An aging piano player looks back on his life.
An aging piano player looks back on his life.
1985-07-09
6.9
This captivating documentary on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the architect of the atomic bomb, explores his journey before the historic test and reveals the burden he carried after. De-classified documents, rare film footage and exclusive interviews, including Oppenheimer's grandson, show an intimate exploration of the burden Oppenheimer carried and the profound global impact still being debated today.
Katerina Izmailova, a beautiful and uneducated merchant's wife, feels lonely and bored somewhere in the Russian provinces while her older husband is often away. Years go by in her childless marriage, without an outlet for her youthful energy, resulting in constant idleness and frustration. Along comes Sergei, an unscrupulous young worker who is happy to improve his lot by seducing Katerina as he has done with others before. Katerina falls for Sergei, and this love quickly becomes her only reason for living, turning to destructive passion and ultimately to tragedy for many.
An adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, the Contragrav, from theft.
Known for his unmistakable cascading strings and recordings such as Charmaine, Mantovani enthralled the world with his sublime arrangements. This is the story of the man and his music.
Live In Rio is the third DVD by Mexican pop group RBD. The show was recorded on October 8, 2006 before an audience of 50,000 people at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the group's "Tour Brasil 2006".
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Anolan is a soloist in a string orchestra, lives with her mother and dedicates every minute to his profession; Enmanuel is a peasant resident in the Sierra Maestra who devotes his time to working the land, accompanied by his young son.
The story revolved around Imran and Fiza whom families are fighting a brutal battle over family's asset.
Harry, a young Chinese man, travels to America in an attempt to reunite with his first lover, Sam, in hopes to relive the love and intimacy they once shared.
This special program, a tribute to actor Christopher Reeve, features inspirational stories and songs in a fundraising gala for the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
Alex and her boyfriend, Henry, struggle to connect in their secluded home in the woods after the recent death of Alex's father. However, following a trip to the market and a recent outbreak, Henry is attacked by a presumably homeless person forcing the couple to realize how much they truly mean to one another. As the film progresses the couple's newfound connection is met with even greater strife.
A house anchored to the coast. An artist on vacation. An isolated dreamscape. The unnameable is to come.
In 1930, Suzanne, a 7-year-old girl, had the gift of projecting her memories through her eyes. Helped by her grandfather Lucien, she tries to master it.
King of the Cats (1984) is a short film adapted from the children's book of the same name by Paul Galdone, published in 1980. It tells the story of a gravedigger and a strange encounter he has at a cemetery, which he describes to his wife and their cat.
A passionate porcelain salesman finds himself faced with a slight problem that threatens his store.
When Sabaku’s best friend Buffalo passes away, he needs to find himself a new friend.
In this autobiographical animated short, Elise Simard crafts the story of a young girl seeking self-discovery and rebirth. Drifting between real and imagined events, the film uses time-lapse photography with ink and pastels, creating a haunting, compassionate exploration of addiction and existence.
A young boy is taken by a train on a mysterious journey. BAFTA-winning 14 minute adaptation of H.R. Millar's 1927 book, Dreamland Express.
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
A rare bonus short film featuring an epic battle between two magical girls - Creamy Mami and Minky Momo. (Shown as a bonus movie with the theatrical screening of Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami: Long Goodbye and Mahou no Princess Minky Momo: Yume no Naka no Rondo.)
An eight-minute Russian animation directed by Andrey Svislotskiy of Pilot Animation Studio LOOSELY based on the novel Poliphilo's Strife of Love in a Dream or The Dream of Poliphilus.
A city of iron hosts a lavish government parade, bringing joy and gifts to the calm life of its citizens. Two outisde observers -the first through a tall window, the second through the lens of a camera- are the only ones to notice a group of protesters blocking the path of the main vehicle to call attention to an unjust tragedy.
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
A stoner dude is sucked into the couch and must battle crazy couch creatures in search of his remote.
Fairytale full of light, magic and nostalgia. A clay doll awakens her surroundings that become a surreal world in constant flow of change. Shot with natural light the visible changes of daylight emphasize the passing of time in the film.
More nightmares about the things that happen when we close our eyes without us noticing.
Runaway is an animated short film about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950s refrigerator, named Chillie.
Everything you always wanted to know about pornography (but were afraid to ask).
After a hard day at work, Mr. Prokouk decides to invent a machine to ease his labor. But inventing is work too, and Mr. Prokouk spends more time dreaming about inventions than actually inventing anything. Can he find an easy solution?