Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel through the country, the band visits a wide variety of venues, from a large outdoor festival to a coffee shop.
In 2007, Stewart Lee was voted the 41st best stand-up of all time in an official Channel 4 poll, apparently better than Lenny Bruce but not as good as Jim Davidson. But what real difference does this accolade make? His TV pilot has been cancelled and his mother still thinks the 1970s game show host Tom O'Connor is funnier than him.
A chronological account of the influential late 1970s English rock band.
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.
What would you see and experience if the clocks rolled forward 50 years? In a unique blend of drama and science, this three-part series shows you the world of tomorrow. Will we have flying cars? Will advances in medicine help us stay young forever? What about "printing" custom-made vital organs? What will our cities look like? What will tomorrow's wars be about? Will we have robots helping around the house? Will solar power be the new oil? Supported by the world's leading scientists and research institutes, we embark on a quest to answer some of society's most fundamental questions and reveal the dramas of tomorrow's world along the way. State-of-the-art computer graphics in combination with a dynamic story line will create a world usually only seen in feature films, but with the accuracy and relevance of a documentary. This series is all about opening the window of our future based on science fact, not science fiction.
Filminstruktøren Michael Moore går igen i kødet på magthaverne i USA. Denne gang i en film om det amerikanske sundhedssystem, der ikke ser for godt ud i forhold til lande som England, Frankrig og Cuba. Flere end 900 lobbyister får deres navn i både tabloidaviser og den meget velrenommerede ’The Washington Post i forbindelsen med premieren. Og det er ikke for det gode deres navn bliver nævnt. Instruktøren Michael Moore inviterer de registrerede lobbyister til gratis at se hans seneste film ’SiCKO’, der er et angreb på netop deres arbejde. Moore risikerer, at SiCKO bliver forbudt i USA - fordi en lille del af den, er optaget på Cuba, hvilket af nogen opfattes som en overtrædelse af den amerikanske embargo mod øen.
On December 23, 2013, former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt will be 95 years old. As the second Social Democratic head of government in the Federal Republic of Germany, he shaped the country like few other chancellors. Even 30 years after the end of his time in government, he is still a highly esteemed expert whose advice and opinions are in demand. He is one of the most popular chancellors among the population and is held in the highest esteem by his party; even his political opponents at the time pay him the greatest respect.
I 1980´erne fejede en voldsbølge ind over Miami. Colombianske narkobaroner sloges om markedsandele, politi og narkotikasmuglere sloges mod mafiaen. Enorme summer stod på spil, og i krydsilden befandt lokalbefolkningen sig. På kort tid blev Miami forvandlet fra et søvnigt pensionistsamfund til et glamourøst - og kriminelt - hot spot.
Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruption, rests within a gross ignorance about what guides human behavior to begin with. It address the true source of the instability in our society, while offering the only fundamental, long-term solution."
USA’s politiske provokatør og dokumentarist nr. 1, Michael Moore, viger aldrig tilbage for at fortælle de sandheder ingen andre tør omtale. Heller ikke i denne film, hvor han afslører de begivenheder og relationer, der førte til terrorhandlingerne 11. september 2001. Og han går ikke stille med dørene - blandt andet fremhæves mistænksomme og lyssky forbindelser mellem Bush og Bin Laden-familierne, samt særlige olie-interesser, der skulle være af betydelig, afgørende karakter for den krig USA fører i Irak!
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. This documentary explores how a series of deadly encounters between American citizens and federal law enforcement—including the standoffs at Ruby Ridge and Waco—led to it.
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their product abroad where labor is cheaper while so many Americans are unemployed, losing their jobs, and would happily be hired by such companies as Nike.
Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand what went wrong.
One night, 18 year old Lena is bitten by Louise, leader of a female vampire trio that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Her newfound vampiric lifestyle is a blessing and a curse at the same time. At first, she enjoys the limitless freedom, the luxury, the parties. But soon the murderous blood lust of her comrades in arms proves too much for her, and she falls dangerously in love with Tom, a young undercover cop.
En dramatiseret undersøgelse af sundhedsspørgsmål og sociale konsekvenser af Amerikas kærlighedsaffære med fastfood.
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.
Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
Da Norvanias konge bliver snigmyrdet, fabrikeres der anklager imod den legendariske Skorpionkonge Mathayus for denne forbrydelse, og han må bekæmpe et helt kongeriges soldater. Mathayus (Victor Webster) og hans tilbageværende allierede er nu sidste håb for at standse den onde arving til tronen. I filmen medvirker Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk) og en stjernebesætning af kæmpere, inklusive Roy ”Big Country” Nelson (vinder af Ultimate Fighter), Royce Gracie (UFC Hall of Fame) og Don Wilson (tredobbelt verdensmester i kickboxing).
Under en helaftens, narkotika-drevne fest på et forladt asyl kendt for den rædselsvækkende behandling af sine patienter, en gruppe af almindelige teenagere beslutter at eksperimentere med det okkulte, på mystisk vis fører til en voldelig besiddelse. I et forsøg på at finde hjælp, gruppen siv at flygte, blot for at finde sig selv låst inde uden kommunikationsmidler. Temperament blusser, trusts er brudt, og i forsøg på at redde en af deres venner besat af dæmonen, amatører forsøger at udføre en eksorcisme. I stedet for at løse problemet, og ukendt for dem, de frigøre en endnu mere kraftfuld og hævngerrig ånd, den ene med en særskilt motiv, og som vil have dem alle døde. Teen eneste chance for at overleve er at afdække asyl dybe mysterier og finde en vej ud, før det er for sent.