A theatre program about sinterklaas
A theatre program about sinterklaas
2009-09-05
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In our current world, where worth is often gauged by online popularity, an economy has developed for paying for followers and likes. Through access inside the “click-farms” of Bangladesh, Like explores the multi-million dollar industry that grows social media followings for celebrities and brands alike.
This may be the one of the most important Horizon films of recent years. Climate scientists have just discovered a phenomenon that threatens to disrupt our world. It may already have contributed to the deaths of hundreds of thousands through drought and famine. Unchecked, it will strike again. The good news is that there is a cure. The bad news is that the cure may be worse than the disease. If they are right, then in tackling the one problem, we may unleash a climate catastrophe on our planet. This is a film about stark choices and about the dawning realisation that all our predictions about the world's climate may be completely wrong. At its heart is something that scientists are calling "global dimming".
The documentary tells the story of the reunification from the perspective of six teenagers from East Germany.
Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect.
Pao is a terrible lawyer who has never won a litigation. He is a righteous man but his unstable character brings him under disciplinary investigation, during which he meets a beautiful doctor, Cheng. However, since Cheng is often called upon as an opposing witness in Pao's court cases, conflict and misunderstanding grow between the two. Susan, an aerobics instructor, has had a deep passion for Pao for a long time and this makes Mao jealous and determined to go against him.
Gordon has a loving wife and two sons, Bryan and Keith, but he favors his spoiled younger son Keith over Bryan, who is defiant and not good at sports. As Gordon begins to yell and hit Bryan, Bryan's behavior slips towards the psychotic side and he takes it out on beings who can't defend themselves until he goes way too far one day during a summer camping trip.
HIDE is a contained psychological thriller about one resilient wife’s (Nadine Malouf) fight to escape her husband’s (Ben Samuels) escalating gaslighting and abuse during lockdown. The female-centric genre film is lensed in the wife’s evolving perspective as she slowly comes to see what is happening to her and finds the support to fight back. Visually mesmerizing and emotionally arresting, the film’s pace and pathos pull us into a story that will feel uncomfortably familiar to too many of us.
Some 40 years ago when warlords rode rough-shod over the Chinese people, circus acrobat Pao Te-cheng took to the hills and began robbing the rich to help the poor. His daring feats earned him the nickname of “The Masked Robber”. Trying to intercept a large sum of money to be turned over to public security chief Cheng Kuan-hsi, he is nearly caught. Partner Hsiao Chung is jubilant over his safe return. But in the government office, chief detective Ma Pu-yun frantically plots his arrest. Ma Chien-li, son of the chief detective, devises a clever trap set for Ma Pu-yun’s birthday party. Among the guests is Huang Tan-ping who is engaged to Doctor David Lee. Ma Chien-li proposes to her without knowing this.
After her daughter is sold to a new owner, Yolanda (a mannequin head) does the unthinkable.
A once-in-a-100,000-years global heatwave melts the Antarctic ice, awakening DAI-KAIJU from its long sleep! A great battle between DAI-KAIJU, which is over 100 meters long, and a giant girl begins in Shinjuku.
Handler shares hilarious experiences about her family, friendships, and her first foray into therapy—where she was able to unearth why everyone on this planet annoyed her so much. She has always been a trusted voice and has provided much needed perspective for the world. Now, she turns the attention on herself, reflecting on her personal journey toward self-awareness, assisted by her reliable companion cannabis.
River Butcher offers their thoughts on gender pronouns, people who put rubber testicles on their trucks, outrageously large fires, divorce and much more.
Filmed in Los Angeles in pre-COVID times and produced by Abso Lutely Productions, An Evening With Tim Heidecker features Tim’s unique, no-holds-barred takes on modern inconveniences, PC culture, politics and marriage. You can call it a send-up, a parody, a character, a performance piece, or whatever you’d like, but at the end of the day, it’s jokes! Please clap.
A stand-up comedy set by the Dutch comedian Emilio Guzman, recorded live in Toomler in January 2010.
This Queen of Comedy shines as she takes the stage to sound off on her suspicion of free stuff, social media prayer requests, fake lashes and ugly shoes.
Comedian Moses Storm recounts memories of growing up poor, dumpster diving for food, breaking into country clubs, squaring off with carjackers while naked, and more in this hilarious and heartfelt debut standup special.
After another year of lockdowns, Aziz takes the stage to skewer pandemic life, quarantines, vaccine cards, celebrity side-gigs, smartphones and more.
Fresh from a tour, comedian Katherine Ryan shares shrewd observations about school bullies, revenge bodies and raising a very fancy child.
In these uncertain times, you need a voice you can trust. Someone who films a brand new comedy special and releases it on YouTube. Courage. Integrity. Other stuff. Vote 1 Randy Feltface.
An original stand-up comedy special written and performed by comedian Tom Segura.
In his latest stand-up special, former doctor Jason Leong shares his diagnoses on aging, the absurdity of middle-aged cycling enthusiasts and more.
After being named one of the "New Faces of Comedy" at the Just for Laughs Festival, I recorded all of my jokes in an attempt to make fun of all of the things people hold sacred. (Get it?!?)
Watch as he emerges from a chimney to take the roof off! ‘Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim to You’ is the latest lorry load of nonsense from the one-liner pelting, silly singing, prop flinging comedian.
Throughout 2014 and 2015, Alan Davies toured his hugely successful stand-up show Little Victories to a rapturous reception in all corners of the UK, Australia and New Zealand with stops in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Dublin, Geneva & Zurich on the way. Following on from his impressive return to live stand-up, Life Is Pain, he immediately set about creating an even funnier, more personal and hilarious performance. This is classic stand-up from a master storyteller at the top of his game.
With his gruff voice, gentle heart, and ill-fated confidence around hotel buffets, Kyle delivers an hour of keen commentary and messy adventure.
Comic Nate Bargatze touches on air travel, cheap weddings, college football, chocolate milk and the perils of ordering coffee in this stand-up special.