural America. A strong supporter was his mother, former U.S. Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, who proved both a rose and a thorn to his campaign. The exciting outcome shows, once again, that every vote counts.

My missing brother suddenly returned to his sister, who lives alone. However, his brother looks strange. All memories are ambiguous, even with blurring symptoms. He said "Congratulations" many times, remembering that her sister was pregnant, even though her symptoms didn't improve at all. One day, a man who said he was working in the same store as his brother came and it became clear how his brother lost his memory. A little hope can be seen beyond the natural appearance of people living in despair.

Fyodor Uglov, the oldest practicing surgeon (from 1930 to 2004), who worked in all areas of surgery and performed many fundamentally new operations first in the world, delivers a monologue from the 100-year milestone of his own life.

Part 14 of Koike Teruo’s Ecosystem series. Video

Georg Baselitz (born January 23, 1938) is a German painter who studied in the former East Germany, before moving to what was then the country of West Germany. Baselitz's style is interpreted by the Northern Americans as Neo-Expressionist, but from a European perspective, it is more seen as postmodern. His career was kick-started in the 1960s after police action against one of his paintings, (Die große Nacht im Eimer), because of its provocative, offending sexual nature. Baselitz is one of the world's best-selling living artists. He is a professor at the renowned Hochschule der Künste in Berlin.

The silky-smooth crooner who could sing both pop and jazz performs some of his timeless hits in a rare live concert.

Made in collaboration with the whole Gibb family from Saltcoats, an intimate self-portrait of their life within an Ayrshire housing scheme, edited from their own multiple cinematography and inter generational point of view. McIntosh spent a full year in collaboration with them as part of the Pixelcurious resource which facilitated one to one working relationships between artists and mothers using a local nursery.

Some of the scenes cut from the final editing of Medea by Pier Paolo Pasolini, fortunately found by L’Officina - a historic Roman film club born in the 1970s - on the initiative of Cinemazero in Pordenone have been preserved and digitized at the Cineteca del Friuli. These materials, with the care of the Pasolini scholar Luciano De Giusti, have been reassembled, accompanied by texts / readings and original music by Paolo Corberi: here are the "Visions of the Medea (traces of a dreamed film)", now a very important document to reconstruct the creative process of production and reliving the poetic / lyrical aura of the film's protagonists and places, including the lagoon of Grado (GO).

The History of UK Punk 1980-1984. A mix of promo videos and, in many cases, extremely rare live material from the likes of The Exploited, GBH, The Destructors, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, and many others. The DVD documents the raw passion and creativity that fired the UK punk scene during the first half of the 1980s

The ancient Greeks used as a support for their writings wooden frames on which they poured liquid wax. When solidifying, it formed a flat surface capable of being engraved by means of a punch. These tablets were called 'tabulas', and when they had not yet been used they were 'tabula rasa', blank sheets.

Moving at speed over a receding white planar surface defined by rows and rows of identical black letters that spell out, again and again, ‘CHRISTOPHER REEVE', to the sound of etude-like pieces for piano played with a certain hesitance.

3-part series exploring political and military power in Israel; how Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon shaped the destiny of Israel, and indeed the entire Middle East.

Filmmaker Marian Marzynski documents the first 30 years of his daughter Anya’s life.

Mark Owen performs a one-hour set of his solo music live from the O2 Academy Islington.

Leper provides a rare and intimate glimpse into a contemporary society of lepers in a remote village in Nepal. Villages speak openly and emotionally about their relationship to their sickness, to the "healthy" community outside the village boundaries, and the myriad stigmas and misunderstandings which surround a disease that has marked their bodies and their lives.

When summer arrives, the school semester ends, and the youngest animals on the farm go to summer camp in the woods, with Mariano the rooster. There they find out all about the mysteries of nature, and share some extraordinary adventures. They discover strange mansions, enchanted forests, and mischievous goblins. It’s a summer camp that the Ugly Duckling will never forget!