2022-03-15
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In today's world, the act of doing nothing is demonized. We have to produce 24 hours a day to not feel guilty. But who said that when we don't do anything, we really don't do anything? Slowing down the day, watching time move forward, watching life go by are essential for our daily lives and for those who prefer, using contemporary language, doing nothing is producing. Produce pleasure and comfort in life and observe ourselves with more affection.
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
Twenty-something June is anxiously awaiting the outcome of her most recent job interview. One day, when her friend goes on a vacation out of town, she is left all alone in their apartment . This overwhelms her as feelings of loneliness, isolation, and envy begin to creep up on her, putting her in an unhealthy state of mind. "Wala" is a story of growing pains. It's about the moment of uncertainty in everyone's young life. It's about how the wait can sometimes lead you down completely unexpected paths.
Desmond Capta awakes each day to find his life has been caught in an endless loop; disturbed only by nefarious visions that plague his mind. Can he break the wheel or remain trapped in his own mind forever?
How would a found footage film look if the footage was never found? This conceptual art experiment questions the very nature of film and cinema while serving as an ironic tribute to the found footage horror pop culture. The found footage format provides the narrative justification for such a film to exist: the non-existence exists because the footage existed yet it was lost and never found.
Dewayne Johnson, a Bay Area groundskeeper, suffered from rashes in 2014 and wondered if they were caused by the herbicide he'd been using for the past couple years. As his health deteriorated, Johnson became the face of a David-and-Goliath legal battle to hold a multi-national agrochemical corporation accountable for a product with allegedly misleading labelling.
At 82 years old, Lula is every inch the rebel. An openly gay man in communist Poland, he organized underground parties and after-curfew salons of men inside private apartments. He enthusiastically took up drag, despite a fiercely homophobic culture, to free himself from the stifling correctness of the 80s. But now, he's an old, single man in a youth-obsessed world. His friend was crushed by depression and killed himself, but somehow Lula, now Poland's oldest drag queen, remains buoyant. Is he escaping loneliness with his constant clubbing, looking for love yet again to insulate himself against what he knows is coming? Lula isn't waiting for approval. Filmmaker Bogna Kowalczyk's energetic portrait pairs with her subject's kinetic drive, right down to the stellar soundtrack and nimble camerawork. Whether it's meeting fans at Pride or selecting an artist to sculpt his specialty crematorium urn, try to keep up with a man who knows life is to be lived out loud.
In the majestic tropical island of Palawan, three environmental crusaders confront murder, betrayal and political corruption in this thrilling documentary about land defenders battling to save and preserve paradise in the Philippines.
A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.
Sam Now is a gripping family story consisting of home videos, Super 8 films and modern-day HD videos told over a lifetime. Director Reed Harkness captures the story of his half-brother, Sam, who grappled with the disappearance of his mother during the most formative years of his life. After setting out to find her as a teenager, Sam works through the subconscious trauma caused by her absence, his family members' denial and his feelings toward his mother, whose new life proves better than raising kids. Sam's journey is an emotional roller coaster with loops of mental health, commitment issues and familial relationships.
A walk through the life of a Chicago hustler, narrowly avoiding the devastating consequences of death and incarceration, as he reflects on the systemic root causes of the violence and trauma that consume youth in urban centers like Chicago.
«All my mom’s teeth fell out, I’m only going for about three months and I return» was what Pancho dreamed of fulfilling when he crossed the US border without papers, but an accident during the trip transformed his life and his aunt Margarita.
Documentary that explores the value of play and the ways we learn by playing through testimonies of mexican game developers.
A documentary focusing on the prevalence of disordered eating and eating disorders among dancers.
In this audiovisual performance, Ed Atkins lyrically explores the subject of depression and the digital age.
Ester Henning (1887-1985) was a Swedish sculptor and artist who spent 60 years of her life in mental hospitals. She was poor, in bad health mentally unstable and spent only four years in school before she had to earn a living. But from her closed world she created expressive and appreciated art.
When a young Army sergeant is unexplainably murdered, the police are stumped - until they receive a tip about an enemy lurking in his own backyard.
Celebrities are showing it all online and raking in fortunes. Join TMZ in examining Hollywood’s fascination with getting naked on the internet.
In the wake of O.J. Simpson's passing, revisit one of the most famous murders and trials in U.S. history that split America across racial lines.
In this one-hour special, follow the real Amish witches who inspired the Lifetime original movie 'Amish Witches: The True Story of Holmes County'.