America has been fighting the war on terrorism for two decades, and there are more terrorists today, not fewer. The day after 9/11, experts estimated there were around 400 members of al-Qaida. Today, those same experts put that number at over 100,000, including affiliate groups. The question we must now ask ourselves is not only how to prevent more men from joining these groups, but can we deradicalize those who already have?
Huang Hsin-yao began studying documentary filmmaking in order to make a difference as an ecological activist. While attending Tainan University of the Arts, Huang made this film as a continuation of a previous documentary about the salt evaporation ponds near Tainan. But instead of filming the ponds once more, Huang turned his camera around to capture the state of the mangrove habitat surrounding the ponds. The result marks an important evolution for Huang as an ecologically-minded documentarian.
Спасая тонувшего в ледяной воде, солдат Балашов получает воспаление легких и вскоре попадает в военный госпиталь. Молодой доктор Голубев ставит неверный диагноз, в результате чего назначенный курс лечения не дает положительных результатов. Поняв свою ошибку, Голубев предлагает хирургическое вмешательство, однако недоверие к нему со стороны главного врача госпиталя отдаляет момент принятия твердого решения и ставит жизнь больного под угрозу…
The story revolves around a woman who has been forced to serve as a sex worker.
Игорь Владимирович и Вера разошлись несколько лет назад. У него новая семья: жена Таня и приемный сын Дима. А у Веры осталась дочь Оля. Однажды дети познакомились и подружились…
When Tom Arnold was 21, he worked on the kill floor of an Iowa meat packing plant. Sure Tom had crazy dreams of moving to Hollywood and becoming a standup comic like his idol Robin Williams; hanging out with his new best friend Arnold Schwarzenegger, but Tom was resigned to slaughtering hogs for 50 years like his grandpa. This special is about what happened and what life’s like now for a 58 year old former meat packer and father of two. Whose first two movies were with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robin Williams.
A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires transvestite singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique charm.
This historical drama addresses European immigration to the Americas (in this case to Buenos Aires, Argentina) during the last two decades of the 19th century. Among its main characters are a Spanish immigrant, a German one, and an established "Argentine." They compete for the affection of a more established female Spanish immigrant, now a successful businesswoman, albeit a prostitute.
An electronics expert searching for evidence of aliens picks up signals that he believes are from an alien spacecraft--and they are coming from a lake near town.
A heavy rain hits a dike, leaving it on the verge of a collapse. There is no safety and it is not possible to predict when it’s gonna end.
“Uncanny Stories” is a horror anthology of short stories from famous writers adapted in animation by directors who are mad about genre films. The works of Laura Kasischke, H.P. Lovecraft and Jean Ray alongside the Brothers Grimm, William Tenn and Edgar Allan Poe all haunt the screen in a world of horror, fear and angst. You’ll encounter a young girl who hates her stepmother so much she wants her dead, two young hikers who cross paths with a strange old woman, an explorer trapped by terrifying forces from a distant past, a man driving down a country lane on a rainy night, an endless nightmare, a lighthouse in a storm. Transgressive and poignant stories that tap into your innermost fears.