In the census of the legendary Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, the barber is at the top of the list... The barber, Méo. He who held up shop on the main street for many years and who marked history with his curling iron. In the village, Méo watched over the general capillarity for a long time. To mess up your hair just right, it knew how to take head on all the proponents of the straight and monotonous parting. Genius bordered on madness. Or the opposite. I guess it doesn't matter. It held together. Show recorded at the Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne on February 15, 2015.
In the census of the legendary Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, the barber is at the top of the list... The barber, Méo. He who held up shop on the main street for many years and who marked history with his curling iron. In the village, Méo watched over the general capillarity for a long time. To mess up your hair just right, it knew how to take head on all the proponents of the straight and monotonous parting. Genius bordered on madness. Or the opposite. I guess it doesn't matter. It held together. Show recorded at the Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne on February 15, 2015.
2015-11-17
8.5
Two people are waiting together for each other. Their flat waits with them and for them. Together they are living side by side. Someone is coming, someone is leaving, the flat stays where it is.
Experts set out to prove that female great white sharks rule the ocean.
On their last night of spring break, four old friends, now all college freshmen, realize their small town has more meaning than they ever imagined.
A 10-year-old boy is thrust into the tumultuous world of puberty when he gets a new pair of eyeglasses.
I was somewhere between the beggining and the end of life. After winter became spring, and summer became fall, and fall winter again. I always knew change would be constant.
This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter.
The Russian version of the movie "Fight Club" is not just a Russian version of a well-known cult film, it is the result and of the hard work of two young men and their love for cinema, Alexander Kukhar (GOLOBON-TV) and Dmitry Ivanov (GRIZLIK FILM) , who are responsible for this project, from the development of its idea and the selection of the cast, to the organization of filming and financial support. Filming lasted a whole year. Everyday work, constant trips, searching for suitable film sets and an exhausting schedule - all this was not in vain and resulted in an unusually amazing and original project - the film "Fight Club", created in the very heart of southern Russia, in the city of Krasnodar, by two young people
This old school martial arts comedy involves the search for the elusive “Bamboo Stick,” an aged kung fu master played by Simon Yuen, who kills a local crime boss’s son after taking the place of the son’s forced bride on the wedding night.
When a journalist is murdered Inspector Micheli begins to investigate. Although someone comes forward to confess to the crime, Micheli doesn't believe he acted alone and keeps investigating despite coming under pressure to close the case.
Short film built from photographs, sped up like a traditional stop motion and is meant to be an evocation of the English Eerie and Folk Horror.
The german performance artists Greta & Rodi are celebrating the last 24 Hours of their relationship. Planned as an act of gratitude & the last art project at the same time, things get out of control...
New York City. 2016. In the years since Hurricane Sandy, the city has been brought to its knees by a series of 'Frankenstorms.' As hurricane season hits yet again, New York braces itself for the oncoming wave of destruction. Roommates Margot and Daniel attempt to survive this 'new' New York by avoiding it at all costs. But with the advent of three strange deaths in their Brooklyn building, the world they've been hiding from is knocking hard on the back door. They soon discover that the salad days of getting drunk and watching horror movies are behind them, because they have a new roommate, and he's got a real bug up his ass.
Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine called a Kaavad. The film is a collaborative work between traditional Kaavad storytellers and Kaavad artists from Rajasthan, together with the filmmaker. Combining lush animation with live-action, the film is an interpretation of two stories which are forever fused in the act of telling and retelling.
Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's contemporary personal life, and light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets.
Cast and crew from A Nightmare on Elm Street are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
The Montreal Symphonic Orchestra (MSO) and Kent Nagano share the stage with Fred Pellerin, a colorful character whose imagination seduces as much as it surprises. He tells Christmas in his own way, through his stories featuring the protagonists of the small village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton. An unprecedented encounter of the symphonic world and the universe of this artist of words. Concert recorded on December 16 and 17, 2011 at the Maison symphonique de Montréal.
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
The poet and storyteller Fred Pellerin invites us to enter the fantastic and playful world of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton. There we discover a man named Ésimésac Gélinas, the strongest man in the world! The word juggler will delight your eyes and ears. Comme une odeur de muscles is presented at the Monument-National in Montreal.
A pair of losers working at department store plan to rob the place after it closes. When a bunch of kids show up begging for a story, the men launch into an improvised version of Aladdin.
Fred Pellerin and Kent Nagano revive the great tradition of the OSM and offer a new symphonic Christmas tale! They take you to Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, where the first post office in history was run by Madame Alice Lavergne. For a long time the only reliable channel through which we could send and receive, this trunk service constituted the privileged link to maintain between us everywhere. Letters, cards, invoices, packages, forms, catalogs: everything went there.
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
Take a ride with Dorothy and her best pal Toto as they share their favorite adventures in the magical land of Oz. It's Dorothy And Toto's Storytime: The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz part 1.
A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.
In the memories of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, there was this stranger who came to settle at Leech Lake. A silent woman who rumors quickly elevated to the rank of witch. A time snatcher, who read futures. And the presents, above all. Show recorded at the Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne in 2011.
The "Lord of the Rings" in 4 min. In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice find a gold ring-pull that seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them. Not so far from them, an owl and his enslaved rats are watching. The owl sends his rats to get hold of this strange object.
Lydia (Giuly Biancato) is an aspiring writer kidnapped by Zikto (Renet Lyon), a giant Brazilian brown spider. Every night, she must tell a different story in order to get back her freedom. After many attempts, one story will remain: her own.
A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story from the mythical past about how evil can slip in and cause havoc unless prevented by virtue according to customary tribal law.
Creepy creatures crunch... slithery slimies squirm... and skeletons streak the sky. In the land of Scary Stories, anything can happen. Your spine will tingle as you hear about: Gold, high peaks, and an Indian ghost in Chebai - An Adirondack Ghost Story, Things that go crunch in the night in A Light at Night, A creature who haunts the man who ate its tail in Taily Po, and What three boys do when they find out their uncle can turn into a Flying Skeleton.
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
A visual album. A story of falling apart and putting yourself back together again as the world does the same. It is a story about personal death and rebirth, mental health, dealing with the tragedies of the world, queer love and finding community while featuring two of the most important places to the artist, MALINDA- Brooklyn and the west coast of Ireland.
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.