2021-09-28
5.5
A journalistic investigation, built not on rumors and assumptions, but on direct evidence, revealing the true mechanisms of podium coronations. Hidden camera footage of negotiations with the owners of the largest national beauty contests and an attempt to answer the question of why these people are not yet in prison. Famous people on the jury are not a guarantee of fair judging. Irrefutable evidence of the corruption of the so-called “stars” who elect the next Miss and Mrs. The collection and subsequent theft of funds for charity is a side business of the owners of fraudulent shows. What actually awaits the titled Misses after purchasing the prize? And what do children's beauty pageants turn out to be like for young participants?
Hello explores changes in two people’s working lives: a Mexican trash picker who separates and collects recyclable materials from landfills to sell by the kilo, and a German freelance computer-animation designer working for the advertising industry in Berlin. The double interview is controlled and manipulated by a computer-generated severed hand which Maria describes as an object once discovered in the trash while working in the violent northern town of Mexicali. This CGI hand was in turn produced by Max, who was born with no arms, and sought refuge in computer-imaging as a means to operate and manipulate a digital reality.
Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She returns home and finds little to inspire her, but when she reunites with her childhood friend Logan, Ava has to get her head out of the clouds and her foot out of her mouth to rediscover her passion for food.
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's gang of street urchins. With a gritty honesty steeped in its vibrant characters, Boy called Twist superbly captures the contemporary equivalents of Dickens' seedy individuals as it shadows the timeless tale in its own inimitable style.
The story revolves around the British finding out that Tok Gajah intends to go to Terengganu to seek support from the Sultan and Malay heroes of Terengganu. The British ordered the capture and elimination of Tok Gajah and his followers. Awang is forced to rescue Haji Sulong and ensure that Tok Gajah safely leaves Pahang for Terengganu. Awang faces various obstacles and battles with British soldiers led by Captain Syers. Does Awang succeed in defeating Captain Syers this time?
A lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex.
Gautham meets Dr Rajasekhar, a psychologist, to learn about his memories pertaining to a girl named Gayathri. Rajasekhar learns that he is looking for Shanmugam, who he thinks has killed Gayathri.
Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal
Lovable loser Walter Clydepepper eats an alien from outer space in his cereal and becomes a deadly stand up comic.
A collection of cartoons, each of which is a uniquely decorated folk tale.
A load of Halloween monsters freak each other out in a strobing cacophany.
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
As her friends prep for a Life Day holiday celebration, Rey journeys with BB-8 on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force at a mysterious Jedi Temple. There, she embarks on a cross-timeline adventure through beloved moments in Star Wars history, coming into contact with iconic heroes and villains from all eras of the saga. But will she make it back in time for the Life Day feast?
A poor Sicilian family of moles has to emigrate to the United States. On their journey, they meet a fox who offers to help them.
Diane can't ignore the leak coming from the ceiling above the family dining room anymore.
Three bunny rabbits have fun playing with a jovial snowman who has come to life. But along comes a villainous bear who wants to put the snowman on a hot stove.
A retelling of the Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes, exploring female aggression and the links between war and sexual desire.
Sylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a San Francisco apartment and tries to gain access but cannot make it past Granny or the cat-hating desk clerk.
In this Merrie Melodies animated short, an organ grinder and his monkey make their way down a city street.
Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second film. It uses the Gasparcolor process.
The Gambling Bug causes gambling fever in anyone he bites.
A mental health doctor goes off on a journey to Thailand with his girlfriend. They live with her friends. She enjoys the vacation and he works at his dissertation in psychiatry. People around seem to him no less sick than in the nuthouse, until he falls in strange circumstances...
In a chaotic time of men eating men, A-e gets some human meat by selling her body…
The film tells about the life of geologists searching for alunites in the Dashkesan mountains.
CIA agent Ace Walker (Eddie Daou) is on his latest mission - retrieve a drive containing the names of every CIA agent ever.
A colony of cockroaches feasts on the food in an old refrigerator, while a lone roach stands guard outside. When a man discovers the infestation and tries to destroy them all, the brave little roach defends himself and his fellows.
A young woman is stalked by a wicked entity in subway cars in Latin America.