Praxinoscope animation of a child laying down balancing a drum upon his upraised legs. Series 1, number 3.
Praxinoscope animation of a child laying down balancing a drum upon his upraised legs. Series 1, number 3.
1878-05-07
4.2
Nina Vyrobouva and Attilio Labis, star dancers of the Paris Opera, are filmed in rehearsal and on stage.
A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.
Anton Schneider says goodbye to his wife Luise in tears and dies. Schneider was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis and was diagnosed by neurologist Dr. Hoffer medically treated. Luise Schneider reports the doctor and accuses him of incorrect treatment of her husband, which ultimately led to his death. The mandate against Dr. Hoffer takes over Dominique Kuster, who entrusts her employee Thomas Borchert with the investigation.
Two detectives infiltrate a smuggling gang to take revenge for the murder of their brother and his family.
"The Confessor", attributed to the pioneering Baños brothers, is a curious and not very well known pornographic silent film that constitutes a true exception in the treatment of religion in Spanish silent cinema. In this way, the pornographic attraction of "The Confessor" is built through the perversion of the priestly vow of celibacy and the sacrament of penance. This film can be considered as another chapter in the cultural tradition of criticizing the vices of the clergy, and as a consequence of the environment and the new leisure culture that took place in the Europe of the so-called "frivolous twenties".
Lucy travels to an isolated house in the forest to wait for her sister. They have worked out a risky scheme for their future and all she needs to do is sit it out. However a sinister presence may have something different in mind.
A woman awakens in a remote location to news that the world as she knows it has ended. As she adjusts to her new reality, events unfold and details emerge that may suggest otherwise.
In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight to build something lasting for themselves and future generations.
A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.
Far East. Military unit. The days of the border guards are filled with ordinary human concerns and joys. But the habitual rhythm of life is often disturbed, because near the border and the ocean, concealing the danger of a tsunami ...
The Saigo no Kotoba book follows Kawashima's life after her mother's death, and her pursuit of her singing dreams by performing free concerts on the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya district.
Michael Myers stalks his prey with a very, very, very large knife.
Praxinoscope animation of a juggler balancing a spinning plate on their nose. Series 1, number 2.
Praxinoscope animation of a girl in a blue dress blowing soap bubbles. Series 1, number 5.
Praxinoscope animation of a chef rotating meat on a spit while spooning drippings over it. Series 1, number 6.
Early Praxinoscope strip showing a girl dancing on a tightrope. Series 1, Number 7.
Praxinoscope of a girl in a blue dress skipping rope. Series 1, number 9
Praxinoscope animation of a green-suited boy wearing a drum and cymbal. Series 1, number 10
Praxinoscope animations of a girl in a blue dress bouncing a shuttlecock on a badminton racket. Series 2, number 2
Praxinoscope animation of a butterfly fluttering about a flower. Series 2, number 6.
Praxinoscope animation of a man spinning around a trapeze. Series 2, number 7.
Praxinoscope animation of a girl charming a flock of birds. Series 3, number 1.
Praxinoscope animation of two children playing on a homemade teeter-totter. Series 3, number 2.
Praxinoscope animation of a man sitting backwards in a char smoking a cigar, while a dog jumps up at him. Series 3, number 5.
Praxinoscope animation of a woman feeding chickens. Series 1, number 4
Praxinoscope animation of an equestrian riding. Series 3, number 8.
Praxinoscope animation of a boy holding a hoop for two trained dogs to leap through. Series 1, number 8.
Praxinoscope strip of a shifting rosette. Series 2, number 5.
A patchwork of the first animated movies from the collections of La Cinémathèque française : Stroboscopic Discs (1833), Zoetropes (since 1867), Reynaud's Praxinoscope (1878-1879), plates of Muybridge and Anschütz (1880-1890), an unseen Marey's chronophotography (1889), Chromolithographs films (since 1897), including one inspired by the second Georges Méliès' film, "Une séance de prestidigitation" (1896), with a photographic version, unseen until now.
An homage to the influential practice and philosophy of artist Nasreen Mohamedi. The film incorporates Mohamedi’s personal notes and her unique singular vision, drawing upon the aesthetics of the bare line, and its metaphysical journey eliminating physical borders/barriers.