Cinematic Era: 2009 Vintage

A look at the making of 'The Rescue' featuring members of the original cast and crew. Featured on the DVD "Doctor Who: The Rescue", available in the DVD Box Set "Doctor Who: The Rescue & The Romans"

Three women from different cities in Latin America, they simultaneously face the same challenge: an unexpected pregnancy. They do not know each other, but a golden and invisible thread links their lives. Their stories cross-relate and meet in different points, despite the distance. Each one in her own city, culture, and personal environment, will walk the streets, traversing fantasies, fears, desires and joys, looking for a door towards their new life, with as much glam our as they possibly can. A movie with many exhilarate and dramatic situations presented in an impeccable frame, driven by fashion, music, and a very feminine and sophisticated touch. Three accents, three colors, three kinds of sound, three cities. A movie as mandatory for women as wearing make-up

Chechen boy Mansur, who was born and grew up during war in Chechnya, thanks to his mother Sacita’s persistence and his own talent, garners awards in dance contests all over the world, reminding people of his nation’s culture and valour.

Sweet Karolynne tells the tale of the little one who lends her name to the title of the film, her relationship with the pet rooster Jarbas, the singer Elvis Presley and her family.

To surprise her daughter on her birthday, a mother saves up and buys a second-hand cellphone. But before she can get home, accident befalls her and she ends up dead. The phone was stolen by a janitor who was trying to make ends meet. His excitement over the phone is cut short when strange things started happening. He along with his friend team up to uncover the truth behind the unusual phone and the mysterious voice that keeps on calling.

Bodybuilding is the pure narcissism. While the runner struggles against time and the weightlifter struggles with the weights, the bodybuilder only has his mirror. Exercise programs, diets and hours and hours in a training room are only the outside of an extreme discipline and eternal struggle for the ideal body. An ideal body that, to most people, seems absurd, but nonetheless has a fascinating power. Not least because most people in the western world even know about the hunt for the perfect body.

The story of one man's grief following the death of his wife. The film captures a desperate journey, played out against isolated highland landscapes.

Cocoy, 12, takes on a great responsibility of taking care of his older siblings while his mother, Mai, goes to the province to get money to pay the expensive hospital bills for her three mentally sick children. His mother is gone for two weeks and Cocoy’s struggle in managing his personal, school and home life is a nerve-racking challenge. In the end he faces truth and life head-on as he fights for his own sanity

Thai directors give their take on Thailand's capital city of Bangkok.

COLLISION carves a new path in documentary film-making as it pits leading atheist, political journalist and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens against fellow author, satirist and evangelical theologian Douglas Wilson, as they go on the road to exchange blows over the question: "Is Christianity Good for the World?". The two contrarians laugh, confide and argue, in public and in private, as they journey through three cities. And the film captures it all. The result is a magnetic conflict, a character-driven narrative that sparkles cinematically with a perfect match of arresting personalities and intellectual rivalry. COLLISION is directed by prolific independent filmmaker Darren Doane (Van Morrison: Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl, The Battle For L.A., Godmoney).

This DVD tells the full story of Michael Jackson from his entry into show-business through his brilliant career to date as a performer of extraordinary talent. Featuring previously unseen film footage, rare and exclusive interviews, contributions from those who have known him best and the finest broadcasters and journalists in the business, plus news reports, location shoots.

Gino finds the circus.

Rotterdam’s dance club and pop temple Nighttown closed in 2006. This music documentary contains exclusive images of legendary performances. Former directors, founders, bookers, stage managers and artists talk about the power of this venue.

The film is set around the problem of agrarian debt and farmer suicides in Maharashtra. Mouli (Bharat Jadhav), a farmer who ekes out a living on a 2 acre farm is trying his best to support his family. He is in debt to the tune of Rs. 10,000 to the local money lender (Uday Sabnis). Mouli's wife Manda (Madhavi Juvekar) tries her best to sustain the family on the little that they have. Mouli and Manda's children Shyam (Chinmay Kambli) and Dipti (Aarti More) go to the local school - and both are bright children who have a lot to look forward to. Shyam wants to become 'someone' and Dipti has her first crush ! When it seems that all is lost - including the land - and suicide is the only option - Shyam decides that he is not going to die and tries his best to save the family. What he does and the alternative to suicide and debt free farming (the word used in the film is swawalambhi) is the crux of the film.

Luisa is strange, but her life gets even stranger when she abruptly loses her job and her only companion, her cat Tino, dies. Looking for a way to lift her head, she finds a new way of life in the subway and realizes she's not as alone as she thought.

Elke is shocked: yesterday her sister Christa was looking after her kids, today she is dead. Suicide! And the nightmare is only just beginning: Christa leaves behind horrendous debts and a junk property that she financed with overpriced interest on a loan. The family's lawyer suspects that a real estate shark is in collusion with the bank and begins to investigate.

The cutting edge group known as transhumanists see a beautiful future brought about by artificial intelligence, life extension, and cybernetics. What one must realize before getting carried away with such utopian dreams is that transhumanism was born out of the elitist pseudo-science eugenics. This documentary provides vital information on the history of eugenics and its new cutting edge transformation.

This short documentary tells the story of a cheese—the famous Oka—and of the monks who make it. The Trappists in Oka, Quebec, began making the cheese around 1890, when a Trappist monk from France taught them the recipe, which dates back to the 11th century. Today, Brother Albéric continues to make the cheese at an abbey in Manitoba according to traditional methods and a secret recipe written in a mysterious notebook.

Eva Simon is actually a woman who can not be shaken by anything: Together with the family of her son Theo, she lives contentedly on a former farm in the picturesque Rheingau, where she practically does the housework on her own and takes care of her grandchildren Lilli and Nico, while Theo and his wife Marlene pursue their professions. But that the young, fun-loving photographer Jonathan Wolf is now moving into a side building of the courtyard and setting up his studio precisely where Eva once ran her beloved cabaret - that's too much for the self-confident woman in her mid-fifties.

Sergio is a drama teacher for children. Through his classes we learn something about him and his students. Pain is above fear. Children can only act as children. A child cannot act as a policeman, an old man, a prostitute, for example. The great advantage of a child is that he is the only one who can act as a child naturally. Therefore, their greatest competitors are animals.

After his mother's death, a young man edits the family's home videos to bring back her image. As he delves into the occult he begins to reveal the paradoxical magic of memories and cinema.

Expecting another enemy, Haru is instead approached by Sho, a bespectacled honor student from an elite prep school. Sho, partnered with the ruthless Kenshin, is running an underground fight ring called “Fight Club” and tries to recruit Haru. Haru refuses to turn fighting into business—but the Fight Club targets his friends to force his hand. The club leader is beaten senseless, Shingo is sent to intensive care, and the ring ignites with delinquent pride on the line.

In December 1974, a Spanish filmmaker named Sergio del Monte died under strange circumstances while shooting his debut film. Only a few people were able to see the footage that had been captured, and they all allegedly went blind or suffered the same fate as the director. The producers made the negatives disappear, however some cans filed in an Italian laboratory appear to have survived...

Three attempts of hypnosis on children.

A polka kingdom crumbles in this documentary tracing the rise and fall of dubious duple meter master Jan Lewan. A Grammy-nominated polka superstar who defected from Poland to the West in the 1970s, Lewan created a musical empire that made him an internationally-recognized figure. When scandal erupted and Lewan's shady dealings were revealed, fans couldn't believe that their hero had committed one of the largest polka-related financial crimes in history.

To quote the original Youtube description: "The best movie ever made".

A televised broadcast of a play: the anxieties of an author who, with each new play, thinks only through the prism of media coverage. Thus, each critical response turns into a veritable exaltation of moods.

A short film by Edwin Mcgill.

The Bedfords tells the story of Sir Edwin Landseer, a famed artist and favourite portrait painter of Queen Victoria. The film opens on Landseer as he travels from his studio in London to the Highlands of Scotland to visit The Bedford family whose portrait he has been commissioned to paint. After the long coach journey north Landseer awakes and makes a sleepy entrance to the Highland home of The Bedfords. The domineering Duke of Bedford welcomes Landseer as the family gather in the drawing room to meet this famous London artist, a celebrity of his day.

Join us as we follow Barack Obama on his historic journey to the Democratic nomination and the American Presidency. We will take you to his first triumph in the Iowa Caucuses through pivotal primary campaign moments to his game-changing nomination as the Democratic Party s candidate for President of the United States. Then relive the dramatic to and fro of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates as the national opinion polls mimicked the action. And finally, join the crowd at Grant Park in Chicago to watch Barack Obama announce his breathtaking election victory to become Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful nation in the world.

Plague follows the journey of Vilhelm, a lone Latvian refugee, trying to escape a shady past of trafficking guns. He travels to Britain, feeling certain that he has put the worst behind him. The reality he finds is a living nightmare, the dead have risen to consume the living.

A woman sitting in front of a screen: we do not know if it is day or night outside. In this place, the light of the screens dominates that of time. The inner voice of this woman recounts a solitary and reclusive life and her confusion in front of an old black and white photograph that she has just e

Thomas wants nothing more than to start a family. His live-in transvestite boyfriend wants nothing less than to start a family.

Referring to Newton’s theory of colour and light, Searching for White uses 16mm film to mix colours. We see a white wall in an industrial building, on which a three-metre-high (imperfect) colour wheel has been painted. Slowly, the image begins to tilt and rotate around its axis. This acceleration almost mixes the colours of the wheel, creating green. As it rotates, a black spot appears in the image. Mater begins to paint the wheel and changes the colours one by one, shifting the wheel from green to blue and eventually, after accelerating, to almost white.

Alexis is a 32-year-old white woman married to Alain, an African from Rwanda. This documentary focuses on Alexis giving birth in her parents home. As her parents and great-grandmother look on, a calm mid-wife delivers ten and a half pound Jazmine. The documentary is Interspersed with interviews with Alexis, her husband, Alexis' parents, the soon to be great-grandmother and the midwife.

On June 21 2007, the Howard Federal Government launched an intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. It was one of the most dramatic policy shifts in the history of Aboriginal affairs. Relentless media attention focuses on ideological arguments for and against the Intervention, while the voices of those affected by the policy are rarely heard. For this film more than 40 Alice Springs town camp residents were interviewed in depth over the course of eight months to find out the answer to the question - is it working?

Jon Jost: "RANT is a discursive portrait of Steven Lack, actor (Cronenberg's Scanners, Alan Moyle's Rubber Gun, Jost's All the Vermeers in New York) and full-time painter/artist in the New York scene since the late 1970's. The film provides a glimpse of this world through Lack's friends, dealers, and family, while showcasing his paintings and sculptures, and giving an insight into the creative processes of this driven artist."

Report on the nightmarish finds in our bread.

The story of Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis, while trying to rescue Jews in WWII.

The story about the last man to be sentenced to death in Portugal.

When Lila befriends Reina and Vivin, her problems begin when both Reina and her fall for Ferry. One day, Reina take them to her parents’ villa, planning to get rid of Lila. Then when Lila is forced to swim in a lake, her asthma is triggered and she dies. Reina, Vivin, Ben and Ferry decide to put Lila’s body in an old abandoned house near the lake, and return to Jakarta. Vivin is haunted by nightmares about the old house and finally decides to return and try to bury Lila. But Lila's body has disappeared and soon, the friends start getting killed. Only Vivin remains. Feeling guilty, Vivin finally tells the truth to Yunita, Lila’s sister. They both return to the old house and manage to uncover its mystery.

Les Enfoirés font leur cinéma (2009) is the 18th concert performance by the French charity supergroup Les Enfoirés.

Normandy, 1905. The picnic is finished. A group of middle-class people in their Sunday best, get ready to go home. There is one last photo to be taken, but somebody is missing

Magno Mainak is a 2009 crime thriller based on the novel of same name by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. It was directed by Swapan Ghosal and produced by New Wave Communications. This is the third Byomkesh Bakshi film adaptation. Subhrajit Dutta played Byomkesh while Rajarshi Mukherjee played Ajit. Piyali Munsi, Rupanjana Mitra, Gargi Roychowdhury and Biplab Chatterjee acted in other roles.

A woman works as a maid and has almost no time for her own child.

Pastor Jens Steffensen is actually a dyed-in-the-wool northerner. However, at the request of his old university friend Clemens Stölzer, he pulls up stakes in St. Pauli and takes on a small parish deep in the south. On his arrival in picturesque Fischbach, Jens initially experiences a culture shock. He also almost runs over Sophie Strohmayr's cat, thereby incurring her wrath. To make up for his mistake, he offers Sophie, who has just lost her job at the local dairy, the vacant position of housekeeper in the vicarage. Although Sophie has left the church, she accepts the offer after a moment's hesitation.

Michel Vaujour, former thief and mobster, always chose making a break for freedom over a life behind bars, adventure over a life of submission. He has spent 27 years in prison, 17 of those in solitary confinement. He succeeded in carrying out amazing escapes with toy guns, worthy of a Hollywood script, including a daring helicopter breakout from the roof of a jail. He was finally released on parole in 2003. This documentary is an uplifting and universal story of a remarkable transformation. Michel Vaujour's greatest escape was not from jail but from himself. The liberation of the mind and ultimately, the soul. His isolation forced him to continuously confront himself. The reward has been self-enlightenment.

Ethan is a hardcore alcoholic due to the fact that his wife has left him. One night, in desperation, he calls a fantasy escort company. The girl who is sent over happens to be a real vampire. The two end up forming a strong connection with each other.

At the far end of the world, there exists a chain of strange islands, steeped in controversy. The Mysterious Islands is the story of one boy and a team of researchers who take an amazing adventure to the heart of the mystery in search of clues that will expose the truth in a centuries-old dispute. This beautiful documentary was shot at “ground zero” of Darwinism. It takes viewers deep beneath the

Shivan Kutty, a jobless youth, is unable to repay his mounting debts. However, his life turns upside down when he is mistaken for Jeevan, a wealthy businessman and his lookalike.

A story which happened in a small town in Bohol in 2005. Twenty one pupils died and almost a hundred were hospitalized after eating cassava cakes sold by an old woman, who might have accidentally used pesticide in her ingredients.

Swedish/Estonian writer Mare Kandre (1962-2005): "It's about life and death and it must always be." "She brought her the truth," says Johan von Sydow, referring to the rock mythos and artistic romantic law that is about to die young.