Cinematic Era: 2009 Vintage

Homage to Fernando Pessoa and the city that lies next to the Tagus River.

Herminia, a woman heavy with children, with her four children in tow witnesses her husband being forcibly taken, tortured, and murdered by henchmen of an unscrupulous, land-grabbing politician due to disputes in land ownership. After being hunted down by these henchmen, they flee their hometown and in the process, Herminia's eldest son and only daughter get separated from them. Herminia and her three boys end up living in the city's slums. 15 years later, each of the boys turns to a life of crime one gets incarcerated for killing his wife, one becomes a robber and kidnapper and the other one becomes a drug dealer.

An up close and personal look into the notorious yet underground Gathering of the Juggalos, an annual festival of music, wrestling, debauchery and kinship hosted by Insane Clown Posse & Psychopathic Records.

Hafiz, a Palestinian-Australian doctor, is faced with the dilemma on whether to save the life of his fugitive brother intent on committing a suicide attack.

Focuses on the intense life of the French painter Raymond Monvosin and his relationship with his devoted assistant Clara Filleul, and his associations with political and high-society figures of the mid-nineteenth century.

About the relationship of a man and a woman who, despite the trials that fell to their lot, even in adulthood managed to maintain a taste for life and faith in love. Their feelings have survived the pain of loss and separation, but still have not lost their strength. And although at first the characters try to hide their emotions and experiences, deceive not only each other, but also themselves, as a result, love wins and puts everything in its place...

A single guy walks into a seemingly normal restaurant filled with couples, but when he realizes the menu is filled with sexual acts, he doesn't know what to order and things start to get uncomfortable.

In the five years since human traffickers kidnapped his daughter Vincent has traveled the world and left a bloody wake behind him. Now he has found the town where his daughter is being held and the pimp who's keeping her. Over one night in Solo, Mexico Vincent is determined to fulfill the promise he made years ago: get his daughter back and kill the man who took her.

After a young girl’s crush on an older, popular boy erupts into a stolen kiss and a jealous confrontation with his girlfriend, she turns the most embarrassing moment of adolescence into her secret weapon in a gloriously awkward high school war. Winner of the DGA Award for Best Short Film

This documentary views the career of WWE superstar Jeff Hardy

Two young men are preparing to cross the border between Mexico and the United States.

The Jolly Roger represents THE ultimate personification of the Pirate ethos. It remains, as it was at the beginning of the 18th century, the insignia of people who do not consider themselves bound by the usual rules of engagement. Two dozen riders from 12 different countries caught on 16 mm, each bringing their unique style and together raising the flag once again. The crew chased shots across 3 continents, from the mountains of Salt Lake City to the alpine snowfields of Kitzbuhel to the active volcanoes of Kamchatka. Expect innovative backcountry snowboarding, creative city jibs and sh*t loads of powder, all wrapped up in the typical analog Pirate style.

Anamnesis is a handmade diary film exploring home, memory, and history through heavily processed painterly sequences.

Zach and his wife Sam live a happy life. Zach has a desire for his wife to have a lesbian experience as well. But one day Sam actually falls in love with a woman.

In this video appreciation, created in 2009, we present filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda’s observations on THE HUMAN CONDITION and director Masaki Kobayashi.

Travel to the edge of space and beyond to discover natures ultimate abyss black holes. Explore where they are found, how they begin, and how it may be possible to harness and use the power they produce. In Monster Black Holes, scientists steadily piece together the complex dynamics of a black holes birth and are also examine the growth of a select few black holes to super massive proportions that dominate the centers of galaxies. As a monster black hole swallows everything in its path, it generates energy that shapes the universe around it in powerful ways. Journey into the heart of a black hole and explore what happens to matter when it falls into a black hole, and whether the Milky Way galaxy will one day come to an end when the black hole at the galaxy's center explodes.

A spoiled schoolgirl, her overworked executive mother, and a disillusioned young minister each receives an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a friendly, but mysterious drifter.

Three young men, all of them outsiders, become friends: Richy (16), who is teased at school, Tim (16), who has moved from the west with his parents and has difficulties getting used to his new life, and Marco (18), who has problems coping with his parents' separation and the rejection he experiences from his father. Richy admires the strong and uncommunicative Marco.

Simone, an eleven years old, lives in the countryside with his irascible father, who constantly punishes him forbidding him to leave. However, the boy's thirst for adventure is such that just leaking. Then undertakes the search for a mythical being, Man Match, which can fulfill your deepest desires.

Distraught by a recent breakup, Tony moves into a new house while he finishes his latest book. But what begins as a peaceful setting for his composition, turns deadly. He finds himself implicated in a murder and locked in a fight for his life against someone or something in the house.

In this trio of edgy tales, Eugene spends his energy and inheritance on trying out new ways of having sex; a young brother and sister pop prescription pills as if they were candy; and a grieving father torments a weapon manufacturer's family. This highly suspenseful and provocative set of stories from writer-director Adrian Selkowitz also features Jim Storm, Alec Clawson, Katie Kocis, Drew Watson and Kelly Costa.

Prem is helpful to his friends and solves their problem related love and so he is called 'Loveguru'. From the marriage ceremony of Sathi, he helps to elope her with her lover Sobuj who was going to commit suicide not to get her. While running away from the marriage, Prem meets Priya who was celebrating her birthday. Considering him as spoiled brat, Priya starts despise Prem. While apprehending his guilt, Prem falls in love with her. On the other hand, Prem becomes enemy of Bablu, a mafia, who was the groom of the marriage. Bablu sends his men to kill Prem several times but failed and they find that Prem is lover of Priya, Bablu's sister. Bablu gets more furious at this.

A young man learns that people don't expect others to have good intentions.

Frankie is dying. Irene hasn't forgiven him. And they are racing against time to find their way home. Frankie needs help and Irene is the one he turns to. He must go home one last time. And, like so many times before, Irene is extending herself beyond her common sense. The two set out on a journey that becomes more than getting home; confronting the past, love, understanding, and self discovery. Barking Water is a tale of great love that looks at what brings us all together. It's a tale of home...and what it takes to get there.

Tatsuya Shirakawa, the acting head of the Kurosu clan, who has ruled Shibuya, where outlaws are thriving, and has reached the top of the underworld, is planning to expand his power to the outer cities. In the midst of all this, Hirabayashi of the Ginsei Kai, who is after Shirakawa's life, unleashes three gunmen. Then, an old chivalrous man's deadly bullet pierces Shirakawa's chest...

The Chinatown in Milan is highly problematic, recording several murders a year, perpetrated with meat-axes, in the streets, by the light of the sun. When an Italian guy asks a Chinese girl's hand in marriage, this triggers a domino-like plot of confrontations among a crowd of characters. Starting from the focus on one of the largest and oldest Chinatowns in Europe, the film carries the spectators into a universal metaphor on hatred and dreams between West and China.

Hamilton Souther is the founder of Blue Morpho Tours, a company that caters to ayahuasca tourists in the Peruvian Amazon. Souther talks about the events that led him to Amazonian shamanism. Five first-time ayahuasca drinkers on a nine-day retreat with Blue Morpho relate their experiences.

El Mono, Maikel, Balde, Mafia, Mariano and Memo are six bricklayers who decide to appear in a beat band contest to fulfill their dream: dedicate themselves to music and barbecue. On the way to the contest, in which they are divided to fulfill different objectives (gather instruments, beat clothes, groupies, etc.), they will be caught in the most hilarious adventures in which they will be helped by strange characters.

Air traffic controller Johann Lenders has just taken over the night shift in the tower at Zurich Airport when he notices an irregularity on the radar screen: two planes on a collision course. His efforts to avert the impending collision fail. A Russian passenger plane and a German cargo plane collide, killing 71 people. Meanwhile, Yuri Balkayev waits at Barcelona airport for his wife and two children to arrive - in vain. His family are among the victims of the Überlingen accident. Unable to comprehend the news of his loss, he sets off in search of those responsible. Johann Lenders is also completely distraught, he can hardly believe the disaster. He feels compelled to apologize to the relatives of the victims - but Katharina Rohl, a lawyer at air traffic control, forbids him to do so on behalf of the company boss.

Sam identifies himself as a psychopath. Filmmaker Ian Walker takes him on a diagnostic journey to be analysed by psychologists and neurologists. But Ian hasn’t considered the reality of spending time with someone with a serious personality disorder, or the effect that the diagnosis will have on Sam himself – or his wife.

A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof.

A family's secret conceals the existence of something monstrous, which lurks within the confines of a vast salvage yard.

A black comedy about a man struggling to make a living by helping people kill themselves.

Tuscany, 1890. In the woods near a village, a mummy is found in the trunk of a tree. The priest has the brilliant idea of passing it off as the relic of the patron saint and takes it to the church, announcing a solemn celebration. Shortly before the service, however, the creature awakens, revealing a completely unpredictable nature.

The story of Clärenore Stinnes, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe in a car. In 1927, she started her expedition together with two technicians and the Swedish cameraman Carl-Axel Söderström. The team has 48,000 kilometers ahead of them. From the very beginning, the daring circumnavigation is overshadowed by problems: wars, attacks...

Follows unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States.

Kirk Douglas recounts his remarkable life in a celebrated one-man theater performance augmented with rare film highlights. He shares memories of family, marriages, other Hollywood greats, breaking the blacklist and his life-altering stroke – all with honesty and humor.

Actress Tina moves to Germany after falling in love. After two American friends fly over to visit, the three are all kidnapped by an sadistic maniac. He plays brutal and primitive games with them, and every attempt they make to escape leads them deeper into hell!

About an ensemble cast of characters, the story driven by Jackie and Tucker, two lost souls whose lives are intercepted by a mysterious kidnapping.

In this new video interview with Tatsuya Nakadai, conducted in 2009, the screen legend discusses his landmark role as Kaji in THE HUMAN CONDITION.

Johannes Friederich Selinger is in his mid-30s and has nothing to show for his life apart from failure. Only the dream of becoming famous keeps him on track. He is now prepared to take drastic measures to achieve this. Together with two friends, he sets off for the USA, where he wants to make a movie like no other before, starring himself and his new identity John Frederik Salinger: he wants to sacrifice one body part after another in front of the camera in order to win the admiration of the masses.

In June of this year we were fortunate enough to return to Mexico City for three sold out shows at Foro Sol Stadium and with 155,000 of you there over the three nights, we knew it would be extra special. So we asked our friend Wayne Isham to join us with a film crew and the results of that crazy, magical, most memorable long weekend are shown here on this single disc pressing.

Breaking and entering, gang fights-it's not the lifestyle you would imagine inside the posh Mount Edgecombe Estate in Durban, South Africa. But for our primate cousins, the vervet monkey, just trying to protect their turf is all in a day's work. This group of mischievous vervet monkeys bring action and drama to every street corner. Over the course of a year, two rival gangs, the Pani Troop and the Sugar Cane Gang, will vie for prime real estate. See who will win.

A German-accented leprechaun named Khan and a giant platypus named Manny attempt to retrieve a ball, pretending that the patch of grass surrounding it is lava.

Overview of Prog Rock history in the UK: Documentary about progressive music and the generation of bands that were involved, from the international success stories of Yes, Genesis, ELP, King Crimson and Jethro Tull to the trials and tribulations of lesser-known bands such as Caravan and Egg.

Carla is abandoned by her husband while vacationing on a national park. There she finds herself stranded with a Norwegian backpacker and a former pop star.

1959 - this is the hot wasp summer, when half of the Swedes stay up 'til three in the morning and listens to the WC match between Ingo and Floyd. Rock-Olga and Rockande Samen are successful and My Fair Lady draws large audiences to the Oscars. Olle Möller is indicted for the murder of Rut Lind from Fjugesta and ATP is hammered through in the Riksdag after Ture Königson cast his vote

The documentary follows six Americans with diabetes who change their diet, showcasing their transformations and the power of nutrition in reversing Type II Diabetes.

A horror-comedy of errors, Die-ner (get it?) explores the existential dilemma of a sociopath killer who runs into the unique problem of his victims rising from the dead...

A film documenting the soulful art, environments, and voices of self-taught artists on the back roads of the American South.

During the Rosariazo of 1969, two young people, a university activist and theater student and a freelance photographer and cameraman for a TV channel, fall in love.

From Colorado to Qatar, California and France, this documentary follows a year in the life of the U.S.-based professional cycling team Slipstream -- a group that's made it their mission to restore the good name of cycling. Sure, the guys -- including Swede Magnus Backstedt and Brit David Millar -- wouldn't mind a Tour de France invite, but they're even more passionate about inspiring the next generation of cyclists.

Forever Plaid is an affectionate musical homage to the close-harmony 'guy groups' that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s. This quartet of high-school chums, and their earnest dreams of recording an album, ended (symbolically, and even literally) in death, when their cherry red '54 Mercury collided with a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles' American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The girls were fine. The play begins with the wondrous and wondering Plaids returning from the afterlife for one final chance at musical glory.

The making-of featurette of Andrzej Wajda's 2007 film Katyń.

London Live: Lady Gaga Special presented by Sara Cox.

Yurume moves from the country side to a little room in Tokyo to go to cram school. She shares the house with three other cram schoolers. Through short stories, their experiences of life while preparing for university are shown.

The lives of three extraordinary African women from different social levels and origins determined to bring about radical transformations in their day to day realities: Kenyan attorney and reputed lawyer Njoki Ndung'u, Puthi Ragophala the committed school principal of a remote South African village and Zimbabwean housewife-entrepreneur, Amai Rosie.