

Since 9/11, the US has used torture in the war on terror. But the true story started in the 50's with CIA-financed research programs on "enhanced interrogation techniques" at America's finest universities and spans to the current day on American soil. Over 70 years, the US has transformed the use of torture into state culture.



Since 9/11, the US has used torture in the war on terror. But the true story started in the 50's with CIA-financed research programs on "enhanced interrogation techniques" at America's finest universities and spans to the current day on American soil. Over 70 years, the US has transformed the use of torture into state culture.
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5.6It's the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime - Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny's boyfriend is killed in a zombie attack, she faces the challenge of surviving in the face of adversity. In order to stay alive, she struggles with Andy to flee danger.
Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.
6.5A young boy Selva chasing his football sports dreams suffers a major setback, grows into an angry young man who is drawn into conflicts by evil forces involving him and his family, which he must navigate and reform
6.0An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Africa and Asia.
7.4Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship.
A group of friends have created a brand new subculture that is taking over the streets of Glasgow. They've established their very own fight club, but this is no ordinary wrestling event - this is brutal, riotous chaos. Fights don't always stay inside the ring, people are bounced off the side of buses and thrown off balconies in pubs. They now plan the biggest show of their lives. The stakes are high, will it bring them the fame and recognition they need to survive?
6.2When Johan and his colleagues are watching Seth and his gang member Jack, they stumble on a larger case than they expected. Seth is selling arms to terrorists, but without Jack's knowledge, in a car where Johan's old colleague Pernilla mysterious appears. While Johan begin researching what Pernilla and SÄPO is doing, Jack suspects that everything is not right with Seth and that he's working with the police.
5.0A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.
Jean Reno discusses his career and his role in the film Léon: The Professional (1994).
Set in the Soviet Union in the 70's. The plot is based on real industrial conflicts in the life of the country's largest metallurgical plant, where there are many acute problems. Modernization of Soviet metallurgical industry causes a clash between old style Communist bosses and the new generation of engineers and managers.
3.4Johnny is a bad guy trying to go straight and becomes smitten with Laura, a wealthy good girl who is rebelling against her parents, all set among the backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles.
6.0Explores Anand Dighe's life, tracing his political journey and capturing the essence of his impactful legacy as a prominent figure.
A clerk on a bicycle tour saves a girl from eloping with a bully.
6.5An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
8.0War rapes. Mass rapes. These terrifying words now regularly haunt international news reports amid attacks and massacres of civilians. As a "collateral" weapon of war, mass rapes perpetrated alongside every conflict have destroyed entire generations of women, men, and children. From Berlin in 1945 to Syria in 2015, via Italy, Japan, Rwanda, Serbia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, and the Islamic State, 70 years of war rape, slavery, and sexual torture.
0.0On December 6, 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia. A detailed chronicle of the major events in the history of this young European nation.
6.1An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
As the outbreak of the Third World War commences, government members of France start hiding in a bunker.
8.0Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary version of Adolf Hitler, he begins to question his beliefs and confront the conflict between propaganda and his own humanity.
0.0Actor Adrian Dunbar has played Brendan Behan on the stage many times, and now sets out on a journey to discover the real story of the poet and playwright. He travels to all the cities Behan lived in, to places where he is still highly regarded, including the one where it all began for him as a poet – Paris.
0.0A light kept on to deter makes it hard to see past your reflection. In Fear Fokol, we take a nightly ride into the fears and anxieties of Johannesburg’s wealthy inhabitants by following the work of the private security guards hired to protect them. The illusion of security slowly dissolves as we dig into a fragile climate of inequality, paranoia and masculinity in crisis.
In this documentary from the second Kalvøya Festival in 1972 by the renowned cinematographer Svein Krøvel, we see, among other things, excerpts from performances by Jens Bjørneboe, Kristin Berglund, Ole Paus, Prudence and Junipher Greene.
Using her husband's struggle with cancer as a case in point, filmmaker Linda Garmon explores the status of the fight against the devastating disease and looks at the lives of the medical professionals dedicated curing it. Interweaving personal testimony with science, this compelling documentary also includes a panel discussion with cancer experts led by broadcast journalist and cancer survivor Linda Ellerbee.
0.0WE MUST GO is a feature documentary on the journey of the Egyptian National Soccer team and coach Bob Bradley as they fight to reach the championship. Egypt has one of the richest football histories in all of Africa, but despite its continental success, the team hasn't reached soccer's ultimate stage in 24 years. Now, the Pharaohs and their American coach, as unlikely a pairing as there ever was, have the chance to reach their shared dream of qualification and unite a bitterly divided nation.
0.0An honest police officer's life is shattered when he refuses to be corrupted in this crime drama from India. After Amar Singh rebuffs gangster Babubhai's attempt to buy him off, he's subsequently framed for murder and sentenced to a long prison term. While he serves his time, his family falls apart and his wife and sons are separated. When Amar finally leaves jail, he's a different person -- an angry man driven by revenge.
In the dark early days of World War II, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara used his power (defying Tokyo's express orders) to rescue Jewish refugees in Lithuania. More than 2,000 Sugihara-stamped passports allowed hundreds of families to flee to safe havens abroad. Through unprecedented access to Sugihara's family and their personal home movies, photos and papers, the heroism of this man is brought to light.
Freely inspired by the life of the great Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, and more specifically by his romantic liaison with the celebrated French novelist George Sand, the film is structured around two mature works by the musician and writer: Sonata for Piano and Cello by Chopin and 'Story of My Life' by George Sand. The composer’s music is brought to life on screen through a choreographic staging where actors and dancers, who are seen alternately by themselves or in the company of musicians, attempt to recreate, within a symbolic decor, the universe inhabited by the two lovers.
5.5Leading biblical scholars and religious experts discuss the implications of the Rapture, when prophecies predict that Jesus Christ will return to Earth and his true believers will be transported to meet him.
Actor Tony Curtis and his wife, Jill, discuss the important need to protect horses from consumption overseas in this documentary, which examines the couple's passionate struggle for equestrian rights and personal efforts to rescue horses. Featuring startling footage captured directly inside a slaughterhouse, this meaningful movie aims to celebrate horses and keep them shielded from cruel and senseless deaths.
5.0A gangster seeking a way out and a lonely old man in search of redemption face their troubled pasts together in this explosive tale of self-discovery. Miguel (Danny Romo) invites gangster Abraham (Robert Zepeda) to his ranch in hopes that he can get the kid on the straight and narrow while training him as a fighter. But Abraham's gang tracks him down and Miguel's dark secrets are revealed, culminating in a life-altering confrontation for both.