Cinematic Era: 2008 Vintage

ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series was an event held on October 10, 2008 at The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.

Spectreman flies out to destroy Russ Abbott. In his disco lair, Abbott detects Spectreman and Prepares horrible weapon. Mayhem ensues!

This movie was directed in order to homage the poet Sebastião Alba, through Antonin Artaud’s poem “Pursuit of Fecality”. In this movie we can also find poems by Alba, as well as the director, Ricardo Leite.

Simplistic drawings portray the myths and rituals of the ancient Moche civilization as interpreted by the filmmaker from the artwork on Moche pottery, inspired by Donnan McClelland's "Sex and Death."

This real-life feature follows the extraordinary life of Petra, a German woman living in Istanbul, in an ironic inversion of the familiar story of Turkish migrants to Germany. During 'sessions' with the mysterious, masked Herold, her life unfolds before our eyes and we will learn about everything: Istanbul, Germany, family, friends, drugs and death. "Should I Really Do It?" plays with these concepts of real life and fiction, documentary and drama. Could life ever be more interesting than fiction?

Three perfectly true stories about lying. In three episodes based on documentary interviews we meet the burglar who, when found out, claims to be a moonlighting accountant, the boy who finds himself lying and confessing to a crime he didn't commit and the woman whose whole life has been a chain of lies.

Michael McDonald is joined by Doobie Brothers Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons for an evening performing his solo hits, including songs from his hit Motown album as well as Doobie classics What A Fool Believes and Taking It To the Limit. Special guests Ashford and Simpson appear to perform their hits Aint No Mountain High Enough and Aint Nothing Like the Real Thing

Between the light and the dark of the projection rooms, there is a professional little known by the cinema audience: the projectionist. Based on the microcosm of a projection room, the documentary records the routine of these workers, who have a long and lonely workday.

The pond. This is where hockey was born-under the open sky-where the ice is gritty and so is the play. For generations, Northlanders have grown up on outdoor ice. But, there are new climate- controlled arenas in every town, and that's where the kids go to practice year-round now.

Paul McCartney recorded live at Plains of Abraham in Quebec City on July 20, 2008.

Jethro spins side-splitting yarns with a little help from Denzil Pemberthy including Olympic and dog-swallowing condoms, being hospitalised by a hoover and banned from a supermarket. Tastier than the finest cream tea and packed with more content than a Cornish pasty, fill your comedy boots with A Giant Portion of Jethro.

Harold Parkinson has a snuff site on the web "Slaughtered Sheep". He hires young models never intending to pay them. Instead he murders them and uses their pictures on his website.

On the brink of taking it to the next level with her boyfriend, Victoria comes home to find a mysterious box on her kitchen table. In it are the remains of an ancient powerful skull known only as The Eye of Menw. Menw's power is the knowledge of the future for those who are pure-hearted. But when Victoria asks about her future, she unleashes an unholy abomination from hell.

This DVD documentary film explores humankind’s future and the post-human world. Will the “perfect” human be a dumbed-down, regimented inhabitant of a cyber purgatory created by unseen elites? Will the children of tomorrow be smiling depressives of technocratic dystopia?

Three young writers find themselves drawn to dangerous forces.

A documentary portrait of screenwriter and author Ugo Pirro, one of Elio Petri´s consistent collaborators (e.g. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and We Still Kill the Old Way) and co-author of films by Carlo Lizzani, Vittorio De Sica and Lina Wertmüller. Karlovy Vary IFF 2014

Metallica at Grand' Place, Arras, France The Ecstasy of Gold Creeping Death For Whom The Bell Tolls Ride The Lightning Cyanide One

Concert film recorded throughout the 2002 - 2004 world tour for Cornelius' album 'Point', featuring on-stage visuals directed by Koichiro Tsujikawa.

Ahmad owns and runs a neighborhood bakery in Tehran When Ahmad suddenly passes away, he leaves his three adult children scrambling and fighting with each other to get their share of the inheritance.

A lonely writer has his routine changed by the presence of his new maid - Lady Custodia.

A short film set in the universe of "The Signal" (2007).

At the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of Israel, Claude Lanzmann made an interview of Ehud Barak, on March 1st, 2008.

When Steve Earle stepped onto the Austin City Limits stage on November 12, 2000, it had been 14 years since his first appearance in 1986. In between it must've seemed like he had lived several lifetimes. In fact, in the years since, he released five albums, including his latest at the time of this recording, Transcendental Blues. Of the record, Rolling Stone wrote, "These songs weave threads that bind Ireland and the American South, rockabilly and the Beatles, folk music and muscular rock and roll."

A documentary about the making of "Child' Play."

Made on a single cartridge of super 8 film for straight 8 2008. this film premiered at cannes film festival as a part of the official straight 8 selection.

Max buys a rundown hotel by the sea, a final attempt to make a new life. Frank, his son and proud soldier comes to visit, secretly hoping to share Max's dream but finds his father in a more decrepit state than the hotel.

When two musical icons like Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis join forces for a concert, you know you're in for something special and this DVD delivers exactly that. Filmed over two nights in January 2007 at New York's Lincoln Center, this magical show sees Willie and Wynton combine their unique talents in a blend of jazz, blues and country music which takes in Willie Nelson originals, traditional songs and standards by the likes of Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Reed and Duke Ellington. The tracks are intercut with interview segments in which Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis give fascinating insights into the choice of songs they performed and the intoxicating mix of musical styles that resulted. 1) Rainy Day Blues 2) Georgia On My Mind 3) Bright Lights, Big City 4) Basin Street Blues 5) Caldonia 6) Night Life 7) Stardust 8) My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 9) Ain't Nobody's Business 10) Don't Get Around Much Anymore 11) Sweet Georgia Brown 12) That's All 13) Down By The Riverside

Every couple has two stories: the one they tell their children... and the real one.

On the day that a benefit concert for Darfur takes place in Barcelona, the inhabitants of this city are chiefly occupied with themselves. A short-tempered guy curses everyone crossing his path. A little later, we see him at work as a living statue. Meekly, he poses for a picture with a tourist. A thief robs her purse and runs through the alleys. On a scooter, the purse is taken to a suspicious-looking character, who is primarily interested in a concert ticket he finds . After these people, we follow countless other characters. We follow them for a few streets or catch snippets of conversations. Sometimes the topic is Darfur, but usually the urbanites are engaged in their daily worries.

Plan Rosebud 2 focuses on the Spanish Transition, the period that took place after the end of Franco's rule, placing it in its cultural context, as well as on the final years of the Labour Party's rule in Great Britain during the seventies and the rise of the conservative leader Margaret Thatcher. Through analysis of social movements and popular culture, the film attempts to dismantle the idea that a pact among the Spanish ruling elite, led by Adolfo Suárez and King Juan Carlos, "saved" Spain from a new civil war and paved the way for a "peaceful" transition to a democratic regime.

The new China as you've never seen it before through the astonishing work of the painters and sculptors currently through turning the art world on its head. Art historian and dealer Evan Hughes takes us on a fascinating journey to meet those responsible for arguably the greatest movement since Cubism. Many lived in poverty a decade ago but have now swapped their bicycles for luxury cars and shake their heads in wonder as their works fetch millions at auction in the west. Where do they get their inspiration? What makes their work so fresh? Join us for a visual feast to rival any Yum Cha. And get a unique insight into the artistic revolution accompanying China's emergence as a global power.

Barbie Borza, the son of an Italian emigrant, decides to organize a photo exhibition. A tribute to his forefathers of sort. He gathers about 5000 old black and white photographs borrowed by all the Italian families who have emigrated to Ireland over the past hundred years. The documentary follows Barbie in his quest and interviews members of other families who have emigrated into Ireland. The result is a melancholic, nostalgic and at times funny portrait of a unique community.

Niels Hausgaard's tour, 'I alle de rige lande' (In All the Rich Countries), featuring guitarist Chr. Alvad and singer Signe Svendsen, visited Odense on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And it was sold out. People got what they came for. As always, Niels Hausgaard's tour of 67 concerts is completely sold out—and it's easy to see why. He is Denmark's best seated stand-up comedian, managing to skewer the warlords Bush and Fogh with witty and funny angles, ridiculing Camre and the Langballe and Krarup cousins until there's not a dry eye in the house. He also exposes the creeping fascism at the Danish royal family's dinner tables, overflowing with marble cake and self-satisfaction.

After the disastrous C.I.D.-contamination in 2104 large areas of planet earth are still uninhabitable and the sun is still beclouded. There are no national structures left. Security companies like Polyradah Corp own and run the big cities. To secure them, Polyradah Corp controls the inhabitants and the permission to live there. Non-conformable citizens of Polyradah are detected and persecuted by the silver skulls, the security troop of Polyradah's CEO David Corash. Polyradah is surrounded by suburban slums called Enyradah. Crime, chaos and fear rule that world. The officially contamination-free Enyradah borders on Trisoma, the contaminated zone, a place where no one ever came back.

For centuries the Japanese warred among themselves and their neighbors, creating a colorful, rich and sometimes brutal legacy. Intriguing to outsiders for centuries, modern Japan is no less so In the 21st century. Focuses on Tokyo and its environs, with attention to scenery, shopping and shrines.

Marcel is a green sheep and often teased at school. But in his motley family, both frogs and sheep coexist.

Legendary Spanish actor and director Jacinto Molina, also known as Paul Naschy, tells the mythical story of Waldemar Daninsky, the cursed werewolf, his most iconic character; a relationship that began in 1968.

Under the tense reality of war and terror, enemies can sometimes find themselves in the same boat (or in the same bus).

Little novels from the life of the Leningrad poet Oleg Grigoriev. His fate, like his poems, is a flip-flop, where good and evil exist under the masks of each other.

By late 1944, the Western Allies were infected with over-confidence that flowed from the sweeping victories they had gained since the Breakout from Normandy and that by December had carried them to the very borders of the Third Reich. They were confident that the war would soon be over, but they were sadly mistaken. On December 16, German forces launched a massive attack through the Ardennes, the opening blows of Operation Watch on the Rhine, known to history as the Battle of the Bulge.

For a long time, i have wanted to construct a melodrama (animated) from the funky engraving of the 19th century which illustrated "young peoples" adventure stories. Eventually, through a great deal of selection, such a film fell into place. I have attempted to present the high emotional overlay of very mundane events in this "alchemical melodrama". To that end, Puccini combines with blatant sounds of police sirens and old door buzzers on the sound track, while "real" and nightmare images compete for screen time.

Bernie, Manuel, and Nestor just graduated from high school, and have no plans for the future. Unsatisfied with the opportunities Costa Rica presents, the boys decide to concentrate on mundane activities. However, over the course of a few days, key events in the boys' personal lives conspire to make a disinterested lifestyle difficult.

In New York Lantern and Photographic Phantoms, a new narrative lyricism and political outspokenness enters Gehr’s cinema, haunted now by ghosts, from long-ago travels and struggles, that are gifted with an uncanny voice and presence.

Another kind of utopia is presented in the films of Naomi Uman, whose search for her family roots in the Ukraine led her to move to the small village of Legedzine. In "Unnamed Film", she shoots the old bubushka ladies as they expertly prepare pickles, pick vegetables, and sing odes to vodka. Shot on 16mm with non-sync sound, it has an intimate, handmade quality, only heightened by the use of explanatory inter-titles in place of subtitles. Uman’s Ukrainain was weak, so she wanted the viewer to have the same experience as she did, just getting the gist of things. As with Uruphong’s work, there is a nostalgia for the old ways, which were self-sufficient but took an incredible toll on the body. The bubushkas complain about their aching backs and the never-ending poverty, spiking any drift towards romanticization.

Exposé of the CIA-financed efforts of the Edwards family of Chile to cover up the human rights abuses of the Pinochet dictatorship through its newspaper 'El Mercurio'.

White Out is the story of Nick Watson, host of Reality, a talk show on Norwalk University's WSKO radio station in northern New Hampshire. Just as he's closing down the show on the very last episode of his college radio career, he receives a disturbing on air phone call. It seems that Michelle Fullmer, his fiancé, his wife in nineteen days in fact, is cheating on him with none other than Richie Fontaine, Norwalk's Dust Devils' star quarterback. Too much for most people to handle. Compound this all with the freak blizzard that rages outside, dumping a very healthy amount of snow on the greater Norwalk area, keeping other hosts out of the studio, and stranding Nick inside with co-host Andy Wolcienski, producer Hannah Lorenz, and a great deal of anguish and fury. It would be up to Nick to be the better person, but it seems Nick doesn't have anything nice to say about his darling ex-fiancée. That won't stop him. The next twelve hours on the radio are going to be VERY interesting.

16 friends who snowboard and film; Stack Footy. Hundreds of good ideas, hundreds of bad ideas; Stack Footy. Thousands of tricks landed, one thousand more crashed; Stack Footy. Millions of magical moments captured by ones and zeros; Stack Footy. Billions of laughs, cries, smiles, smirks, jokes and moments of repose; Stack Footy.

The thirty-year-old returns to his home village after years.

Coming Attractions is a short film consisting of 4 interlinked fake movie trailers, each done in a different style. The first, 'The Restaurateur' is the story of a restaurant owner forced to return to a life of crime. The second, 'V-Squad' follows a quintet of sexy female assassins recruited by a government agency to battle organized crime. The third, 'La Venganza del Diablo Azul' features the luchador El Diablo Azul revived from the dead to seek revenge against those who murdered his family, and the fourth and final trailer, 'V-Squad Part 2' returns to the V-Squad as they face an army of vicious extra-terrestrial mutants.

MUSICALLY MAD takes you into the hearts and heads of the singers and soundmen, the backbone of the UK roots reggae sound systems. With them they bring the deepest bass and the highest chants, delivered by massive stacks of speakers and custom-built sound equipment. For some, attending a sound system dance is a religious experience, channelled through the music and the message. For others it`s the natural way to connect with the music they love. Either way, sound system culture is growing and changing.

The Candle demonstration in Bratislava of March 25, 1988 went down in history as one of the most significant public manifestations of resistance to the communist regime in the former Czechoslovakia. The gathering was a harbinger of the gentle revolution of November 17, 1989, which led to the fall of forty years of totalitarianism and the rise of democracy. The demonstration for religious freedom and human rights was organized two decades ago by people from the secret Catholic communities persecuted by the authorities at the time. They demanded the appointment of Catholic bishops for vacant Slovak dioceses, complete religious freedom and also the observance of human rights. As a result, the originally religious event acquired a broader civic dimension.