En gruppe amerikanske turister ankommer til Paris, og en forvirret franskmand forsøger ihærdigt at overholde en aftale, uden held. For mange af os fremstår samfundet som en labyrint fuld af faldgruber. Således også for Hr. Hulot. Som en nysgerrig opdagelsesrejsende drager han til det mest moderne superkompleks i Paris. Et garanteret støvfrit miljø af plast og stålrør, komplet med flyveterminal, superluksushotel og en varemesse for opfindelser som ingen behøver. Her findes alt - undtagen fantasi. To verdener mødes og kolliderer. Den gamle, foretrukket af Hulot, som forsøger at forstå hvad som sker omkring ham, og den nye hvor mennesker forsøger at tøjle sin utryghed ved hjælp af teknik.
On the south face of Annapurna, at 7,400 metres, Iñaki Ochoa de Olza is dying. His rope companion sounds the alarm. And, from the other side of the world, the biggest rescue attempt in the history of the Himalayas gets underway. For four days a dozen men including some of the best mountaineers in the world, from ten countries, set out to try to rescue their stricken comrade. Even beyond his peaks Iñaki is an exceptional man. As exceptional as the rescue attempt itself and the men who risked their lives to save him. Exceptional because their one driving rule is to live. To live in the only way possible: with pure intensity and honesty.
A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.
Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
This ground-breaking cinéma-vérité classic documents five weeks in the lives of twelve residents of a home for emotionally disturbed children. It is the first in the form that King later described as actuality drama. All the action is spontaneous and undirected, with neither interviews nor narration. The theme is the outrage of life. The children asked the filmmakers, Why is it that whenever pictures of us are put in the papers, our faces are blacked out. What is so awful about us that we cant be seen? They wanted to be filmed so that they could be seen.
Filmed in the Inner Mongolian portion of the Gobi Desert, this film follows a group of oil field workers as they go about their daily routine.
Inspired by a magician named Shiny Chariot, the lively Akko Kagari enters the Little Witch Academy with the dream of one day becoming as cool as her idol.
I 1600-tallet rejser to jesuiterpræster, Rodrigues og Garrpe, fra Portugal til Japan for at finde deres forsvundne mentor, fader Ferreira, som rygtes at være faldet fra troen. De ankommer til et uforsonligt og fremmed rige, hvor kristendommen er bandlyst, og al kontakt med den vestlige verden er uønsket. Shogunstyrets tortur af kristne præster bevæger Rodrigues til at gruble over Guds manglende indgriben.
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
Sarasota, Florida, 1974. Christine er utrættelig i sin stræben efter at blive nyhedsvært på en lokal tv-station. Hun har øje for nuancer og interesse i social retfærdighed og ender konstant med skændes med sin chef, som presser på for at få saftigere og blodigere historier. Plaget af usikkerhed og et tumultarisk hjemmeliv stiger Christines dalende håb, da en nyhedsværtkollega indleder et venskab, der igen ender som ugengældt kærlighed. Desillusioneret træffer Christine et dystert valg.
Documentary on the Shackleton Antartic expedition. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in and the crew of his vessel 'The Endurance', which was trapped in the ice floes and frigid open ocean of the Antarctic in 1914. Shackleton decided, with many of his crew injured and weak from exposure and starvation, to take a team of his fittest men and attempt to find help. Setting out in appalling conditions with hopelessly inadequate equipment, they endured all weather and terrain and finally reached safety. Persuading a local team of his confidence that the abandoned team would still be alive, he set out again to find them. After almost 2 years trapped on the ice, all members of the crew were finally rescued.
"Trouble the Water" takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall--just blocks away from the French Quarter but far from the New Orleans that most tourists knew. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, is turning her new video camera on herself and her Ninth Ward neighbors trapped in the city. Weaving an insider's view of Katrina with a mix of verité and in-your-face filmmaking, it is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes--two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.
Arbejderen Thierry har mistet sit job, og forsøger at få tilværelsen til at hænge sammen for familien. Han må igennem mange nedværdigende jobinterviews og ydmygende jobsøgningskurser, inden han endelig får arbejde som vagt i et indkøbscenter. Men glæden overskygges hurtigt af moralske implikationer og Thierry må beslutte om genoprettelsen af hans egen menneskelige værdighed, som følger med en fast indtægt, er prisen værd.
A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.
Den tyndhårede mand Wilson (Woody Harrelson) har midtlivskrise. Han er fraskilt, ensom og neurotisk - men også ekstremt ærlig om sine problemer. Hans liv tager en drejning, da han finder sammen med sin ekskone Pippi (Laura Dern) igen og opdager, at han har en teenagedatter ved navn Claire (Isabella Amara), som han aldrig har mødt. Han forsøger at tage kontakten til hende på sin egen besynderlige måde.Filmen bygger på en tegneserie af Daniel Clowes, der også har lavet tegneserien ´Ghost World´, som er blevet filmatiseret med stor succes.
A frog who hates water and jumping in wishes that he could be like the other animals in the Amazon rainforest.
After a car accident and stranded in the middle of nowhere, an ex-con and his daughter find themselves in an abandoned hotel, populated by sub-human cannibalistic creatures.
A man recounts the story of a local legend as he travels to the jungle to make peace with his life.