A short comedy spoof about Universal Monsters and their everyday unconventional work done at their very own talent agency for their movies.
Film about an unemployed, socially handicapped bachelor who lives in a very small world. For his birthday, his mother gives him a young dog. The touching pup brings about a pleasant change in his lonely life. But the growing up of the small dog forces him to make a radical choice.
Pretty Bloody: The Women of Horror is a television documentary film that premiered on the Canadian cable network Space on February 25, 2009. The hour-long documentary examines the experiences, motivations and impact of the increasing number of women engaged in horror fiction, with producers Donna Davies and Kimberlee McTaggart of Canada's Sorcery Films interviewing actresses, film directors, writers, critics and academics. The documentary was filmed in Toronto, Canada; and in Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York in the US.
Een gemeenschap wordt belegerd als drie studentes van de Belmont Highschool vermist raken, zonder enig spoor van hun verblijfplaats. De politie staat onder druk om de verantwoordelijke daders te arresteren. De vrouwelijke undercover-detective Maggie Rawdon (Jessica Sonnerborn) doorzoekt de gangen van de school op zoek naar aanwijzingen en komt Belmont High binnen als een transferstudent in een poging de afschuwelijke verdwijning van de studenten op te lossen. Maggie maakt een paar nieuwe vrienden en wordt uitgenodigd voor een privé-rave in het land. Maar net als de groep begint te vermoeden dat ze een verkeerde afslag hebben genomen, wordt de val geopend en ontdekt Maggie uit de eerste hand welk lot de vermiste meisjes is overkomen.
De auteur, J.R.R. Tolkien zelf (gespeeld door Zinovij Gerdt), vertelt ‘zijn’ verhaal: het leven van Bilbo Baggins, een rustige en plezierige hobbit, wordt op zijn kop gezet als hij besluit zich bij de tovenaar Gandalf en een gezelschap van dertien dwergen aan te sluiten in een poging een van laatstgenoemde gestolen schat terug te winnen. [Sovjet-tv-filmaanpassing van 'The Hobbit']
De Aum Shinrikyo, een Boeddhistische sekte geleid door Shoko Asahara. In 1995 was de sekte verantwoordelijk voor de sarin-gas aanvallen in de metro van Tokio. We zien wat ze eten, waar ze slapen en hoe ze reageren op kritisch onderzoek van de media.
A documentary about unemployed people who bought fruit and vegetables at moderate prices at the wholesale market and sold these in the streets of Frankfurt. Since they had no permits they were constantly with their bulky carts on the run from the police. One part of the film was shot at the fairgrounds in front of the wholesale market. Newspaper and lottery ticket vendors, propagandists offering their ware for a few pfennigs, all convey the mood of a time when need made people inventive.
Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him.
Before the three feature films, Mario Schifano directs the camera towards the people around him to create real film diaries. His friends, his time partner and the artists he frequented are portrayed in their everyday life or object of the mechanical gaze of the camera, a filter through which to look at the outside world.
The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been produced for the past three years to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s episode, Milestones, focuses on how different groups of Asian Americans mark the milestones throughout their lives.
Adela Peeva explores the national origin of a song common amongst a set of countries, and finds that the answer is not as simple as one might think.
The story of an abused young man who decides to take matters into his own hands, but...
Bekend om zijn onmiskenbare trapsgewijze strijkers en opnames als Charmaine, betoverde Mantovani de wereld met zijn sublieme arrangementen. Dit is het verhaal van de man en zijn muziek.
An unsupervised junior soccer team loses its ace player to the leader of a rival gang. Since only an entire team can win, they must have her back to be able to win the game against the national team. The existence of The Wild Soccer Bunch is at stake ...
A doomsday pepper is surprised to find a mysterious box appear in his living room with no trace as to how it could've gotten there.
In our current world, where worth is often gauged by online popularity, an economy has developed for paying for followers and likes. Through access inside the “click-farms” of Bangladesh, Like explores the multi-million dollar industry that grows social media followings for celebrities and brands alike.
Through seven scenes, the film follows the life and destinies of stray dogs from the margins of our society, leading us to reconsider our attitude towards them. Through the seven “wandering” characters that we follow at different ages, from birth to old age, we witness their dignified struggle for survival. At the cemetery, in an abandoned factory, in an asylum, in a landfill, in places full of sorrow, our heroes search for love and togetherness. By combining documentary material, animation and acting interpretation of the thoughts of our heroes, we get to know lives between disappointment and hope, quite similar to ours.